Network Planning Contracts

Network Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Planning over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 672 824
Rank change year-on-year +82 +152 -129
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 12 23 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.041% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.033% 0.046% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 18
10th Percentile - £411 £327
25th Percentile £325 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £387 £458 £588
Median % change year-on-year -15.41% -22.13% +46.88%
75th Percentile £452 £550 £639
90th Percentile £481 £585 £862
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £450 £405
% change year-on-year -22.22% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile £17.60 - -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -54.67% +31.58%
75th Percentile £32.50 £21.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £34.00 £24.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 -
% change year-on-year +35.29% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Planning 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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Planning over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Planning over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Planning in the UK

Network Planning
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +84 9 £387 -14.00% 9
Work from Home +105 7 £350 -17.65% 1
UK excluding London +36 7 £350 -22.22% 6
North of England +26 4 £350 -17.65% 3
South East +8 2 £424 -4.45% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £350 -
London +78 1 £500 -16.67% 1
North West +11 1 - - 3
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - - 1

Network Planning
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 1 (8.33%) ArcGIS
1 1 (8.33%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) SAP APO
1 2 (16.67%) SAP IBP
1 2 (16.67%) SAP MM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
1 3 (25.00%) SDH
2 2 (16.67%) 4G
2 2 (16.67%) 5G
2 2 (16.67%) DWDM
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (8.33%) 2G
3 1 (8.33%) 3G
3 1 (8.33%) ATM
3 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) LTE
3 1 (8.33%) MPLS
3 1 (8.33%) SONET
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
3 1 (8.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) GIS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (16.67%) Spanish Language
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Change Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Functional Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) ICT Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Management Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP APO Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP APO Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Functional Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP MM Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) SAP MM Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Change Management Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Management Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Data Management
1 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (16.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (16.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) SDLC
2 2 (16.67%) Story Points
2 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (16.67%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Autodesk
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Cramer
3 1 (8.33%) Tellabs