Network Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 353 427
Rank change year-on-year +35 +74 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 16 41 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 31 20
10th Percentile £293 £184 £313
25th Percentile £335 £388 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £531 £488 £525
90th Percentile £550 £550 £552
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,771 19,161 22,551
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.57% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,545 11,699 15,818
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 836 2,248 1,160
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South West +38 10 £375 - 1
Midlands +18 2 £521 +48.71%
West Midlands +12 1 £521 +48.71%
Scotland +11 1 £234 - 4
South East +7 1 £475 +5.56% 3
East Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £625 - 2
North of England - 1 £625 - 11
Wales - 1 £300 - 2
Network Specialist
UK

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Network Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Network Design
2 8 (50.00%) 2G
2 8 (50.00%) 4G
2 8 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 8 (50.00%) 5G
3 7 (43.75%) Ericsson
3 7 (43.75%) Nokia
4 6 (37.50%) Wireshark
5 5 (31.25%) Network Security
6 4 (25.00%) Network Management
6 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
6 4 (25.00%) Firewall
7 3 (18.75%) Network Security Management
7 3 (18.75%) Security Management
7 3 (18.75%) Cisco
7 3 (18.75%) Internet
7 3 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (18.75%) Matrix Organization
7 3 (18.75%) QA
7 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Agile
7 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
7 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
8 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
8 2 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
8 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
8 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance

Network Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) 2G
1 8 (50.00%) 4G
1 8 (50.00%) 5G
1 8 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (37.50%) Wireshark
3 5 (31.25%) Network Security
4 4 (25.00%) Firewall
5 3 (18.75%) Internet
6 2 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (6.25%) 3G
7 1 (6.25%) BGP
7 1 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (6.25%) OSPF
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Network Design
2 4 (25.00%) Network Management
3 3 (18.75%) Agile
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
3 3 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (18.75%) Matrix Organization
3 3 (18.75%) Network Security Management
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (18.75%) Security Management
4 2 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Backlog Management
5 1 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Load Balancing
5 1 (6.25%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Server Management
5 1 (6.25%) Task Automation
5 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (12.50%) CCNP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE Wireless
3 1 (6.25%) CCNA
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Ericsson
1 7 (43.75%) Nokia
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
3 2 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.25%) BMC
4 1 (6.25%) Citrix
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper
4 1 (6.25%) Sophos
4 1 (6.25%) Tenable