Network Support Contracts in England

Network Support
UK > England

The median Network Support daily rate in England is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 582 716
Rank change year-on-year +128 +134 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 77 58 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.12% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.13% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 27 24
10th Percentile £184 £213 £188
25th Percentile £263 £319 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £380 £340
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +11.76% -7.48%
75th Percentile £388 £503 £434
90th Percentile - £635 £525
UK median daily rate £325 £388 £319
% change year-on-year -16.13% +21.57% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.50 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 £15.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -21.05% +26.67%
75th Percentile £32.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £38.25
% change year-on-year -36.84% +24.18% +155.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,787 45,579 67,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.59% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,381 47,891
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,334 1,845
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in England

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Midlands +54 44 £375 +7.14% 7
West Midlands +53 41 £375 - 6
South East +40 12 £198 -62.74% 7
North of England +27 11 £205 -41.43% 9
London +86 7 £375 -18.92% 5
North West +14 7 £295 -15.71% 5
Yorkshire +16 4 £203 -10.00% 4
East Midlands +15 3 £275 -21.43% 1
South West +8 3 £295 -26.25% 1
Network Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 England region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 41 (53.25%) WAN
1 41 (53.25%) Juniper
2 37 (48.05%) IPsec
2 37 (48.05%) BGP
2 37 (48.05%) Security Cleared
3 34 (44.16%) MPLS
4 33 (42.86%) PKI
5 31 (40.26%) VPN
6 25 (32.47%) Firewall
7 24 (31.17%) Cisco
7 24 (31.17%) Junos
8 21 (27.27%) Load Balancing
9 20 (25.97%) Network Design
10 15 (19.48%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
11 14 (18.18%) Wireless
12 13 (16.88%) CCNA
13 12 (15.58%) DNS
14 11 (14.29%) DHCP
14 11 (14.29%) LAN
14 11 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
16 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
17 8 (10.39%) VLAN
17 8 (10.39%) Data Centre
17 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
18 7 (9.09%) TCP/IP
18 7 (9.09%) CCNP
18 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
19 6 (7.79%) Network Monitoring

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) Azure
1 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 41 (53.25%) WAN
2 37 (48.05%) BGP
2 37 (48.05%) IPsec
3 34 (44.16%) MPLS
4 31 (40.26%) VPN
5 25 (32.47%) Firewall
6 24 (31.17%) Junos
7 14 (18.18%) Wireless
8 12 (15.58%) DNS
9 11 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (14.29%) DHCP
9 11 (14.29%) LAN
10 8 (10.39%) VLAN
11 7 (9.09%) TCP/IP
12 5 (6.49%) Ethereal
12 5 (6.49%) Ethernet
12 5 (6.49%) Wireshark
13 4 (5.19%) SD-WAN
14 3 (3.90%) Internet
14 3 (3.90%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 15 (19.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
3 7 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.60%) Legal
5 1 (1.30%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (42.86%) PKI
2 8 (10.39%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.30%) CCTV
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (27.27%) Load Balancing
2 20 (25.97%) Network Design
3 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
4 6 (7.79%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (6.49%) Business Case
5 5 (6.49%) Computer Science
5 5 (6.49%) Problem Management
6 4 (5.19%) ITIL
7 2 (2.60%) Data Protection
7 2 (2.60%) Incident Response
7 2 (2.60%) Mentoring
7 2 (2.60%) Network Management
7 2 (2.60%) Project Delivery
8 1 (1.30%) Change Control
8 1 (1.30%) Customer Service
8 1 (1.30%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (1.30%) Inventory Management
8 1 (1.30%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (1.30%) Patch Management
8 1 (1.30%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 37 (48.05%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.48%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (16.88%) CCNA
4 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.09%) CCNP
6 5 (6.49%) Degree
7 4 (5.19%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.30%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Firmware
1 1 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (6.49%) OpenView
2 1 (1.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (53.25%) Juniper
2 24 (31.17%) Cisco
3 3 (3.90%) F5
3 3 (3.90%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.60%) Aruba
4 2 (2.60%) Citrix
4 2 (2.60%) HP
4 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.30%) Broadcom
5 1 (1.30%) Brocade
5 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) VMware
5 1 (1.30%) Zscaler