Network Support Contract Job Trends

Network Support
UK

The median Network Support daily rate in the UK is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 657 524 521
Rank change year-on-year -133 -3 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 23 41 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.042% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 25
10th Percentile £208 £242 £196
25th Percentile £267 £300 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £413 £276
Median % change year-on-year +0.12% +49.73% -28.90%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £350
90th Percentile £686 - £383
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £425 £275
% change year-on-year -5.65% +54.55% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.03 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £22.03 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 50,135 29,742 35,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.07% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,651 18,759 21,938
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,860 1,586 1,659
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.17 £20.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.78 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.13 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.14% -42.76% +0.34%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Network Support job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Support
Top 13 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 Support within the UK over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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
UK excluding London -120 16 £401 -5.65% 15
England -144 14 £440 +6.67% 34
Wales - 7 - -
London -88 6 £588 +46.88% 21
North of England -64 4 £463 +40.30% 3
North West -47 3 £401 +21.52% 2
Work from Home -63 3 £250 -37.50% 10
South East -71 2 £225 -55.00% 6
East Midlands -14 1 £525 - 4
East of England -31 1 £455 -
Midlands -57 1 £525 +81.03% 5
Yorkshire - 1 £525 -
Scotland - 1 £375 - 1

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 September 2026, Network Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 11 (47.83%) Cisco
2 10 (43.48%) WAN
3 9 (39.13%) Firewall
4 7 (30.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (30.43%) SD-WAN
5 5 (21.74%) BGP
5 5 (21.74%) Fortinet
5 5 (21.74%) OSPF
6 4 (17.39%) Ansible
6 4 (17.39%) LAN
6 4 (17.39%) Meraki
6 4 (17.39%) MPLS
6 4 (17.39%) Network Security
6 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
6 4 (17.39%) Python
6 4 (17.39%) Wireless
7 3 (13.04%) AWS
7 3 (13.04%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (13.04%) Azure
7 3 (13.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (13.04%) Change Management
7 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (13.04%) Degree
7 3 (13.04%) Fault Analysis
7 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
7 3 (13.04%) ITIL
7 3 (13.04%) Migration
7 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
7 3 (13.04%) Splunk
7 3 (13.04%) VMware

Network Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) CMS
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) AWS
1 3 (13.04%) AWS Direct Connect
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
1 3 (13.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (4.35%) IBM Watson
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) WAN
2 9 (39.13%) Firewall
3 7 (30.43%) SD-WAN
4 5 (21.74%) BGP
4 5 (21.74%) OSPF
5 4 (17.39%) LAN
5 4 (17.39%) MPLS
5 4 (17.39%) Network Security
5 4 (17.39%) Wireless
6 2 (8.70%) EIGRP
6 2 (8.70%) Internet
6 2 (8.70%) SNMP
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (4.35%) DNS
7 1 (4.35%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (4.35%) Skype
7 1 (4.35%) VPN
7 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (4.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.35%) Retail
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (13.04%) Change Management
2 3 (13.04%) Fault Analysis
2 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
2 3 (13.04%) ITIL
2 3 (13.04%) Migration
2 3 (13.04%) Zero Trust
3 2 (8.70%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (8.70%) Data Ingestion
3 2 (8.70%) Generative AI
3 2 (8.70%) High Availability
3 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (8.70%) Low Latency
3 2 (8.70%) Major Incident Management
3 2 (8.70%) Operational Stability
3 2 (8.70%) Runbook
3 2 (8.70%) Service Management
3 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) CCNP
3 1 (4.35%) CCNA
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) AirWatch
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) Fortinet
3 4 (17.39%) Meraki
3 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
4 3 (13.04%) Splunk
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 2 (8.70%) Apple
5 2 (8.70%) Dell
5 2 (8.70%) Juniper
6 1 (4.35%) Broadcom
6 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.35%) ComArch
6 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
6 1 (4.35%) Ericsson
6 1 (4.35%) Huawei
6 1 (4.35%) IBM
6 1 (4.35%) NetScout
6 1 (4.35%) Nokia
6 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.35%) SevOne