Network Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Network Monitoring
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Network Monitoring skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 106 133
Rank change year-on-year -4 +27 +43
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 11 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.70% 0.54% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.62% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 9
10th Percentile £363 £374 £334
25th Percentile £399 £391 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £495
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -16.67% +5.32%
75th Percentile £475 £472 £511
90th Percentile £500 £534 £541
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
UK median hourly rate £29.50 £23.80 £65.98
% change year-on-year +23.95% -63.93% +22.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Network Monitoring 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,440 1,612 2,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 91.14% 86.43% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 797 983 1,507
10th Percentile £263 £213 £250
25th Percentile £388 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £550
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 46 59
10th Percentile £16.84 £12.30 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.63 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +9.16% -12.82%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £58.89
90th Percentile £30.00 £51.50 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +47.06%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Network Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Network Monitoring in Scotland

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Monitoring in Scotland

Network Monitoring
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Monitoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Monitoring within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Glasgow -11 7 £399 -27.45% 1
Edinburgh +6 6 £455 +13.75% 3
Aberdeen - 2 £455 - 1
Network Monitoring
UK

Network Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) LAN
1 9 (81.82%) VPN
1 9 (81.82%) WAN
2 8 (72.73%) Firewall
3 6 (54.55%) BGP
3 6 (54.55%) OSPF
4 4 (36.36%) Network Security
4 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
4 4 (36.36%) Wireless
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
6 2 (18.18%) EIGRP
6 2 (18.18%) IPsec
6 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
6 2 (18.18%) VLAN
6 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (9.09%) MPLS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Field Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Field Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Network Design
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Management
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 2 (18.18%) Containerisation
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Register
3 2 (18.18%) SIEM
3 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 2 (18.18%) Threat Detection
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Security Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (45.45%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) CCIE
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) FortiGate
2 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) Palo Alto
3 4 (36.36%) Juniper
4 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
5 2 (18.18%) F5
6 1 (9.09%) Aruba
6 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
6 1 (9.09%) SolarWinds