Network Services Manager Contract Job Trends

Network Services Manager
UK

The median Network Services Manager daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 560 - 657
Rank change year-on-year - - +194
Contract jobs requiring a Network Services Manager 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £424 - -
25th Percentile £434 - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +72.22%
75th Percentile £494 - £788
90th Percentile £520 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £472 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
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 29,910 35,903 47,906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.02% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,855 22,735 32,984
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 1,849 1,472
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.58 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.78% +9.88% +86.05%

Network Services Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Services Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Services Manager in the UK

Network Services Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Services Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Services 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 Services Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 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 - 3 £450 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 £472 - 3
Midlands - 2 £472 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £472 - 1
London - 1 £450 - 1

Network Services Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Network Services Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Services Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team Management
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN

Network Services Manager Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle