Network Management Contracts in the South West

Network Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 45 122
Rank change year-on-year -55 +77 +23
Contract jobs citing Network Management 12 121 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.72% 3.82% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 4.61% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 80 29
10th Percentile - £175 £159
25th Percentile £413 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £200
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +150.00% -40.74%
75th Percentile £528 £675 £275
90th Percentile £538 - £506
England median daily rate £490 £515 £493
% change year-on-year -4.87% +4.59% +1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 31 7
10th Percentile - £40.00 £17.60
25th Percentile - £51.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -9.68% +42.20%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £101.25
90th Percentile - £75.00 £101.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £70.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -46.43% +3.70% +28.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Network Management 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,513 2,622 3,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.76% 82.79% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 1,680 2,254
10th Percentile £225 £231 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 343 317
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.88 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.51 £29.75 £15.40
Median hourly rate £48.46 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% -8.33% +23.10%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.31
England median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%

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

Network Management
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

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the South West

Network Management
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

Network Management
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 23 May 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
Bristol +5 9 £425 -12.82% 2
Somerset -8 1 - - 3
Wiltshire -23 1 £490 -10.91% 4
Gloucestershire - 1 £500 - 8
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 1 (8.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) 5G
2 3 (25.00%) Internet
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (8.33%) BGP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
3 1 (8.33%) VoIP
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) WLAN
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Billing
2 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) OSS Project Manager
1 6 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms Manager
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Network Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Specialist
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Platform Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (16.67%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) CRM
3 6 (50.00%) Fault Management
3 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (50.00%) Scrum
3 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (25.00%) Network Design
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (16.67%) Network Security Management
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (16.67%) Security Management
6 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (8.33%) Security Patching
6 1 (8.33%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 6 (50.00%) PMP
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) CCIE
4 1 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (8.33%) CCNP
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 6 (50.00%) Ciena
1 6 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 6 (50.00%) NetCracker
1 6 (50.00%) Nokia
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto