Hybrid/Remote NaaS Contract Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NaaS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 320 319 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing NaaS 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.020% 0.033% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.19% 0.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 £806 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £813 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% - -
75th Percentile £444 £819 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £430 £725 -
% change year-on-year -40.69% - -

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 1,074 1,308 2,425
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.71% 10.79% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 695 802 1,587
10th Percentile £293 £325 £305
25th Percentile £400 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £612
90th Percentile £686 £689 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 85
10th Percentile £23.58 £35.60 £17.78
25th Percentile £42.06 £37.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £63.50 £48.56 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +1.17% -16.52%
75th Percentile £65.06 £66.01 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £75.00 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £48.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.17% -12.67% +34.05%

NaaS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NaaS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

NaaS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NaaS
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NaaS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NaaS

NaaS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper