Network Monitoring Contracts

Network Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Network Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 510 565
Rank change year-on-year +131 +55 +162
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 141 90 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 55 97
10th Percentile £396 £311 £312
25th Percentile £425 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £551 £597 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £18.80 - £41.62
25th Percentile £24.00 - £56.68
Median hourly rate £32.67 £23.80 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.25% -61.61% +49.33%
75th Percentile £41.33 - £63.23
90th Percentile £46.53 - £68.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.33 - £62.00
% change year-on-year - - +251.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +101 121 £500 +11.11% 67
UK excluding London +70 70 £500 +11.11% 61
London +65 58 £500 -4.76% 23
Work from Home +83 52 £500 +2.56% 39
Midlands +39 24 £538 +19.56% 6
West Midlands +31 24 £538 +19.56% 5
North of England +27 16 £500 +40.85% 10
Scotland +19 13 £419 -24.55% 5
North West +15 12 £500 -11.11% 7
South East +29 9 £551 +37.75% 17
South West +51 7 £525 - 5
East of England +37 5 £475 -13.64% 5
Yorkshire +9 3 £506 +48.90% 3
Wales - 2 £440 - 6

Network Monitoring
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 4 (2.84%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.71%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.35%) AWS
2 12 (8.51%) Azure
3 2 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (1.42%) GCP
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.71%) Mimecast
4 1 (0.71%) Nutanix
4 1 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 77 (54.61%) Firewall
2 52 (36.88%) VPN
3 50 (35.46%) BGP
3 50 (35.46%) OSPF
4 46 (32.62%) WAN
5 42 (29.79%) Network Security
6 36 (25.53%) LAN
7 34 (24.11%) MPLS
8 25 (17.73%) SD-WAN
9 23 (16.31%) EIGRP
10 22 (15.60%) Wireless
11 17 (12.06%) Wireshark
12 16 (11.35%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (10.64%) TCP/IP
14 14 (9.93%) Cisco IOS
14 14 (9.93%) Cisco ISE
14 14 (9.93%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (9.22%) Broadband
15 13 (9.22%) IPsec
15 13 (9.22%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (9.93%) JIRA
2 3 (2.13%) GitLab
3 2 (1.42%) Git
3 2 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 26 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.09%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.67%) Finance
5 7 (4.96%) Legal
6 5 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.84%) Law
7 4 (2.84%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.42%) Banking
8 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.71%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.71%) Retail
9 1 (0.71%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 79 (56.03%) Network Engineer
2 17 (12.06%) Security Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Network Security Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Principal Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Principal Network Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Senior
4 10 (7.09%) Tester
5 9 (6.38%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (4.96%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (4.96%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 6 (4.26%) Analyst
7 6 (4.26%) Architect
7 6 (4.26%) Deployment Engineer
7 6 (4.26%) Network Deployment Engineer
7 6 (4.26%) Principal Security Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Implementation Engineer
8 5 (3.55%) Network Analyst
8 5 (3.55%) Network Implementation Engineer
9 4 (2.84%) Juniper Engineer
10 3 (2.13%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.51%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.84%) Middleware
3 2 (1.42%) JSON
3 2 (1.42%) XML
4 1 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.71%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.71%) REST
4 1 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 16 (11.35%) SCADA
3 6 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.26%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (2.84%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.84%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.13%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.42%) CMDB
7 2 (1.42%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.42%) IoT
7 2 (1.42%) PKI
7 2 (1.42%) Replication
8 1 (0.71%) Clustering
8 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.71%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.67%) Linux
2 6 (4.26%) Unix
3 5 (3.55%) CatOS
4 4 (2.84%) zOS
5 2 (1.42%) Windows
5 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.71%) CentOS
6 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.73%) Migration
2 24 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (16.31%) ITIL
3 23 (16.31%) Service Management
4 15 (10.64%) Network Design
5 14 (9.93%) Change Management
5 14 (9.93%) ITSM
5 14 (9.93%) Project Delivery
6 12 (8.51%) Agile
7 11 (7.80%) Matrix Organization
8 10 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (7.09%) Network Management
8 10 (7.09%) Roadmaps
8 10 (7.09%) Systems Engineering
9 9 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (6.38%) High Availability
10 7 (4.96%) Incident Management
10 7 (4.96%) Network Architecture
10 7 (4.96%) Performance Testing
10 7 (4.96%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.51%) Python
2 4 (2.84%) JCL
3 3 (2.13%) Java
4 2 (1.42%) Bash
4 2 (1.42%) REXX
4 2 (1.42%) SQL
5 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (39.01%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (22.70%) CCNP
3 30 (21.28%) Security Cleared
4 26 (18.44%) SC Cleared
5 21 (14.89%) CCIE
6 17 (12.06%) CCNA
7 11 (7.80%) Degree
8 6 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.55%) CCIE Service Provider
9 5 (3.55%) CCSA
10 4 (2.84%) CCSE
11 3 (2.13%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.42%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.71%) CISA
13 1 (0.71%) CISM
13 1 (0.71%) CISSP
13 1 (0.71%) ECDL
13 1 (0.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.96%) SLA
2 3 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.13%) NIST
3 2 (1.42%) NIST 800
3 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.26%) Firmware
2 6 (4.26%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
5 2 (1.42%) FreeRADIUS
5 2 (1.42%) iptables
6 1 (0.71%) Docker
6 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (14.89%) Ansible
2 17 (12.06%) Terraform
3 13 (9.22%) ZABBIX
4 9 (6.38%) FortiGate
5 7 (4.96%) Cisco Prime
5 7 (4.96%) Nagios
6 4 (2.84%) CA Spectrum
6 4 (2.84%) HP ALM
6 4 (2.84%) Tivoli NetView
7 3 (2.13%) Grafana
7 3 (2.13%) Netcool
8 2 (1.42%) Cacti
8 2 (1.42%) OPNET
8 2 (1.42%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.42%) Proxmox
8 2 (1.42%) Puppet
9 1 (0.71%) Cisco LMS
9 1 (0.71%) Graylog
9 1 (0.71%) logstash
9 1 (0.71%) Observium
Vendors
1 81 (57.45%) Cisco
2 41 (29.08%) SolarWinds
3 31 (21.99%) Palo Alto
4 24 (17.02%) Juniper
5 23 (16.31%) VMware
6 21 (14.89%) F5
7 17 (12.06%) CheckPoint
8 16 (11.35%) Fortinet
9 14 (9.93%) Meraki
10 10 (7.09%) Broadcom
11 9 (6.38%) Aruba
11 9 (6.38%) Nokia
12 7 (4.96%) ServiceNow
13 5 (3.55%) HP
13 5 (3.55%) IBM
14 4 (2.84%) Infoblox
14 4 (2.84%) MuleSoft
14 4 (2.84%) Oracle
14 4 (2.84%) Zscaler
15 3 (2.13%) Arista