Network Monitoring Contract Job Trends in the South East

Network Monitoring
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Network Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 153 195
Rank change year-on-year -23 +42 +30
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 13 16 15
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.30% 0.43% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.48% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 11
10th Percentile £400 £475 £356
25th Percentile £407 £509 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £571 £563
Median % change year-on-year -23.38% +1.51% +4.65%
75th Percentile £459 £638 £617
90th Percentile £528 £640 £650
England median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,711 3,307 4,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.31% 88.12% 89.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,428 2,059 2,912
10th Percentile £221 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 370 125 234
10th Percentile £14.73 £19.33 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.00 £25.43
Median hourly rate £22.38 £47.78 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.16% -10.69% +42.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.43 £65.71
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.95 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Monitoring relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Network Monitoring job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Monitoring.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Monitoring.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 -9 9 £453 -13.71% 2
Thames Valley -9 9 £453 -13.71% 5
West Sussex - 3 £400 - 2
Hampshire -19 1 - - 5
Network Monitoring
England

Network Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Network Security
2 7 (53.85%) BGP
2 7 (53.85%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) OSPF
2 7 (53.85%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) LAN
3 4 (30.77%) WAN
4 3 (23.08%) DHCP
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
4 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (23.08%) Junos
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) VLAN
4 3 (23.08%) WLAN
5 2 (15.38%) MPLS
6 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
6 1 (7.69%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (7.69%) IPsec
6 1 (7.69%) SDH
6 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) NeoLoad
General
1 6 (46.15%) Documentation Skills
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Electronics
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
3 3 (23.08%) Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Juniper Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Juniper Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Network Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Security Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Security Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) NHS
2 2 (15.38%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (38.46%) Network Segmentation
2 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) High Availability
3 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 3 (23.08%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (23.08%) Programme Management
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Release Management
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Static Application Security Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Journey Map
5 1 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) CCNP
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) JNCIA
2 3 (23.08%) JNCIP
2 3 (23.08%) JNCIS
2 3 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GRC
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Nagios
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
1 7 (53.85%) Juniper
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) SolarWinds
3 1 (7.69%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto