Network Manager Contracts in the South East

Network Manager
England > South East

The median Network Manager daily rate in the South East is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 191 203
Rank change year-on-year +35 +12 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Network Manager 9 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.14% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £416 - £392
25th Percentile £422 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% -22.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £472 - £569
90th Percentile £511 - £620
England median daily rate £475 £435 £500
% change year-on-year +9.20% -13.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.14 - -
Median hourly rate £37.28 - -
75th Percentile £38.42 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.28 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,076 5,086 5,487
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 92.29% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,987 3,024 3,804
10th Percentile £213 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £405 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £602
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 473 249
10th Percentile £14.14 £13.05 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £21.05
Median hourly rate £27.88 £54.88 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% +9.75% +137.81%
75th Percentile £62.24 £70.39 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.75 £80.00 £74.83
England median hourly rate £27.64 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -30.90% -6.98% +70.01%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the South East

Network Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Network Manager in the South East

Network Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Manager in the South East

Network Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Berkshire +21 4 £438 +8.02% 3
Thames Valley +17 4 £438 +8.02% 5
Hampshire - 4 £525 - 2
Network Manager
England

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 South East region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (22.22%) Remedy
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Security Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365

Network Manager Skill Set
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 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (11.11%) 2G
2 1 (11.11%) 3G
2 1 (11.11%) 4G
2 1 (11.11%) 5G
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Backlog Management
3 1 (11.11%) Case Management
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) FMEA
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Management
3 1 (11.11%) Test Assurance
3 1 (11.11%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Remedy
3 1 (11.11%) BMC
3 1 (11.11%) BT
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Cramer
3 1 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (11.11%) Progress