Network Support Contract Job Trends

Network Support
UK

The median Network Support daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 485 501
Rank change year-on-year -116 +16 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 24 33 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.12% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 54
10th Percentile £293 £201 £186
25th Percentile £379 £363 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £331
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +20.75% -12.25%
75th Percentile £500 £413 £388
90th Percentile - £441 £426
UK excluding London median daily rate £401 £275 £325
% change year-on-year +45.82% -15.38% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £36.88 -
25th Percentile - £37.81 £27.50
Median hourly rate £13.25 £41.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.88% +37.50% -10.18%
75th Percentile - £45.31 £32.50
90th Percentile - £46.63 -
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 41,358 26,984 40,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 92.80% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,778 17,737 26,805
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.45%
75th Percentile £613 £629 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £486 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.37% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,581 943 2,528
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.85 £20.47 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -1.52% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £31.64 £33.00
% change year-on-year +26.91% -4.12% -21.43%

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 3 April 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 10 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 3 April 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 -108 24 £475 +18.75% 2
UK excluding London -99 14 £401 +45.82% 2
London -76 10 £475 +18.75%
South East -48 6 £500 -
East of England - 6 £363 -
Work from Home -42 3 £363 -9.38%
West Midlands -69 1 £270 -13.60%
Midlands -69 1 £270 -13.60% 2
North West - 1 £401 -
North of England - 1 £401 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 April 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 12 (50.00%) Cisco
2 11 (45.83%) Network Security
3 9 (37.50%) Firewall
4 8 (33.33%) Change Management
4 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 7 (29.17%) Juniper
5 7 (29.17%) SolarWinds
5 7 (29.17%) Windows
6 6 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (25.00%) ITSM
6 6 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 6 (25.00%) Service Management
6 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
7 5 (20.83%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
7 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
7 5 (20.83%) Junos
7 5 (20.83%) Network Architecture
7 5 (20.83%) Palo Alto
7 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (20.83%) Wireless
8 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 4 (16.67%) BGP
8 4 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 4 (16.67%) ITIL
8 4 (16.67%) Load Balancing
8 4 (16.67%) vCenter Server
8 4 (16.67%) VMware NSX

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 2 (8.33%) Apache
1 2 (8.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) Network Security
2 9 (37.50%) Firewall
3 6 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (20.83%) Junos
4 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (20.83%) Wireless
5 4 (16.67%) BGP
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (16.67%) WAN
6 3 (12.50%) LAN
6 3 (12.50%) OSPF
7 2 (8.33%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (8.33%) NX-OS
7 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
8 1 (4.17%) BIG-IP
8 1 (4.17%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (4.17%) IPsec
8 1 (4.17%) NGFW
8 1 (4.17%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Banking
2 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
1 5 (20.83%) Virtual Team
2 2 (8.33%) PKI
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (25.00%) ITSM
2 6 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (25.00%) Service Management
3 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
3 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
3 5 (20.83%) Network Architecture
3 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (16.67%) Load Balancing
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.33%) API Integration
6 2 (8.33%) Break/Fix
6 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (8.33%) Performance Management
6 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (8.33%) SEO
6 2 (8.33%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) vCenter Server
2 3 (12.50%) Ansible
2 3 (12.50%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Cisco
2 7 (29.17%) Juniper
2 7 (29.17%) SolarWinds
3 5 (20.83%) Palo Alto
4 3 (12.50%) F5
4 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.33%) Splunk
6 1 (4.17%) Broadcom
6 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
6 1 (4.17%) ForeScout
6 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow