Network Management Contracts

Network Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 460 610
Rank change year-on-year +126 +150 -83
Contract jobs citing Network Management 274 257 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.63% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.48% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 176 159
10th Percentile £180 £200 £198
25th Percentile £450 £275 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £452
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +5.09% +8.92%
75th Percentile £675 £616 £575
90th Percentile - £700 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £425 £420
% change year-on-year +29.41% +1.19% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 14 13
10th Percentile - £18.65 £18.75
25th Percentile £40.00 £44.06 £25.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £58.75 £43.74
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% +34.32% +74.96%
75th Percentile £72.50 £82.81 £50.77
90th Percentile £93.00 £101.25 £60.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £48.75 £50.77
% change year-on-year +43.59% -3.98% +130.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +150 262 £515 +7.21% 77
UK excluding London +112 240 £550 +29.41% 74
South West +77 127 £500 +150.00% 13
Work from Home +125 80 £473 - 34
South East +56 79 £650 +36.84% 13
London +61 27 £425 -19.05% 16
North of England +36 21 £515 +157.50% 19
North West +22 17 £514 +156.88% 10
Scotland +36 6 £355 -25.26% 12
East of England -18 6 £203 -71.07% 7
Yorkshire +24 4 £650 +242.11% 8
West Midlands +20 1 - - 5
Midlands +16 1 - - 8

Network Management
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 36 (13.14%) SharePoint
2 35 (12.77%) Confluence
3 34 (12.41%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.63%) Azure
2 35 (12.77%) Azure Stack
3 30 (10.95%) SaaS
4 28 (10.22%) Cloud Computing
5 27 (9.85%) IaaS
5 27 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (9.85%) PaaS
6 7 (2.55%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.19%) AWS
8 3 (1.09%) Amazon Glacier
8 3 (1.09%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.09%) Cohesity
9 2 (0.73%) GCP
10 1 (0.36%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.36%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 84 (30.66%) BGP
2 82 (29.93%) WAN
3 72 (26.28%) Firewall
4 47 (17.15%) LAN
5 38 (13.87%) Cisco Firepower
6 36 (13.14%) MPLS
7 35 (12.77%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (9.49%) SSL
9 23 (8.39%) DNS
10 21 (7.66%) DHCP
10 21 (7.66%) SD-WAN
11 18 (6.57%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (6.57%) OSPF
11 18 (6.57%) SNMP
12 17 (6.20%) NetScaler
13 14 (5.11%) Cisco ASA
13 14 (5.11%) EIGRP
13 14 (5.11%) IPsec
14 13 (4.74%) HSRP
15 12 (4.38%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.01%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 35 (12.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.98%) Public Sector
3 37 (13.50%) Finance
4 34 (12.41%) Telecoms
5 17 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.65%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.46%) Billing
9 3 (1.09%) Banking
9 3 (1.09%) Military
10 1 (0.36%) Advertising
10 1 (0.36%) Electronics
10 1 (0.36%) French Language
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Local Government
10 1 (0.36%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.36%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.36%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 128 (46.72%) Architect
2 125 (45.62%) Network Architect
3 38 (13.87%) Network Engineer
4 32 (11.68%) Lead
5 28 (10.22%) Systems Architect
6 26 (9.49%) Lead Architect
7 23 (8.39%) Senior
8 22 (8.03%) Analyst
9 17 (6.20%) Microsoft Engineer
10 14 (5.11%) Senior Network Engineer
11 13 (4.74%) Support Engineer
12 12 (4.38%) Infrastructure Technician
13 9 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (2.92%) Consultant
14 8 (2.92%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 8 (2.92%) IT Analyst
14 8 (2.92%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
14 8 (2.92%) Senior Architect
14 8 (2.92%) Senior Network Architect
15 7 (2.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.38%) Jinja
2 5 (1.82%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.09%) Django
3 3 (1.09%) JSON
3 3 (1.09%) REST
3 3 (1.09%) RESTful
3 3 (1.09%) SAML
3 3 (1.09%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 53 (19.34%) Data Centre
2 38 (13.87%) Private Cloud
3 24 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.38%) NHS
5 8 (2.92%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.92%) Clustering
6 4 (1.46%) PKI
7 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.73%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 77 (28.10%) Windows
2 26 (9.49%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.92%) Unix
3 8 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (2.55%) Linux
5 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.09%) ITIL
2 51 (18.61%) Capacity Management
3 41 (14.96%) ITSM
3 41 (14.96%) SIEM
4 40 (14.60%) Service Management
5 36 (13.14%) Security Monitoring
6 34 (12.41%) Network Design
7 31 (11.31%) Zero Trust
8 30 (10.95%) Open Source
9 29 (10.58%) Customer Requirements
9 29 (10.58%) Systems Engineering
10 27 (9.85%) Business Strategy
11 26 (9.49%) Strategic Thinking
11 26 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (9.12%) Requirements Management
13 22 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (7.30%) Migration
14 20 (7.30%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (6.93%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.84%) Python
2 15 (5.47%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.38%) Perl
3 12 (4.38%) Tcl
4 3 (1.09%) Bash
4 3 (1.09%) Java
4 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.09%) SQL
4 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 198 (72.26%) Security Cleared
2 93 (33.94%) DV Cleared
3 81 (29.56%) SC Cleared
4 41 (14.96%) Degree
5 19 (6.93%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (6.57%) CCNP
7 15 (5.47%) CCNA
8 7 (2.55%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.09%) MCSE
9 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.73%) MCP
11 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.36%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.36%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.36%) PMP
11 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.41%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (0.36%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (12.77%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.74%) Firmware
3 12 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.92%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.92%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.09%) NFS
5 3 (1.09%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.73%) vSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 25 (9.12%) Endace
1 25 (9.12%) SCOM
2 20 (7.30%) SCCM
3 17 (6.20%) Ansible
4 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Clustering
4 8 (2.92%) Nagios
4 8 (2.92%) NetBackup
5 6 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.82%) WSUS
7 4 (1.46%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.09%) Terraform
8 3 (1.09%) vRealize
9 2 (0.73%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 81 (29.56%) Microsoft
2 63 (22.99%) Cisco
3 34 (12.41%) Atlassian
4 33 (12.04%) Juniper
5 32 (11.68%) F5
6 28 (10.22%) VMware
7 22 (8.03%) Palo Alto
8 18 (6.57%) SolarWinds
9 17 (6.20%) Citrix
10 14 (5.11%) Veeam
11 11 (4.01%) Meraki
12 8 (2.92%) Hitachi
12 8 (2.92%) NetApp
13 7 (2.55%) Fortinet
13 7 (2.55%) Google
14 6 (2.19%) Apple
14 6 (2.19%) Aruba
15 4 (1.46%) Genesys
16 3 (1.09%) CheckPoint
16 3 (1.09%) TOWER Software