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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 276 358
Rank change year-on-year -11 +82 +154
Contract jobs citing Network Management 22 76 95
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.52% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.60% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 44 55
10th Percentile £354 £175 £230
25th Percentile £406 £306 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -1.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £525 £556 £581
90th Percentile £554 £638 £709
UK median daily rate £450 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 24 6
10th Percentile - - £16.50
25th Percentile - £67.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% -17.66%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £63.75
90th Percentile - - £86.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £70.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -46.43% +43.59% -9.72%

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 9,291 12,763 21,492
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.77% 87.18% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,296 8,590 15,171
10th Percentile £325 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £760 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 552 514
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.17 £17.80
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £25.95
Median hourly rate £34.65 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.76 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £37.42
% change year-on-year -32.93% +0.21% +43.92%

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 4 July 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 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) Akamai
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) Firewall
2 8 (36.36%) SD-WAN
2 8 (36.36%) WAN
3 7 (31.82%) BGP
4 6 (27.27%) OSPF
5 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (18.18%) EIGRP
6 4 (18.18%) IPsec
7 3 (13.64%) 5G
7 3 (13.64%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (13.64%) Cisco Firepower
7 3 (13.64%) HSRP
8 2 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (9.09%) DHCP
8 2 (9.09%) DNS
8 2 (9.09%) LAN
8 2 (9.09%) Multicast
8 2 (9.09%) SNA
8 2 (9.09%) SNMP
8 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 3 (13.64%) Billing
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Active Directory Support
2 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) OSS Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Telecoms Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Mainframe Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.55%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) RFC 2544
2 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 3 (13.64%) Mainframe
3 2 (9.09%) Life Science
3 2 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (4.55%) CMDB
4 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.55%) FMCG
4 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) zOS
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) ITIL
2 5 (22.73%) Agile
2 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (18.18%) DevOps
3 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (18.18%) Patch Management
3 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (13.64%) Change Management
4 3 (13.64%) CRM
4 3 (13.64%) Fault Management
4 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
4 3 (13.64%) Load Balancing
4 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
4 3 (13.64%) Scrum
4 3 (13.64%) Security Patching
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) JCL
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) CCIE
2 3 (13.64%) CCNA
2 3 (13.64%) CCNP
2 3 (13.64%) PMI Certification
2 3 (13.64%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) CCDP
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (9.09%) Ansible
2 2 (9.09%) Tivoli NetView
3 1 (4.55%) Nagios
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) Palo Alto
3 4 (18.18%) SolarWinds
4 3 (13.64%) Amdocs
4 3 (13.64%) CheckPoint
4 3 (13.64%) Ciena
4 3 (13.64%) Ericsson
4 3 (13.64%) IBM
4 3 (13.64%) NetCracker
4 3 (13.64%) Nokia
5 2 (9.09%) Arista
5 2 (9.09%) Dynatrace
5 2 (9.09%) Juniper
5 2 (9.09%) Meraki
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.55%) Citrix
6 1 (4.55%) Dell
6 1 (4.55%) Google
6 1 (4.55%) NetScout
6 1 (4.55%) VMware