Senior Network Manager Contract Job Trends

Senior Network Manager
UK

The median Senior Network Manager daily rate in the UK is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 547 619
Rank change year-on-year -24 +72 +174
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Manager 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.005% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.006% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £630 £538
25th Percentile - £638 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +8.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile - £713 £706
90th Percentile - £720 £733
UK excluding London median daily rate - £675 £700
% change year-on-year - -3.57% +33.33%

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 32,680 34,083 43,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.77% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,712 20,554 29,563
10th Percentile £281 £300 £292
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £647
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,932 1,297 1,552
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.21 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%
75th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.92 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +83.97%

Senior Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Network Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Network Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Network Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Senior Network Manager
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 22 November 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 -22 3 £565 -16.30% 5
London - 3 £565 - 4

Senior Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Senior Network Manager 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 Senior Network Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) AOP
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (33.33%) PMO
3 1 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2

Senior Network Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) AOP
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Meraki
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Zscaler