Network Optimisation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Optimisation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Network Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Optimisation over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 471 618
Rank change year-on-year +129 +147 -139
Contract jobs citing Network Optimisation 6 5 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.020% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.022% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £555 £382 -
25th Percentile £600 £423 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £505 £325
Median % change year-on-year +18.91% +55.38% -23.53%
75th Percentile £601 £598 -
90th Percentile - £644 -
UK median daily rate £525 £375 £538
% change year-on-year +40.00% -30.23% +28.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Network Optimisation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Optimisation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Optimisation.

Network Optimisation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Optimisation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Optimisation.

Network Optimisation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Optimisation
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 4 (66.67%) InfiniBand
3 2 (33.33%) MPLS
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) BGP
4 1 (16.67%) DWDM
4 1 (16.67%) EIGRP
4 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) SDH
4 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
4 1 (16.67%) SONET
4 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Network Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Senior
1 5 (83.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 4 (66.67%) Low Latency
1 4 (66.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Network Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Order Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto