Network Support Contract Job Trends

Network Support
UK

The median Network Support daily rate in the UK is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 514 505
Rank change year-on-year -127 -9 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 25 38 44
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 28 23
10th Percentile £213 £252 £200
25th Percentile £276 £300 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £425 £275
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% +54.55% -29.71%
75th Percentile £547 £500 £350
90th Percentile £663 - £383
UK excluding London median daily rate £415 £463 £270
% change year-on-year -10.27% +71.30% -32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £13.25 -

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 50,097 29,975 35,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.82% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,425 18,913 21,413
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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,996 1,630 1,535
10th Percentile £14.42 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.61 £17.26 £20.63
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.74 £25.04 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.69% -41.77% -2.05%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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
England -145 16 £500 +17.65% 49
UK excluding London -120 15 £415 -10.27% 25
London -80 9 £550 +51.72% 28
Wales - 7 - -
North of England -68 3 £525 +59.09% 7
Work from Home -71 3 £250 -41.18% 17
North West -43 2 £400 +21.21% 4
South East -68 2 £225 -55.00% 12
East Midlands -10 1 £525 - 1
East of England -29 1 £455 -
Midlands -50 1 £525 +77.97% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £525 - 1
Scotland - 1 £375 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 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 13 (52.00%) Cisco
2 12 (48.00%) WAN
3 11 (44.00%) Firewall
4 9 (36.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (36.00%) SD-WAN
5 8 (32.00%) Fortinet
6 7 (28.00%) BGP
6 7 (28.00%) OSPF
6 7 (28.00%) Palo Alto
7 6 (24.00%) LAN
7 6 (24.00%) MPLS
7 6 (24.00%) Python
8 5 (20.00%) Ansible
8 5 (20.00%) AWS
8 5 (20.00%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (20.00%) Azure
8 5 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (20.00%) Fault Analysis
8 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
8 5 (20.00%) Zero Trust
9 4 (16.00%) EIGRP
9 4 (16.00%) Meraki
9 4 (16.00%) Network Security
9 4 (16.00%) Runbook
9 4 (16.00%) SLA
10 3 (12.00%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (12.00%) Change Control
10 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (12.00%) Compliance Audit
10 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity

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 (4.00%) CMS
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) AWS
1 5 (20.00%) AWS Direct Connect
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
1 5 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (4.00%) IBM Watson
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (48.00%) WAN
2 11 (44.00%) Firewall
3 9 (36.00%) SD-WAN
4 7 (28.00%) BGP
4 7 (28.00%) OSPF
5 6 (24.00%) LAN
5 6 (24.00%) MPLS
6 4 (16.00%) EIGRP
6 4 (16.00%) Network Security
7 3 (12.00%) VPN
7 3 (12.00%) Wireless
8 2 (8.00%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (8.00%) SNMP
9 1 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (4.00%) DNS
9 1 (4.00%) Internet
9 1 (4.00%) Multicast
9 1 (4.00%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (4.00%) Skype
9 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) GIS
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (20.00%) Fault Analysis
2 5 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (20.00%) Zero Trust
3 4 (16.00%) Runbook
4 3 (12.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (12.00%) Change Control
4 3 (12.00%) Compliance Audit
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) High Availability
4 3 (12.00%) Migration
4 3 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (12.00%) Validation
4 3 (12.00%) Workflow
5 2 (8.00%) AI
5 2 (8.00%) Change Management
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL
5 2 (8.00%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) CCNP
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) CCIE
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) SLA
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Ansible
2 3 (12.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Cisco
2 8 (32.00%) Fortinet
3 7 (28.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (16.00%) Meraki
5 3 (12.00%) VMware
6 2 (8.00%) Apple
6 2 (8.00%) Dell
6 2 (8.00%) Juniper
6 2 (8.00%) Splunk
7 1 (4.00%) Arista
7 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.00%) ComArch
7 1 (4.00%) Ericsson
7 1 (4.00%) F5
7 1 (4.00%) Huawei
7 1 (4.00%) IBM
7 1 (4.00%) NetScout
7 1 (4.00%) Nokia
7 1 (4.00%) SevOne