Network Management Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 113 130
Rank change year-on-year -4 +17 +47
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Network Management 1 12 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.63% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 11
10th Percentile - £405 £470
25th Percentile £365 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £379 £560 £540
Median % change year-on-year -32.32% +3.70% +15.08%
75th Percentile £394 - £638
90th Percentile - £638 £700
South East median daily rate £490 £560 £481
% change year-on-year -12.50% +16.53% -6.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
South East median hourly rate - - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - -21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,521 1,910 2,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.68% 84.70% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,084 1,691
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £624
90th Percentile £676 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 108 86
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.90 £15.13
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.50 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.44 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.63% +10.88% +150.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £66.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.37 £74.90
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +96.08%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Management

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Management

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DemandTrendContract 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 Network Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +8 1 £379 -39.36% 9
Network Management
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FCAPS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia