Network Planning Contracts in the North West

Network Planning
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Network Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 135 154
Rank change year-on-year +21 +19 -
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.30% 0.073% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.084% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £330 -
25th Percentile - £338 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -17.65% -
75th Percentile - £363 £456
90th Percentile - £370 £468
England median daily rate £463 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% -27.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Network Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Network Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Planning in the North West

Network Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Planning in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Network Planning in the North West

Network Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Planning in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Network Planning in the North West

Network Planning
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Planning within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +18 3 £425 +21.43% 2
Cheshire - 3 - -
Network Planning
England

Network Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) SAP APO
3 1 (16.67%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) BGP
1 3 (50.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (50.00%) IPv4
1 3 (50.00%) MPLS
1 3 (50.00%) OSPF
1 3 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) IP Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Transmission Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SAP APO Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP SCM Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Change Management
1 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Success Factor
3 1 (16.67%) Culture Change
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Logistics
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNP
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) BMC
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Huawei
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy
2 2 (33.33%) SAP