Network Monitoring Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network Monitoring
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Network Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 99 135
Rank change year-on-year -24 +36 +11
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 5 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.65% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.71% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 10
10th Percentile £426 £418 £356
25th Percentile £445 £454 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £478 £552 £594
90th Percentile £512 £598 £615
South East median daily rate £441 £551 £525
% change year-on-year -20.05% +4.95% -2.33%

All Process & 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 1,873 1,553 2,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.02% 91.35% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,252 903 1,471
10th Percentile £268 £250 £213
25th Percentile £385 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +0.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 43 140
10th Percentile £15.62 £24.93 £16.69
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.50 £23.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +24.21% +78.40%
75th Percentile £60.88 £65.17 £63.07
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.48 £76.47
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +7.34%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Network Monitoring job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Network Monitoring
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Network Monitoring
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 30 January 2026. 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 -18 5 £458 -10.63% 5
Network Monitoring
South East

Network Monitoring
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper
1 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds