Network Management Contracts in the South West

Network Management
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 45 122 152
Rank change year-on-year +77 +30 -26
Contract jobs citing Network Management 121 51 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.79% 1.40% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.58% 1.56% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 39 11
10th Percentile £175 £160 £189
25th Percentile £463 £194 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £200 £390
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -48.72% +20.00%
75th Percentile £675 £275 £531
90th Percentile - £471 £588
England median daily rate £515 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +8.44% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 2
10th Percentile - £17.60 £60.92
25th Percentile £40.00 £18.75 £60.92
Median hourly rate £70.00 £77.50 £60.93
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +27.21% +52.96%
75th Percentile £72.50 £101.25 £60.93
90th Percentile £95.00 £101.75 £60.93
England median hourly rate £70.00 £56.25 £43.74
% change year-on-year +24.44% +28.60% +74.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 3,273 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.88% 89.57% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,698 2,404 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £642 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 343 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.00 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.52% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £64.06
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.38 £69.92
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Management in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Wiltshire +64 69 £550 -23.93% 2
Bristol +24 24 £100 -50.00% 5
Dorset +12 15 £185 +15.18% 1
Somerset +9 13 £488 +14.71% 2
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 34 (28.10%) Confluence
1 34 (28.10%) SharePoint
1 34 (28.10%) SharePoint Server
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 47 (38.84%) Azure
2 35 (28.93%) Azure Stack
3 27 (22.31%) Cloud Computing
3 27 (22.31%) IaaS
3 27 (22.31%) PaaS
3 27 (22.31%) SaaS
4 11 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (35.54%) WAN
2 40 (33.06%) Firewall
3 39 (32.23%) LAN
4 38 (31.40%) BGP
5 12 (9.92%) DHCP
5 12 (9.92%) DNS
5 12 (9.92%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (6.61%) MPLS
6 8 (6.61%) Network Security
6 8 (6.61%) SAN
7 4 (3.31%) 4G
7 4 (3.31%) 5G
7 4 (3.31%) OSPF
7 4 (3.31%) SNMP
7 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.31%) Unified Communications
7 4 (3.31%) VoIP
7 4 (3.31%) VPN
8 3 (2.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (28.10%) JIRA
General
1 46 (38.02%) Social Skills
2 34 (28.10%) Public Sector
3 22 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 17 (14.05%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (8.26%) Aerospace
6 8 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.48%) Military
Job Titles
1 54 (44.63%) Architect
2 52 (42.98%) Network Architect
3 22 (18.18%) Systems Architect
4 20 (16.53%) Lead
4 20 (16.53%) Lead Architect
5 18 (14.88%) Analyst
6 17 (14.05%) Microsoft Engineer
7 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure Technician
8 8 (6.61%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 8 (6.61%) IT Analyst
8 8 (6.61%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 6 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.96%) Network Engineer
10 5 (4.13%) Service Analyst
10 5 (4.13%) Service Management Analyst
11 4 (3.31%) Cisco Engineer
11 4 (3.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 3 (2.48%) Desktop Support
12 3 (2.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 3 (2.48%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 44 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 38 (31.40%) Private Cloud
3 18 (14.88%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (9.09%) NHS
5 8 (6.61%) Client/Server
5 8 (6.61%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 60 (49.59%) Windows
2 11 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.61%) Unix
4 6 (4.96%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (3.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (40.50%) ITIL
2 44 (36.36%) Capacity Management
3 36 (29.75%) Security Monitoring
3 36 (29.75%) Service Management
4 31 (25.62%) Zero Trust
5 28 (23.14%) ITSM
6 27 (22.31%) Business Strategy
6 27 (22.31%) Open Source
7 22 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
8 19 (15.70%) Strategic Thinking
9 17 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 11 (9.09%) Application Packaging
11 11 (9.09%) Backlog Management
11 11 (9.09%) Decision-Making
11 11 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
11 11 (9.09%) Server Management
12 9 (7.44%) Asset Management
13 8 (6.61%) Capacity Planning
13 8 (6.61%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.61%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 95 (78.51%) Security Cleared
2 68 (56.20%) DV Cleared
3 32 (26.45%) SC Cleared
4 31 (25.62%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (28.10%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (0.83%) Def Stans
System Software
1 11 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.61%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (6.61%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (1.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (20.66%) SCOM
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (6.61%) Nagios
2 8 (6.61%) NetBackup
2 8 (6.61%) SCCM
3 4 (3.31%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (38.84%) Microsoft
2 34 (28.10%) Atlassian
3 21 (17.36%) VMware
4 11 (9.09%) Veeam
5 8 (6.61%) Hitachi
5 8 (6.61%) NetApp
6 4 (3.31%) Cisco
6 4 (3.31%) F5
6 4 (3.31%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.65%) Sparx