Network Planning Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Network Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Planning over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 390 436
Rank change year-on-year +61 +46 +63
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 10 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.043% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% 0.051% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £426 - £369
25th Percentile £428 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% +4.94%
75th Percentile £494 £375 £438
90th Percentile - - £460
UK median daily rate £463 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% -27.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £14.90 £20.00
25th Percentile - £16.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate - £18.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.78% -
75th Percentile - £20.75 £24.25
90th Percentile - £22.10 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +84.78% +2.22% -40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Planning 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Planning in the UK excluding London

Network Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Planning in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Planning in the UK excluding London

Network Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Planning in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Planning in the UK excluding London

Network Planning
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 Network Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +24 6 £425 +21.43% 4
North West +18 6 £425 +21.43% 1
South East +48 3 £475 - 3
Midlands +17 1 - - 3
West Midlands +13 1 - - 2
Network Planning
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Network Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (20.00%) SAP APO
3 1 (10.00%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) BGP
2 4 (40.00%) EIGRP
2 4 (40.00%) IPv4
2 4 (40.00%) MPLS
2 4 (40.00%) OSPF
2 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (10.00%) DWDM
3 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (10.00%) LAN
3 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (10.00%) VLAN
General
1 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) IP Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Transmission Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planner
4 1 (10.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Capacity Planner
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Planner
4 1 (10.00%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) SAP APO Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP SCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Life Science
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Change Management
1 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Critical Success Factor
4 1 (10.00%) Culture Change
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CCNP
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) BMC
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
1 4 (40.00%) Huawei
1 4 (40.00%) Remedy
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Ciena
3 1 (10.00%) Nokia