Network Consultant Contracts

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant daily rate in the UK is £510 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 659 770
Rank change year-on-year +108 +111 -169
Contract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 47 53 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.089% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.094% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 35 55
10th Percentile £406 £423 £381
25th Percentile £475 £481 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £588
90th Percentile £725 £685 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -9.30% +10.26% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
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

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,362 56,304 84,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,261 39,350 59,476
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,668 1,565 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.40 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%

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 1 May 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 10 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 1 May 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
England +122 29 £488 -11.36% 12
Work from Home +114 18 £625 +14.94% 2
UK excluding London +41 16 £488 -9.30% 5
London +100 12 £500 -17.53% 7
South East +20 8 £488 -9.30% 3
South West +16 4 £400 -33.33%
Scotland +39 2 £700 -
North of England +30 2 £466 +24.33%
Yorkshire +27 2 £466 +24.33%
East of England +10 2 £500 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, 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 27 (57.45%) Cisco
2 19 (40.43%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (38.30%) Firewall
4 15 (31.91%) CCNP
5 14 (29.79%) CCIE
6 13 (27.66%) Network Security
7 12 (25.53%) Network Design
7 12 (25.53%) Palo Alto
7 12 (25.53%) VMware
7 12 (25.53%) VMware NSX
8 11 (23.40%) Wireless
8 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
9 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (21.28%) WAN
10 9 (19.15%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
11 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (17.02%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (17.02%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
11 8 (17.02%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (17.02%) LAN
12 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
13 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (10.64%) WLAN
14 5 (10.64%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (10.64%) CheckPoint
14 5 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (8.51%) Zscaler
15 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making

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 2 (4.26%) IBM Domino
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) Azure
1 2 (4.26%) Nutanix
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (38.30%) Firewall
2 13 (27.66%) Network Security
3 11 (23.40%) Wireless
4 10 (21.28%) WAN
5 9 (19.15%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (17.02%) Cisco ASA
6 8 (17.02%) Cisco ISE
6 8 (17.02%) LAN
7 5 (10.64%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (10.64%) WLAN
8 4 (8.51%) NGFW
9 3 (6.38%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (6.38%) MPLS
9 3 (6.38%) NX-OS
9 3 (6.38%) VPN
10 2 (4.26%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (4.26%) DNS
10 2 (4.26%) Internet
10 2 (4.26%) Unified Communications
10 2 (4.26%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Finance
5 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.26%) CMDB
2 2 (4.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) IPTV
3 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Unix
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.53%) Network Design
2 8 (17.02%) Network Virtualisation
2 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making
3 4 (8.51%) Information Security
3 4 (8.51%) Presales
4 3 (6.38%) Analytics
4 3 (6.38%) Application Security
4 3 (6.38%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (6.38%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (6.38%) Incident Response
4 3 (6.38%) Migration
4 3 (6.38%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (6.38%) Time Management
5 2 (4.26%) Network Architecture
5 2 (4.26%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (4.26%) Product Management
5 2 (4.26%) Project Delivery
5 2 (4.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (4.26%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.38%) Python
2 2 (4.26%) Bash
3 1 (2.13%) Groovy
3 1 (2.13%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (40.43%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (31.91%) CCNP
3 14 (29.79%) CCIE
4 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
5 8 (17.02%) SC Cleared
6 7 (14.89%) DV Cleared
7 4 (8.51%) Degree
8 2 (4.26%) CCNA
9 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (2.13%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (2.13%) CCIE Service Provider
9 1 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) GDPR
1 2 (4.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (25.53%) VMware NSX
2 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.51%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.26%) KVM
4 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Ansible
1 2 (4.26%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.13%) Nessus
2 1 (2.13%) Puppet
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Cisco
2 12 (25.53%) Palo Alto
2 12 (25.53%) VMware
3 5 (10.64%) CheckPoint
4 4 (8.51%) Fortinet
4 4 (8.51%) Zscaler
5 3 (6.38%) Juniper
5 3 (6.38%) Meraki
5 3 (6.38%) Tufin
6 2 (4.26%) Aruba
7 1 (2.13%) Ariba
7 1 (2.13%) Arista
7 1 (2.13%) BMC
7 1 (2.13%) Citrix
7 1 (2.13%) EMC
7 1 (2.13%) F5
7 1 (2.13%) HP
7 1 (2.13%) Remedy
7 1 (2.13%) SAP
7 1 (2.13%) Thales