Network Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends

Network Delivery Manager
UK

The median Network Delivery Manager daily rate in the UK is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 519 602
Rank change year-on-year -79 +83 +159
Contract jobs requiring a Network Delivery Manager 4 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.028% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile £534 £474 £404
25th Percentile £554 £518 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £613 £458
Median % change year-on-year -7.76% +33.88% -10.73%
75th Percentile £586 £666 £554
90th Percentile £625 £700 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £625 £425
% change year-on-year -16.80% +47.06% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 35,791 28,902 42,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 92.95% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,561 17,719 27,795
10th Percentile £300 £291 £275
25th Percentile £405 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £476 £490
% change year-on-year -0.21% -2.86% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,176 840 2,312
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.89 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.57 £21.25 £16.67
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.77 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.16% -3.51% -
75th Percentile £61.31 £63.38 £61.51
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £72.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £32.13 £35.95
% change year-on-year -11.30% -10.63% +8.94%

Network Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Delivery Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Network Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK

Network Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Delivery Manager over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Delivery Manager in the UK

Network Delivery Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Delivery Manager job vacancies in the UK

Network Delivery Manager
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Delivery Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 8 February 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
England -77 3 £565 -7.76% 1
London -31 2 £565 -5.83%
Work from Home -13 1 £520 -20.00% 1
South East -27 1 £520 -20.00% 1
UK excluding London -68 1 £520 -16.80% 1

Network Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 February 2026, Network Delivery Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared

Network Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds