Network Monitoring Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Monitoring
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Network Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 134 130
Rank change year-on-year +38 -4 +33
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 6 11 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 0.41% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.47% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 9
10th Percentile £440 £304 £470
25th Percentile £472 £363 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £564 - £600
90th Percentile £613 - -
South East median daily rate £551 £400 £481
% change year-on-year +37.75% -16.76% +1.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - - £29.00
75th Percentile - - £31.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £29.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Network Monitoring 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Network Monitoring in the Thames Valley

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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 Network Monitoring within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +27 5 £525 +31.25% 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 £500 - 4
Network Monitoring
South East

Network Monitoring
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 3 (50.00%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) BGP
2 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 2 (33.33%) OSPF
2 2 (33.33%) SDH
3 1 (16.67%) Broadband
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
3 1 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) IPv6
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) RIP
3 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Security Management
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (33.33%) CCIE
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) CEH
4 1 (16.67%) CISA
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds