Network Specialist Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Specialist daily rate in Work from Home is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 455 597
Rank change year-on-year +119 +142 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Network Specialist 12 21 25
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.079% 0.082% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.086% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 13
10th Percentile - £389 £368
25th Percentile £463 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £519 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +15.28% +5.88%
75th Percentile £488 £650 £550
90th Percentile £613 £743 £581
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +5.00% +17.65% +3.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Network Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Network Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Specialist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Specialist
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 Specialist.

Network Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Specialist over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Network Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Specialist
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 Specialist.

Network Specialist hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Network Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) VPN
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
1 10 (83.33%) Juniper
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
3 6 (50.00%) Wireless
3 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (41.67%) Load Balancing
4 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) 4G
4 5 (41.67%) OSPF
4 5 (41.67%) BGP
4 5 (41.67%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) WLAN
4 5 (41.67%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) Network Design
4 5 (41.67%) Palo Alto
4 5 (41.67%) 5G
4 5 (41.67%) Network Virtualisation
4 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (33.33%) IPsec
5 4 (33.33%) PKI
5 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
5 4 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 2 (16.67%) Agile
7 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
7 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering

Network Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) VPN
2 7 (58.33%) Firewall
3 6 (50.00%) Wireless
4 5 (41.67%) 4G
4 5 (41.67%) 5G
4 5 (41.67%) BGP
4 5 (41.67%) LAN
4 5 (41.67%) Network Security
4 5 (41.67%) OSPF
4 5 (41.67%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) WLAN
5 4 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (33.33%) IPsec
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Wireless
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Load Balancing
1 5 (41.67%) Network Design
1 5 (41.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (25.00%) Change Management
2 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Threat Management
4 1 (8.33%) Capacity Management
4 1 (8.33%) Kanban
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Cisco
1 10 (83.33%) Juniper
2 5 (41.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (8.33%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (8.33%) VMware