Network Monitoring Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Monitoring
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Network Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 332 425
Rank change year-on-year +82 +93 +153
Contract jobs citing Network Monitoring 52 17 49
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 10 37
10th Percentile £399 £300 £400
25th Percentile £425 £303 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £383 £524
Median % change year-on-year +30.72% -27.00% +10.31%
75th Percentile £551 £558 £700
90th Percentile £669 £569 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £497
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.40% +4.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.37
Median hourly rate - - £55.32
75th Percentile - - £59.28
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £32.67 £23.80 £62.00
% change year-on-year +37.25% -61.61% +49.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Monitoring 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 9,017 13,465 23,106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.06% 87.90% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 8,984 16,334
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 221 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Network Monitoring
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Network Monitoring
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 Monitoring.

Network Monitoring daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Monitoring
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Network Monitoring daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Monitoring
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 Monitoring.

Network Monitoring hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Monitoring
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 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (1.92%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 23 (44.23%) Firewall
2 22 (42.31%) VPN
3 17 (32.69%) BGP
3 17 (32.69%) OSPF
4 16 (30.77%) MPLS
5 13 (25.00%) LAN
6 11 (21.15%) WAN
7 10 (19.23%) Multicast
7 10 (19.23%) Network Security
8 8 (15.38%) Broadband
8 8 (15.38%) IPv6
8 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
9 7 (13.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (13.46%) Wireless
10 6 (11.54%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (11.54%) SD-WAN
11 5 (9.62%) GPON
11 5 (9.62%) IPsec
12 4 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
12 4 (7.69%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 9 (17.31%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Finance
3 4 (7.69%) Law
3 4 (7.69%) Legal
3 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Network Engineer
2 11 (21.15%) Principal Engineer
2 11 (21.15%) Principal Network Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Tester
4 6 (11.54%) Security Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Implementation Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Principal Security Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 4 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Architect
7 3 (5.77%) Network Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Core Network Engineer
8 2 (3.85%) Mainframe Specialist
8 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 1 (1.92%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) SCADA
2 7 (13.46%) Data Centre
3 6 (11.54%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (9.62%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.85%) Mainframe
5 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.85%) PKI
6 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.92%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) ITIL
1 12 (23.08%) Migration
2 8 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 7 (13.46%) Change Management
3 7 (13.46%) ITSM
3 7 (13.46%) Service Management
3 7 (13.46%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (11.54%) Functional Testing
4 6 (11.54%) Performance Testing
5 5 (9.62%) Security Management
6 4 (7.69%) Capacity Management
6 4 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (7.69%) Network Design
6 4 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (7.69%) Problem Management
6 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.77%) Network Management
7 3 (5.77%) Network Segmentation
7 3 (5.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) Python
2 2 (3.85%) JCL
3 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (34.62%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (26.92%) SC Cleared
2 14 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 9 (17.31%) CCIE
3 9 (17.31%) CCNP
4 5 (9.62%) CCIE Service Provider
5 4 (7.69%) CCNA
5 4 (7.69%) Degree
6 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.92%) CEH
6 1 (1.92%) CISA
6 1 (1.92%) CISM
6 1 (1.92%) CISSP
6 1 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.92%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.92%) NIST
1 1 (1.92%) NIST 800
1 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (17.31%) ZABBIX
2 8 (15.38%) Ansible
3 7 (13.46%) Terraform
4 5 (9.62%) Cisco Prime
5 4 (7.69%) FortiGate
5 4 (7.69%) Nagios
6 2 (3.85%) Tivoli NetView
7 1 (1.92%) HP ALM
7 1 (1.92%) Icinga
7 1 (1.92%) Observium
Vendors
1 28 (53.85%) Cisco
2 21 (40.38%) SolarWinds
3 14 (26.92%) Palo Alto
4 8 (15.38%) VMware
5 6 (11.54%) Aruba
5 6 (11.54%) Nokia
6 5 (9.62%) Broadcom
6 5 (9.62%) Juniper
7 4 (7.69%) Fortinet
8 3 (5.77%) Arista
8 3 (5.77%) F5
8 3 (5.77%) Foundry
8 3 (5.77%) ServiceNow
9 2 (3.85%) BMC
9 2 (3.85%) Dynatrace
9 2 (3.85%) IBM
9 2 (3.85%) NetScout
10 1 (1.92%) HP
10 1 (1.92%) Meraki
10 1 (1.92%) Oracle