Network Planning Contracts

Network Planning
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Network Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Planning over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 569 697
Rank change year-on-year +71 +128 +120
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 22 13 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.030% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.035% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 8
10th Percentile £426 - £349
25th Percentile £428 £325 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% -27.66%
75th Percentile £494 £375 £500
90th Percentile - £437 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £16.70 £20.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £20.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £23.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +84.78% +2.22% -40.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £25.38 £24.25
90th Percentile - £29.65 £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £18.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year - -17.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Planning 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 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +66 19 £463 +32.14% 23
UK excluding London +64 10 £463 +32.14% 13
London - 9 - - 14
Work from Home +40 6 £488 +39.29% 7
North West +21 6 £425 +21.43% 1
North of England +20 6 £425 +21.43% 4
South East +48 3 £475 - 3
Midlands +20 1 - - 3
West Midlands +12 1 - - 2

Network Planning
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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (9.09%) SAP APO
2 2 (9.09%) SAP MM
2 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.55%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (45.45%) Radio Access Network
2 9 (40.91%) 5G
3 6 (27.27%) WAN
4 4 (18.18%) BGP
4 4 (18.18%) EIGRP
4 4 (18.18%) IPv4
4 4 (18.18%) MPLS
4 4 (18.18%) OSPF
4 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
5 2 (9.09%) LAN
6 1 (4.55%) DWDM
6 1 (4.55%) Ethernet
6 1 (4.55%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (9.09%) IDMS
General
1 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) IP Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.64%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (13.64%) Transmission Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Network Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Network Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Industrial Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Network Capacity Planner
4 1 (4.55%) Optimisation Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) SAP Integration Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) SAP SCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) SAP Basis
1 2 (9.09%) SAP Core Interface
2 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Life Science
2 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) Change Management
1 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
1 4 (18.18%) ITIL
1 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (18.18%) Project Management
1 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 3 (13.64%) Risk Register
2 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (9.09%) Budgeting
3 2 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (9.09%) Migration
3 2 (9.09%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
3 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (9.09%) Software Testing
3 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 1 (4.55%) Functional Testing
4 1 (4.55%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CCNP
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) BMC
1 4 (18.18%) Cisco
1 4 (18.18%) Huawei
1 4 (18.18%) Remedy
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (4.55%) Ciena
2 1 (4.55%) Nokia