Network Planning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Network Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Planning 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 298 338 465
Rank change year-on-year +40 +127 +151
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 6 7 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.046% 0.046%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.052% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £369
25th Percentile £481 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% -17.65% -27.66%
75th Percentile £494 £453 £438
90th Percentile - £499 £460
UK median daily rate £463 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +32.14% -17.65% -27.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £15.35 £20.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £17.38 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.18% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £43.75 £27.88 £24.25
90th Percentile - £30.65 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +84.78% +2.22% -40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Network Planning 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 Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Network Planning
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 Planning.

Network Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Planning
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 Planning.

Network Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Planning
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 Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (33.33%) SAP MM
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (33.33%) BGP
2 2 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 2 (33.33%) IPv4
2 2 (33.33%) MPLS
2 2 (33.33%) OSPF
2 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (33.33%) IDMS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) IP Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Operations Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Integration Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Transmission Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCNP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) BMC
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Huawei
1 2 (33.33%) Remedy
1 2 (33.33%) SAP