NaaS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network as a Service (NaaS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring NaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NaaS 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £438 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

NaaS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 279 365 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.30% 17.07% 22.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 188 350
10th Percentile £219 £247 £205
25th Percentile £293 £400 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -4.52%
75th Percentile £543 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.75% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 26
10th Percentile £18.18 - £17.88
25th Percentile £46.00 £56.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £83.32 £57.50 £49.32
Median % change year-on-year +44.90% +16.60% +208.22%
75th Percentile £89.63 £58.75 £75.67
90th Percentile £90.87 - £80.05
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year -21.43% +20.71% +28.87%

NaaS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NaaS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

NaaS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

NaaS
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NaaS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire - 2 £438 - 1
NaaS
South East

NaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Broadband
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Enterprise Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Service Catalogue
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper