Network Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

Network Specialist
England > South East

The median Network Specialist daily rate in the South East is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 171 203
Rank change year-on-year -2 +32 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 3 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.075% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.16% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile - £450 £383
25th Percentile - £468 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £505 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.79% +26.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile - £537 £447
90th Percentile - £537 £509
England median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +12.68%

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 3,578 3,774 5,074
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 92.75% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,300 2,270 3,330
10th Percentile £205 £249 £208
25th Percentile £386 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £511
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -0.08% +2.25%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £665 £688 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 208 253
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.64 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £27.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £57.79 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -61.93% +10.93% +38.93%
75th Percentile £51.53 £73.75 £67.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.94
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.93% +53.13%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Network Specialist job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Network Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 November 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
West Sussex - 3 £400 - 2
Network Specialist
England

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Network Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIA
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIP
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIS
2 2 (66.67%) Junos
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN

Network Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Junos
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIA
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIP
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIS
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) SAP