Hybrid/Remote NETCONF Contract Job Trends

NETCONF
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NETCONF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 306 377
Rank change year-on-year -8 +71 +160
Contract jobs citing NETCONF 3 11 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% 0.094% 0.023%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.38% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £724 £616 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 £633 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £771 £649 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £760 £591 £575
% change year-on-year +28.54% +2.83% +4.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

NETCONF falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,694 2,876 4,167
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.33% 24.63% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,761 1,893 3,019
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £419 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 26 45
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.63 £40.12
25th Percentile £41.00 £28.63 £55.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £52.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -19.23% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £77.50
90th Percentile £67.00 £90.63 £90.25
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +14.68% -16.15%

NETCONF
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

NETCONF job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NETCONF
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

NETCONF
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 5G
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Cucumber
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) Robot Framework
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
2 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Development
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) Jinja
2 2 (66.67%) YANG
3 1 (33.33%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Veracode
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Nokia
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
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