Network Specialist Contracts

Network Specialist
UK

The median Network Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 491 508 664
Rank change year-on-year +17 +156 +116
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 29 74 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.17% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.18% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 53 35
10th Percentile £265 £217 £363
25th Percentile £335 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £531 £850 £725
90th Percentile £588 £875 £830
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -5.88%

All Contract 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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
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 Specialist 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 +11 27 £500 - 13
UK excluding London +38 16 £425 -5.56% 15
London +18 13 £500 -39.39% 3
South West +54 10 £375 - 1
Work from Home +38 10 £520 +9.53% 10
Midlands +22 2 £521 +48.71%
South East +17 1 £475 +5.56% 2
West Midlands +13 1 £521 +48.71%
Scotland +13 1 £234 - 4
Wales - 1 £300 - 2
North West - 1 £625 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
North of England - 1 £625 - 5

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (44.83%) Cisco
2 10 (34.48%) Network Design
2 10 (34.48%) Network Security
3 9 (31.03%) Firewall
4 8 (27.59%) 2G
4 8 (27.59%) 4G
4 8 (27.59%) Radio Access Network
4 8 (27.59%) 5G
5 7 (24.14%) Migration
5 7 (24.14%) DHCP
5 7 (24.14%) DNS
5 7 (24.14%) Ericsson
5 7 (24.14%) Nokia
6 6 (20.69%) WAN
6 6 (20.69%) Telecoms
6 6 (20.69%) Wireshark
6 6 (20.69%) Network Management
7 5 (17.24%) Infoblox
7 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
7 5 (17.24%) Brocade
7 5 (17.24%) Fortinet
7 5 (17.24%) Windows
7 5 (17.24%) OSPF
7 5 (17.24%) BGP
7 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
7 5 (17.24%) Internet
8 4 (13.79%) VPN
8 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (13.79%) Wireless
8 4 (13.79%) Finance

Network Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Network Security
2 9 (31.03%) Firewall
3 8 (27.59%) 2G
3 8 (27.59%) 4G
3 8 (27.59%) 5G
3 8 (27.59%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (24.14%) DHCP
4 7 (24.14%) DNS
5 6 (20.69%) WAN
5 6 (20.69%) Wireshark
6 5 (17.24%) BGP
6 5 (17.24%) Internet
6 5 (17.24%) OSPF
7 4 (13.79%) SD-WAN
7 4 (13.79%) VPN
7 4 (13.79%) Wireless
8 2 (6.90%) IPsec
8 2 (6.90%) LAN
8 2 (6.90%) MPLS
8 2 (6.90%) VoIP
General
1 6 (20.69%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Electronics
4 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.90%) Marketing
4 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Back Office
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.90%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Network Design
2 7 (24.14%) Migration
3 6 (20.69%) Network Management
4 3 (10.34%) Agile
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 3 (10.34%) Matrix Organization
4 3 (10.34%) Network Security Management
4 3 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (10.34%) Project Management
4 3 (10.34%) Security Management
4 3 (10.34%) Task Automation
5 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.90%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (6.90%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) CCNA
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
3 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.90%) CCNP
3 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.45%) CCIE
4 1 (3.45%) CCIE Wireless
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) DICOM
2 2 (6.90%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Cisco
2 7 (24.14%) Ericsson
2 7 (24.14%) Nokia
3 5 (17.24%) Brocade
3 5 (17.24%) Fortinet
3 5 (17.24%) Infoblox
4 2 (6.90%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (6.90%) Mitel
4 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.90%) SAP
5 1 (3.45%) BMC
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Juniper
5 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.45%) Sophos
5 1 (3.45%) Tenable