NaaS Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network as a Service (NaaS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NaaS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NaaS over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 347 451
Rank change year-on-year +31 +104 -
Contract jobs citing NaaS 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.021% 0.004%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.089% 0.19% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
UK median daily rate - £638 £650
% change year-on-year - -1.92% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

NaaS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,118 1,542 2,843
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.98% 10.58% 11.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 990 1,867
10th Percentile £313 £300 £319
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +0.98%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 70 104
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £18.80
25th Percentile £44.00 £14.27 £29.38
Median hourly rate £63.50 £45.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.11% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £87.46 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.56% +80.00% -13.04%

NaaS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NaaS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NaaS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NaaS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B