Network Consultant Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Consultant
England > West Midlands

The median Network Consultant daily rate in the West Midlands is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 107 124
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 +63
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Network Consultant 4 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.23% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £497 £165 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £170 £425
Median % change year-on-year +216.18% -60.00% +41.67%
75th Percentile £572 £300 £481
90th Percentile £589 £525 £508
England median daily rate £513 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.41% +8.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,555 1,754 2,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 92.03% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,001 1,171 1,401
10th Percentile £235 £250 £250
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £600
90th Percentile £640 £713 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 77 61
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.59 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% -11.36% +22.78%
75th Percentile £36.00 £35.00 £31.04
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Network Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in the West Midlands

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Network Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Consultant in the West Midlands

Network Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the West Midlands

Network Consultant
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire - 4 £538 - 2
Network Consultant
England

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 August 2025, Network Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) CCIE
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) OpenView
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) High Availability
3 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) Police
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (25.00%) Police
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCIE
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) F5
1 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds