Network Support Contract Job Trends in the South East

Network Support
England > South East

The median Network Support daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 167 202
Rank change year-on-year -8 +35 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 17 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.39% 0.053% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.057% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 6
10th Percentile £430 £183 £195
25th Percentile - £186 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £194 £306
Median % change year-on-year +158.06% -36.58% -38.90%
75th Percentile - £198 £443
90th Percentile - £199 £488
England median daily rate £500 £235 £395
% change year-on-year +112.77% -40.51% +12.86%

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 3,946 3,482 4,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 92.78% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,177 3,081
10th Percentile £220 £235 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 132 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.52 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.09% -19.45% +50.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.20 £73.56 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Network Support job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support in the South East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the South East

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Network Support
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 Support within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Hampshire - 15 £500 -
Berkshire -13 1 £325 +67.74% 2
Thames Valley -13 1 £325 +67.74% 5
Surrey - 1 £263 -
Network Support
England

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Cisco
1 16 (94.12%) SolarWinds
2 15 (88.24%) Active Directory
2 15 (88.24%) Cisco Firepower
2 15 (88.24%) Cisco IOS
2 15 (88.24%) Cisco ISE
2 15 (88.24%) DV Cleared
2 15 (88.24%) ITSM
2 15 (88.24%) Juniper
2 15 (88.24%) Junos
2 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 15 (88.24%) Service Management
2 15 (88.24%) vCenter Server
2 15 (88.24%) VMware NSX
2 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 15 (88.24%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.76%) Firewall
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (5.88%) Aruba
4 1 (5.88%) CCNA
4 1 (5.88%) CEH
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.88%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (5.88%) FireEye
4 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Response

Network Support 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 15 (88.24%) Cisco Firepower
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco IOS
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco ISE
1 15 (88.24%) Junos
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
3 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Clustering
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
1 15 (88.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) ITSM
1 15 (88.24%) Service Management
2 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (5.88%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
2 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
2 1 (5.88%) Security Architecture
2 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.88%) SIEM
2 1 (5.88%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) DV Cleared
1 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCNA
2 1 (5.88%) CEH
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (88.24%) Active Directory
1 15 (88.24%) VMware NSX
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (88.24%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.88%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Cisco
1 16 (94.12%) SolarWinds
2 15 (88.24%) Juniper
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) FireEye
3 1 (5.88%) Mitel
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) Tanium