Network Support Contract Job Trends in Reading

Network Support
Berkshire > Reading

The median Network Support daily rate in Reading is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.23% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £650
Berkshire median daily rate £325 £194 £650
% change year-on-year +67.74% -70.19% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 825 713 1,069
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 91.76% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 406 656
10th Percentile £306 £308 £213
25th Percentile £413 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -2.43%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £613
90th Percentile £670 £670 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 2 39
10th Percentile £28.55 £63.14 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.00 £65.48 £52.08
Median hourly rate £83.00 £70.17 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +13.91% -5.23%
75th Percentile £97.50 £74.07 £67.50
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.94 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +32.53% +5.48% -9.86%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Network Support job vacancy trend in Reading

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support job vacancies in Reading

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support job vacancies in Reading

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 February 2026, Network Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Availability Management
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (50.00%) FireEye
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) LAN

Network Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) BIG-IP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Availability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) FireEye
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) Tanium