Network Optimisation Contracts

Network Optimisation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Optimisation over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 702 841
Rank change year-on-year +133 +139 -167
Contract jobs citing Network Optimisation 13 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.017% 0.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.018% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 4
10th Percentile £213 £320 £378
25th Percentile £363 £337 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £375 £538
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -30.23% +26.47%
75th Percentile £600 £469 £611
90th Percentile £601 £600 £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £465 £550
% change year-on-year -19.35% -15.45% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Optimisation 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 37,651 54,096 80,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,333 37,469 56,726
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
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% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,787 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.34 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Optimisation over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +129 12 £525 +45.83% 4
Work from Home +125 7 £600 +18.86% 1
London +108 7 £600 +76.99% 2
UK excluding London +56 6 £375 -19.35% 2
North of England - 2 £350 -
North West - 2 £350 -
Scotland +29 1 £550 -8.33%
South East +12 1 £200 -
South West - 1 £450 - 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 1

Network Optimisation
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 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) OneDrive
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Network Security
2 5 (38.46%) InfiniBand
3 4 (30.77%) WAN
4 2 (15.38%) 2G
4 2 (15.38%) 3G
4 2 (15.38%) 4G
4 2 (15.38%) 5G
4 2 (15.38%) MPLS
4 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
5 1 (7.69%) BGP
5 1 (7.69%) DWDM
5 1 (7.69%) EIGRP
5 1 (7.69%) Ethernet
5 1 (7.69%) Firewall
5 1 (7.69%) Internet
5 1 (7.69%) IPsec
5 1 (7.69%) OSPF
5 1 (7.69%) SONET
5 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.69%) VPN
General
1 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Network Engineer
1 6 (46.15%) Senior
1 6 (46.15%) Senior Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 2 (15.38%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (15.38%) IT Support
2 2 (15.38%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (15.38%) IT Technician
2 2 (15.38%) Support Technician
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Field Support Technician
3 1 (7.69%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Radio Planner
3 1 (7.69%) WAN Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Network Design
2 5 (38.46%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (38.46%) Low Latency
3 3 (23.08%) Network Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Business Case
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Radio Network Optimisation
4 2 (15.38%) Statistics
4 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.69%) Network Management
5 1 (7.69%) Order Management
5 1 (7.69%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) CCNA
1 1 (7.69%) CCNP
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Apple
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Dell
2 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) HP
2 1 (7.69%) Meraki
2 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto