Network Support Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 383 458
Rank change year-on-year +52 +75 -48
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 70 47 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.22% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 25 22
10th Percentile £184 £213 £197
25th Percentile £200 £288 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% +21.09%
75th Percentile £388 £438 £436
90th Percentile - £551 £506
UK median daily rate £325 £375 £345
% change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £21.25 £30.48
25th Percentile - £30.63 £44.31
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.04% +260.00%
75th Percentile - £49.38 £56.00
90th Percentile - £49.75 -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -36.84% -12.04% +260.00%

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 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
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 Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 June 2024. 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
Midlands +45 45 £375 +3.45% 3
West Midlands +45 42 £375 - 3
South East +20 12 £198 -59.90% 4
North of England +12 11 £205 -39.26% 6
North West +9 7 £295 -15.71% 4
Yorkshire +15 4 £203 -10.00% 2
East Midlands +8 3 £275 -21.43%
South West +3 3 £295 -26.25% 2
East of England 0 1 £200 -47.02% 3
Network Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 42 (60.00%) WAN
2 40 (57.14%) Juniper
3 35 (50.00%) BGP
4 34 (48.57%) IPsec
5 33 (47.14%) Security Cleared
6 32 (45.71%) PKI
6 32 (45.71%) MPLS
7 30 (42.86%) VPN
8 26 (37.14%) Cisco
9 22 (31.43%) Junos
10 21 (30.00%) Firewall
10 21 (30.00%) Load Balancing
11 19 (27.14%) Network Design
12 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
13 16 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (21.43%) CCNA
14 15 (21.43%) Wireless
15 13 (18.57%) LAN
16 12 (17.14%) DHCP
16 12 (17.14%) DNS
16 12 (17.14%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (14.29%) Data Centre
17 10 (14.29%) SC Cleared
18 9 (12.86%) Incident Management
19 8 (11.43%) Telecoms
19 8 (11.43%) Ethernet
20 7 (10.00%) MS Visio
20 7 (10.00%) OpenView
20 7 (10.00%) VLAN
20 7 (10.00%) Ethereal

Network Support 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:

Applications
1 7 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.43%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 42 (60.00%) WAN
2 35 (50.00%) BGP
3 34 (48.57%) IPsec
4 32 (45.71%) MPLS
5 30 (42.86%) VPN
6 22 (31.43%) Junos
7 21 (30.00%) Firewall
8 15 (21.43%) Wireless
9 13 (18.57%) LAN
10 12 (17.14%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (17.14%) DHCP
10 12 (17.14%) DNS
11 8 (11.43%) Ethernet
12 7 (10.00%) Ethereal
12 7 (10.00%) VLAN
12 7 (10.00%) Wireshark
13 5 (7.14%) TCP/IP
14 3 (4.29%) Network Security
14 3 (4.29%) SD-WAN
15 2 (2.86%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.43%) Telecoms
3 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.43%) Advertising
4 1 (1.43%) Automotive
4 1 (1.43%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 32 (45.71%) PKI
2 10 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.43%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.00%) Load Balancing
2 19 (27.14%) Network Design
3 9 (12.86%) Incident Management
4 7 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (7.14%) Business Case
5 5 (7.14%) Problem Management
6 4 (5.71%) ITIL
6 4 (5.71%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (2.86%) Incident Response
7 2 (2.86%) Mentoring
7 2 (2.86%) Project Delivery
8 1 (1.43%) Change Control
8 1 (1.43%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (1.43%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 33 (47.14%) Security Cleared
2 16 (22.86%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (21.43%) CCNA
4 10 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 7 (10.00%) Degree
6 5 (7.14%) CCNP
7 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (10.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 40 (57.14%) Juniper
2 26 (37.14%) Cisco
3 3 (4.29%) F5
4 2 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.43%) Aruba
5 1 (1.43%) Broadcom
5 1 (1.43%) Brocade