Network Manager Contracts in Reading

Network Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Network Manager daily rate in Reading is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 82 77
Rank change year-on-year +24 -5 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 2 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.76% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.81% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £418 £388
25th Percentile - £438 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £440
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +11.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile - £668 £522
90th Percentile - £762 £588
Berkshire median daily rate £438 £558 £475
% change year-on-year -21.52% +17.37% +11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in Reading

Network Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Manager in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Network Manager in Reading

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy