NETCONF Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

NETCONF
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NETCONF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 312 384
Rank change year-on-year -69 +72 +104
Contract jobs citing NETCONF 11 35 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.24% 0.046%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.33% 1.32% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £724 £535 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.91% - -
75th Percentile £771 £649 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £760 £591 £578
% change year-on-year +28.54% +2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate - - £70.00

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

NETCONF falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,325 2,657 3,413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.14% 17.91% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,180 1,655 2,340
10th Percentile £332 £340 £325
25th Percentile £402 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £665 £688 £678
UK median daily rate £505 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -7.08% -1.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 64 135
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.00 £40.12
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.57 £46.18
Median hourly rate £63.25 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.31 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £59.86 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.22% +19.05% -19.23%

NETCONF
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NETCONF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

NETCONF job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

NETCONF
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NETCONF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NETCONF

NETCONF
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NETCONF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing NETCONF

NETCONF
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NETCONF within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
South East -41 10 £748 +35.91%
East of England - 1 - -
NETCONF
UK

NETCONF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) OpenStack
2 2 (18.18%) Appian
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) AWS
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) BGP
1 8 (72.73%) MPLS
1 8 (72.73%) WAN
2 6 (54.55%) LAN
3 2 (18.18%) SNMP
3 2 (18.18%) TACACS
3 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.09%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) GitLab
2 2 (18.18%) Cucumber
2 2 (18.18%) Robot Framework
2 2 (18.18%) Selenium
2 2 (18.18%) SonarQube
3 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) IP Specialist
2 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 6 (54.55%) IP Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Head of Development
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) YANG
2 7 (63.64%) REST
3 3 (27.27%) RESTCONF
4 2 (18.18%) Jinja
4 2 (18.18%) JSON
4 2 (18.18%) OpenConfig
4 2 (18.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (54.55%) Cloud Native
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (9.09%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Microservices
1 8 (72.73%) Network Design
2 7 (63.64%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Roadmaps
2 7 (63.64%) Strategic Thinking
3 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (54.55%) Network Architecture
3 6 (54.55%) Network Segmentation
3 6 (54.55%) Network Virtualisation
3 6 (54.55%) TOGAF
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) AI
5 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Workflow
6 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 1 (9.09%) Open Source
6 1 (9.09%) Software Architecture
6 1 (9.09%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) CCIE
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (72.73%) JNCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (100.00%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) F5
2 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
2 2 (18.18%) Juniper
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Red Hat
2 2 (18.18%) Veracode