Network Management Contracts in the South East

Network Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 187 233
Rank change year-on-year +61 +46 -48
Contract jobs citing Network Management 75 39 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.36% 0.67% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 0.75% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 13
10th Percentile £542 £310 £290
25th Percentile £625 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £508 £589
90th Percentile £700 £610 £685
England median daily rate £520 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +9.49% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £44.13 £23.65
25th Percentile - £44.69 £24.34
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +73.08% -
75th Percentile - £50.94 £38.64
90th Percentile - £61.63 £45.92
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hampshire +43 69 £650 +44.44% 3
Surrey +12 3 £650 -
Thames Valley +1 3 £560 +16.53% 5
Berkshire -8 2 - - 5
Buckinghamshire +22 1 £560 +16.53%
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.33%) Confluence
1 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.33%) Azure
2 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.33%) GCP
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (37.33%) BGP
2 24 (32.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 24 (32.00%) MPLS
2 24 (32.00%) SSL
2 24 (32.00%) WAN
3 13 (17.33%) SD-WAN
4 3 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (4.00%) IOS XR
5 1 (1.33%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.33%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (1.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (1.33%) Firewall
5 1 (1.33%) OSPF
5 1 (1.33%) SNMP
5 1 (1.33%) TACACS
5 1 (1.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 24 (32.00%) Finance
2 9 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.33%) Advertising
5 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.33%) Legal
5 1 (1.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 61 (81.33%) Architect
1 61 (81.33%) Network Architect
2 12 (16.00%) Senior
3 10 (13.33%) Network Engineer
4 8 (10.67%) Senior Architect
4 8 (10.67%) Senior Network Architect
5 4 (5.33%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (4.00%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (2.67%) IT Manager
8 1 (1.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 1 (1.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (1.33%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (1.33%) Juniper Architect
8 1 (1.33%) Network Design Architect
8 1 (1.33%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.33%) Python Engineer
8 1 (1.33%) SIEM Architect
8 1 (1.33%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.00%) Django
1 3 (4.00%) JSON
1 3 (4.00%) REST
1 3 (4.00%) RESTful
1 3 (4.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (4.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.00%) Linux
2 1 (1.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (54.67%) SIEM
2 28 (37.33%) Customer Requirements
3 26 (34.67%) Network Design
4 25 (33.33%) Requirements Management
4 25 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 19 (25.33%) Presales
6 7 (9.33%) Risk Management
7 4 (5.33%) Agile
8 3 (4.00%) BDD
8 3 (4.00%) CI/CD
8 3 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.00%) Inventory Management
8 3 (4.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (4.00%) OO
8 3 (4.00%) OOD
8 3 (4.00%) Open Source
8 3 (4.00%) SDLC
9 1 (1.33%) Network Monitoring
9 1 (1.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (1.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) Bash
1 3 (4.00%) Java
1 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (4.00%) Python
1 3 (4.00%) SQL
1 3 (4.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (85.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (30.67%) DV Cleared
3 13 (17.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) CCNA
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.33%) Degree
4 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PMP
4 1 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (32.00%) Endace
2 3 (4.00%) Ansible
3 1 (1.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (41.33%) Cisco
2 27 (36.00%) Juniper
3 25 (33.33%) F5
4 3 (4.00%) TOWER Software
5 2 (2.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.33%) Aruba
6 1 (1.33%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.33%) Google
6 1 (1.33%) Veeam
6 1 (1.33%) VMware