Network Planning Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Network Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 332 371
Rank change year-on-year -54 +39 +85
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 6 12 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.088% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.100% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 23
10th Percentile - £427 £353
25th Percentile £563 £430 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +11.76% -6.08%
75th Percentile £594 £495 £750
90th Percentile £598 £498 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £463 £470
% change year-on-year +24.32% -1.60% -10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 £45.22 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £49.28 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.42% - -
75th Percentile £21.00 £52.81 -
90th Percentile - £53.38 -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.81% +155.58% -

All Process & 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 15,442 12,054 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.18% 87.99% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,457 7,040 10,848
10th Percentile £222 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,678 680 1,283
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £16.96
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.43% +51.38%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.69 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.64% -21.75% +15.71%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Network Planning job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 13 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
South East -18 4 £575 +21.05% 3
Scotland - 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 £600 -
Network Planning
UK

Network Planning
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 1 (16.67%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 5G
1 1 (16.67%) DWDM
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) NGN
1 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (16.67%) SDH
1 1 (16.67%) SSL
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Project Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Low-Code
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) Network Design
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (16.67%) Process Management
2 1 (16.67%) RAD
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) APMP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) MAPM
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) PMP
4 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) CISM
4 1 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) MCSE
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (16.67%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (16.67%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Ciena
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Cramer
1 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
1 1 (16.67%) McAfee
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Nokia
1 1 (16.67%) Veeam