Network Consultant Contracts

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 551 659
Rank change year-on-year +72 +108 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 41 47 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.12% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 35
10th Percentile £426 £406 £423
25th Percentile £463 £475 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £631
90th Percentile £558 £725 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £538
% change year-on-year -2.56% -9.30% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £44.25 -
25th Percentile - £46.88 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -19.23% -
75th Percentile - £56.88 £67.50
90th Percentile - £58.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £52.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -19.23% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the UK 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
England +56 30 £500 +2.56% 20
London +48 18 £513 +2.50% 9
Work from Home +44 15 £500 -20.00% 22
UK excluding London +56 12 £475 -2.56% 16
North of England +25 4 £500 +7.24% 2
South East +41 3 £450 -7.69% 2
Midlands - 3 £438 - 3
South West +41 2 £488 +21.88% 5
Yorkshire +7 2 £488 +4.56%
West Midlands - 2 £438 - 3
Scotland +12 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 £550 -
North West - 1 £500 - 2

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Network Consultant 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 featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 23 (56.10%) Cisco
2 18 (43.90%) BGP
3 15 (36.59%) Firewall
3 15 (36.59%) Data Centre
4 14 (34.15%) Ethernet VPN
4 14 (34.15%) Network Design
5 13 (31.71%) WAN
5 13 (31.71%) VXLAN
6 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (26.83%) VPN
7 11 (26.83%) Python
7 11 (26.83%) OSPF
8 10 (24.39%) CCNP
8 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
9 8 (19.51%) SD-WAN
9 8 (19.51%) TCP/IP
9 8 (19.51%) MPLS
9 8 (19.51%) Fortinet
9 8 (19.51%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (19.51%) Multicast
9 8 (19.51%) Ansible
10 7 (17.07%) Wireless
10 7 (17.07%) VMware
10 7 (17.07%) CCIE
10 7 (17.07%) LAN
10 7 (17.07%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
11 6 (14.63%) AWS
11 6 (14.63%) Network Security
11 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) OpenShift
3 1 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (2.44%) GCP
3 1 (2.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) BGP
2 15 (36.59%) Firewall
3 14 (34.15%) Ethernet VPN
4 13 (31.71%) VXLAN
4 13 (31.71%) WAN
5 11 (26.83%) OSPF
5 11 (26.83%) VPN
6 8 (19.51%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (19.51%) MPLS
6 8 (19.51%) Multicast
6 8 (19.51%) SD-WAN
6 8 (19.51%) TCP/IP
7 7 (17.07%) LAN
7 7 (17.07%) Wireless
8 6 (14.63%) Network Security
9 4 (9.76%) DNS
9 4 (9.76%) Ethernet
9 4 (9.76%) NX-OS
9 4 (9.76%) Unified Communications
9 4 (9.76%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.88%) Retail
4 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.20%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) IoT
5 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Unix
2 1 (2.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Network Design
2 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (9.76%) Decision-Making
3 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
3 4 (9.76%) Use Case
4 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
4 3 (7.32%) Fault Management
4 3 (7.32%) Mentoring
4 3 (7.32%) Migration
4 3 (7.32%) Network Architecture
4 3 (7.32%) Network Management
4 3 (7.32%) Network Virtualisation
4 3 (7.32%) Project Management
4 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (4.88%) Information Management
5 2 (4.88%) Information Security
5 2 (4.88%) Regression Testing
5 2 (4.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.88%) Java
4 1 (2.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) JCL
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (24.39%) CCNP
3 7 (17.07%) CCIE
4 4 (9.76%) CCIE Data Center
5 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) ISEB
6 2 (4.88%) ISTQB
6 2 (4.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.44%) CCIE Wireless
7 1 (2.44%) CCNA
7 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.20%) vSphere
3 2 (4.88%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Ansible
2 5 (12.20%) FortiGate
2 5 (12.20%) Progress Chef
3 4 (9.76%) Terraform
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.44%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Cisco
2 8 (19.51%) Fortinet
3 7 (17.07%) VMware
4 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
5 5 (12.20%) Juniper
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
5 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
6 3 (7.32%) Arista
7 2 (4.88%) Aruba
7 2 (4.88%) F5
7 2 (4.88%) Infoblox
7 2 (4.88%) Mitel
8 1 (2.44%) AirMagnet
8 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.44%) Ekahau
8 1 (2.44%) Nokia
8 1 (2.44%) Oracle
8 1 (2.44%) ScienceLogic
8 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.44%) Zscaler