Network Technician Contract Job Trends

Network Technician
UK

The median Network Technician daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 515 578
Rank change year-on-year -109 +63 +114
Contract jobs requiring a Network Technician 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.004% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £175 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £440 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% - -
75th Percentile £225 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £440 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.92
Median hourly rate - - £24.87
75th Percentile - - £25.83
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.87

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 43,905 26,796 39,671
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.46% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,903 17,460 25,789
10th Percentile £320 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,866 1,033 2,665
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.43 £28.18 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.13% -24.85% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.24 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.21% -31.91% -4.94%

Network Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Technician
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Technician
Top 1 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 Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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 -102 1 £200 -54.55% 1

Network Technician Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2026, Network Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Network Technician 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto