Network Support Contracts in the Midlands

Network Support
England > Midlands

The median Network Support daily rate in the Midlands is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 155 184
Rank change year-on-year +62 +29 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 45 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.66% 0.39% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 0.41% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 2 7
10th Percentile £308 - £206
25th Percentile £313 - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £290
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +20.69% +11.54%
75th Percentile £388 - £363
90th Percentile - - £428
England median daily rate £325 £390 £340
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.71% -18.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year +100.00% -17.24% +20.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,498 3,180 4,757
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 94.70% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,235 3,467
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £685 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 119 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.40 £10.93
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.12 £14.50
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.38% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.56 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Network Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the Midlands

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Support in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Network Support in the Midlands

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the Midlands

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Support in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in the Midlands

Network Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +48 42 £375 - 3
East Midlands +23 3 £275 -21.43% 1
Network Support
England

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Network Support 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 job ads across the Midlands region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 39 (86.67%) WAN
2 35 (77.78%) Juniper
3 33 (73.33%) IPsec
3 33 (73.33%) PKI
3 33 (73.33%) MPLS
3 33 (73.33%) BGP
4 29 (64.44%) Security Cleared
5 21 (46.67%) Load Balancing
5 21 (46.67%) Junos
5 21 (46.67%) VPN
6 20 (44.44%) Network Design
7 9 (20.00%) Incident Management
8 8 (17.78%) Cisco
9 7 (15.56%) CCNA
9 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
10 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
10 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
10 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
10 6 (13.33%) LAN
10 6 (13.33%) Wireless
11 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
11 5 (11.11%) DNS
11 5 (11.11%) OpenView
11 5 (11.11%) DHCP
11 5 (11.11%) Ethernet
11 5 (11.11%) MS Visio
11 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
11 5 (11.11%) Ethereal
11 5 (11.11%) Degree

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 39 (86.67%) WAN
2 33 (73.33%) BGP
2 33 (73.33%) IPsec
2 33 (73.33%) MPLS
3 21 (46.67%) Junos
3 21 (46.67%) VPN
4 6 (13.33%) LAN
4 6 (13.33%) Wireless
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (11.11%) DHCP
5 5 (11.11%) DNS
5 5 (11.11%) Ethereal
5 5 (11.11%) Ethernet
5 5 (11.11%) Wireshark
6 2 (4.44%) Firewall
7 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
General
1 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.44%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 33 (73.33%) PKI
2 6 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) Load Balancing
2 20 (44.44%) Network Design
3 9 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 2 (4.44%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.44%) ITIL
6 1 (2.22%) Change Control
6 1 (2.22%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (2.22%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 29 (64.44%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.56%) CCNA
2 7 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 5 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) OpenView
Vendors
1 35 (77.78%) Juniper
2 8 (17.78%) Cisco
3 2 (4.44%) Aruba
3 2 (4.44%) HP
4 1 (2.22%) Broadcom
4 1 (2.22%) Brocade