Network Management Contracts

Network Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 425 591
Rank change year-on-year +100 +166 -50
Contract jobs citing Network Management 269 266 252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.47% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.53% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 170 163
10th Percentile £181 £200 £201
25th Percentile £438 £350 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £588
90th Percentile - £700 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £481 £420
% change year-on-year +7.21% +14.42% +8.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 14 17
10th Percentile £40.00 £16.93 £26.25
25th Percentile £45.63 £25.19 £48.58
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.75 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.59% -9.72% +116.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £82.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.25 £101.25 £60.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £46.25 £54.00
% change year-on-year +51.35% -14.35% +145.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Management.

Daily rate trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Management.

Hourly rate trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +128 251 £515 +4.61% 128
UK excluding London +98 234 £515 +7.21% 119
South West +79 122 £500 +150.00% 9
Work from Home +101 82 £490 -0.51% 37
South East +46 75 £650 +38.30% 15
London +60 25 £450 -18.18% 18
North of England +30 20 £515 +14.44% 17
North West +16 18 £514 +14.17% 8
Scotland +41 10 £340 -32.00% 10
East of England -27 5 £190 -72.86% 11
Midlands +12 2 - - 55
West Midlands +11 2 - - 41
Yorkshire - 2 £610 - 8

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (10.78%) Confluence
1 29 (10.78%) SharePoint
2 28 (10.41%) SharePoint Server
3 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 54 (20.07%) Azure
2 31 (11.52%) SaaS
3 29 (10.78%) Azure Stack
4 28 (10.41%) Cloud Computing
5 27 (10.04%) IaaS
5 27 (10.04%) PaaS
6 24 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.60%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.49%) AWS
9 1 (0.37%) GCP
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.37%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 86 (31.97%) BGP
2 78 (29.00%) WAN
3 67 (24.91%) Firewall
4 49 (18.22%) Cisco Firepower
5 42 (15.61%) LAN
6 35 (13.01%) MPLS
7 31 (11.52%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (10.78%) OSPF
9 27 (10.04%) NetScaler
10 26 (9.67%) SSL
11 25 (9.29%) Cisco ISE
12 23 (8.55%) Cisco ASA
12 23 (8.55%) EIGRP
12 23 (8.55%) HSRP
12 23 (8.55%) IPsec
13 20 (7.43%) DNS
14 17 (6.32%) DHCP
15 16 (5.95%) SNMP
16 12 (4.46%) Spanning Tree
17 11 (4.09%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.09%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.37%) GIS
3 1 (0.37%) Power BI
3 1 (0.37%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 29 (10.78%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (24.54%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.22%) Public Sector
3 37 (13.75%) Finance
4 36 (13.38%) Telecoms
5 14 (5.20%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.72%) Aerospace
6 10 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (1.49%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.12%) Banking
8 3 (1.12%) Billing
9 2 (0.74%) Legal
9 2 (0.74%) Military
10 1 (0.37%) Advertising
10 1 (0.37%) Electronics
10 1 (0.37%) French Language
10 1 (0.37%) Local Government
10 1 (0.37%) Marketing
10 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.37%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 122 (45.35%) Architect
2 119 (44.24%) Network Architect
3 48 (17.84%) Network Engineer
4 32 (11.90%) Lead
5 29 (10.78%) Lead Architect
5 29 (10.78%) Systems Architect
6 24 (8.92%) Analyst
7 23 (8.55%) Senior
8 14 (5.20%) Microsoft Engineer
8 14 (5.20%) Senior Network Engineer
9 12 (4.46%) Infrastructure Technician
9 12 (4.46%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.72%) IT Analyst
10 10 (3.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 9 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.97%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (2.97%) Infrastructure Support
12 8 (2.97%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (2.97%) Senior Architect
12 8 (2.97%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.46%) Jinja
2 4 (1.49%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.12%) Django
3 3 (1.12%) JSON
3 3 (1.12%) REST
3 3 (1.12%) RESTful
3 3 (1.12%) YANG
4 1 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (17.84%) Data Centre
2 32 (11.90%) Private Cloud
3 25 (9.29%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.46%) NHS
5 8 (2.97%) Client/Server
5 8 (2.97%) Clustering
6 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.12%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.37%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 70 (26.02%) Windows
2 26 (9.67%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.97%) Unix
4 7 (2.60%) Linux
4 7 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (23.05%) ITIL
2 48 (17.84%) ITSM
3 42 (15.61%) Capacity Management
4 38 (14.13%) Network Design
5 34 (12.64%) Service Management
5 34 (12.64%) SIEM
6 31 (11.52%) Zero Trust
7 30 (11.15%) Open Source
7 30 (11.15%) Security Monitoring
8 29 (10.78%) Systems Engineering
9 28 (10.41%) Customer Requirements
10 27 (10.04%) Business Strategy
11 26 (9.67%) Strategic Thinking
11 26 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (9.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (7.43%) Migration
14 18 (6.69%) Requirements Management
15 17 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (5.95%) Change Management
17 15 (5.58%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.95%) Python
2 15 (5.58%) PowerShell
3 12 (4.46%) Perl
3 12 (4.46%) Tcl
4 3 (1.12%) Bash
4 3 (1.12%) Java
4 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.12%) SQL
4 3 (1.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 198 (73.61%) Security Cleared
2 89 (33.09%) SC Cleared
3 84 (31.23%) DV Cleared
4 40 (14.87%) Degree
5 15 (5.58%) CCNP
5 15 (5.58%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (5.20%) CCNA
7 7 (2.60%) MCSE
7 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.23%) DBS Check
8 6 (2.23%) MCP
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) CISA
9 1 (0.37%) CISM
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.37%) PMP
9 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.41%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (0.37%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.58%) Firmware
3 11 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.97%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (2.97%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (9.67%) Endace
2 23 (8.55%) SCCM
3 19 (7.06%) SCOM
4 17 (6.32%) Ansible
5 9 (3.35%) WSUS
6 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (2.97%) Nagios
6 8 (2.97%) NetBackup
7 5 (1.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.49%) Terraform
9 3 (1.12%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 74 (27.51%) Microsoft
2 70 (26.02%) Cisco
3 33 (12.27%) Juniper
3 33 (12.27%) Palo Alto
4 30 (11.15%) F5
5 29 (10.78%) Citrix
6 28 (10.41%) Atlassian
7 24 (8.92%) SolarWinds
8 23 (8.55%) VMware
9 13 (4.83%) Veeam
10 8 (2.97%) Hitachi
10 8 (2.97%) Meraki
10 8 (2.97%) NetApp
11 6 (2.23%) Google
12 5 (1.86%) Apple
13 4 (1.49%) Fortinet
14 3 (1.12%) Aruba
14 3 (1.12%) Ericsson
14 3 (1.12%) Genesys
14 3 (1.12%) Nokia