Network Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 267 400
Rank change year-on-year -5 +133 +128
Contract jobs citing Network Management 32 78 77
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.51% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.58% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 52 54
10th Percentile £400 £175 £200
25th Percentile £413 £175 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £418
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +13.77% -16.50%
75th Percentile £531 £525 £569
90th Percentile £554 £636 £623
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -4.85% +8.42% +5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 20 5
10th Percentile - £67.00 £29.40
25th Percentile - £67.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile - - £89.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £70.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -46.43% +40.00% +14.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Network Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Network Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Management.

Network Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Network Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Management.

Network Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Confluence
1 2 (6.25%) Drupal
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) Akamai
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) Firewall
2 9 (28.13%) BGP
2 9 (28.13%) WAN
3 8 (25.00%) MPLS
3 8 (25.00%) Network Security
3 8 (25.00%) OSPF
4 7 (21.88%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (18.75%) 5G
5 6 (18.75%) DNS
5 6 (18.75%) IPsec
5 6 (18.75%) SD-WAN
6 5 (15.63%) HSRP
6 5 (15.63%) SNMP
6 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
7 4 (12.50%) DHCP
7 4 (12.50%) Ethernet
7 4 (12.50%) Internet
7 4 (12.50%) LAN
7 4 (12.50%) VPN
8 3 (9.38%) 3G
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) GitLab
2 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Telecoms
3 5 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Finance
5 3 (9.38%) Billing
5 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.25%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Network Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Designer
4 3 (9.38%) IP Designer
4 3 (9.38%) Network Specialist
4 3 (9.38%) OSS Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Network Specialist
4 3 (9.38%) Telecoms Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Active Directory Support
5 2 (6.25%) Communications Officer
5 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
5 2 (6.25%) Mainframe Specialist
5 2 (6.25%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Telecoms Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) 802.1X
1 2 (6.25%) NETCONF
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) RFC 2544
2 1 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.25%) Social Media
4 1 (3.13%) FMCG
4 1 (3.13%) Life Science
4 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.13%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) zOS
2 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Project Management
2 7 (21.88%) Agile
2 7 (21.88%) ITIL
2 7 (21.88%) Network Design
2 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.63%) CRM
3 5 (15.63%) Network Architecture
3 5 (15.63%) Scrum
4 4 (12.50%) DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.38%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (9.38%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (9.38%) Patch Management
5 3 (9.38%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (9.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) JCL
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
1 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.75%) CCNP
4 5 (15.63%) Degree
5 3 (9.38%) CCIE
5 3 (9.38%) CCNA
5 3 (9.38%) PMI Certification
5 3 (9.38%) PMP
6 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.13%) CCDP
7 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 3 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (6.25%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.25%) Tivoli NetView
3 1 (3.13%) Ansible
3 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Cisco
2 10 (31.25%) Palo Alto
3 5 (15.63%) Juniper
4 3 (9.38%) Amdocs
4 3 (9.38%) CheckPoint
4 3 (9.38%) Ciena
4 3 (9.38%) Ericsson
4 3 (9.38%) F5
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.38%) NetCracker
4 3 (9.38%) Nokia
4 3 (9.38%) SolarWinds
5 2 (6.25%) Dynatrace
5 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.25%) IBM
6 1 (3.13%) Blue Coat
6 1 (3.13%) Citrix
6 1 (3.13%) Google
6 1 (3.13%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) Riverbed