Network Management Contracts in the North West

Network Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 146 159
Rank change year-on-year +24 +13 -32
Contract jobs citing Network Management 19 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.68% 0.34% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.37% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile £433 - £190
25th Percentile £473 - £204
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +156.88% -50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £518 - £431
90th Percentile £534 £335 £486
England median daily rate £515 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +8.44% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £70.00 £56.25 £43.74
% change year-on-year +24.44% +28.60% +74.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,398 2,935 3,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.92% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 2,090 2,574
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.28 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £56.80 £65.00 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the North West

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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 Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Cumbria - 15 £515 - 2
Manchester +18 2 £350 -33.33% 7
Cheshire -3 2 £581 +190.63% 1
Network Management
England

Network Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) Firewall
2 15 (78.95%) Cisco ISE
2 15 (78.95%) NetScaler
3 14 (73.68%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (68.42%) BGP
4 13 (68.42%) Cisco ASA
4 13 (68.42%) Cisco Firepower
4 13 (68.42%) EIGRP
4 13 (68.42%) HSRP
4 13 (68.42%) IPsec
4 13 (68.42%) OSPF
5 12 (63.16%) SNMP
5 12 (63.16%) Spanning Tree
6 2 (10.53%) WAN
General
1 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Economy
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Network Engineer
2 9 (47.37%) Senior
2 9 (47.37%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Head of IT
4 1 (5.26%) IT Director
4 1 (5.26%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Support
4 1 (5.26%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (63.16%) Jinja
2 2 (10.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Change Management
2 14 (73.68%) ITIL
3 12 (63.16%) DevOps
3 12 (63.16%) ITSM
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) Business Continuity
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
4 2 (10.53%) IT Strategy
4 2 (10.53%) Load Balancing
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Network Design
4 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.26%) Data Security
5 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) Perl
1 12 (63.16%) Python
1 12 (63.16%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) SC Cleared
1 16 (84.21%) Security Cleared
2 12 (63.16%) CCNA
2 12 (63.16%) CCNP
2 12 (63.16%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Firmware
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Cisco
2 15 (78.95%) Palo Alto
3 13 (68.42%) Citrix
3 13 (68.42%) SolarWinds
4 2 (10.53%) Meraki
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft