Network Planning Contract Job Trends in the South East

Network Planning
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Network Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 149 202
Rank change year-on-year -50 +53 +2
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 10 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.10% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.11% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - £366 -
25th Percentile £563 £391 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 £424
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% +9.08% +0.36%
75th Percentile £588 £494 £436
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £463 £387
% change year-on-year +24.32% +19.51% -11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.48 - -
Median hourly rate £13.67 - -
75th Percentile £13.85 - -
90th Percentile £18.21 - -
England median hourly rate £13.67 - £26.50
% change year-on-year - - +55.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Network Planning 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 4,887 2,717 4,711
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.87% 91.30% 82.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,120 1,731 2,713
10th Percentile £280 £250 £255
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.99%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £700 £660 £700
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 468 188 465
10th Percentile £15.05 £13.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £22.59 £15.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £82.25 £58.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.94
England median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Network Planning job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Network Planning
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 Planning within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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 -24 6 - -
Berkshire -28 4 £575 +41.54% 1
Thames Valley -46 4 £575 +41.54% 1
Network Planning
England

Network Planning
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Appian
1 1 (10.00%) ArcGIS
1 1 (10.00%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DWDM
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
1 1 (10.00%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) GIS
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Administrator
1 6 (60.00%) GIS Administrator
1 6 (60.00%) GIS Graduate
1 6 (60.00%) Graduate
2 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Fibre Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Project Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 6 (60.00%) Time Management
2 3 (30.00%) Process Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Data Entry
4 1 (10.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Intelligent Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (10.00%) Microservices
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (10.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) APMP
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) MAPM
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft