Network Project Manager Contracts

Network Project Manager
UK

The median Network Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 622 724
Rank change year-on-year +51 +102 -36
Contract jobs requiring a Network Project Manager 13 75 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 37 77
10th Percentile £377 £400 £390
25th Percentile £411 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.10% +5.00% +14.61%
75th Percentile £534 £619 £538
90th Percentile £675 £638 £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% +15.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Network Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Project Manager in the UK

Network Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Project Manager in the UK

Network Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Project Manager in the UK

Network Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Project Manager in the UK

Network Project Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +31 9 £445 -15.24% 1
UK excluding London +10 9 £425 -10.53% 1
Work from Home +86 5 £445 -6.32% 1
London +51 2 £525 -4.50% 1
Wales +21 2 £325 - 1
West Midlands +12 2 £575 +27.78%
Midlands +9 2 £575 +27.71%
East of England +5 2 - -
North of England +11 1 £500 +33.33%
North West +10 1 £500 +17.65%
South East +9 1 £405 -20.98%
Scotland - 1 - -

Network Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Network Project Manager 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 featuring Network Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
1 5 (38.46%) Data Centre
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
2 4 (30.77%) LAN
2 4 (30.77%) WAN
2 4 (30.77%) Wireless
2 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Network Security
3 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Control
4 2 (15.38%) Azure
4 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Internet
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (15.38%) PMP
4 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
5 1 (7.69%) Nokia
5 1 (7.69%) webMethods

Network Project Manager Skill Set
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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
1 4 (30.77%) WAN
1 4 (30.77%) Wireless
2 3 (23.08%) Network Security
2 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) Internet
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall
4 1 (7.69%) IP Telephony
4 1 (7.69%) MPLS
4 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) BYOD
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) AIX
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
1 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
3 2 (15.38%) Budget Control
3 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
3 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Governance
4 1 (7.69%) Project Governance
4 1 (7.69%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.69%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) NEBOSH
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) BT
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) NetCracker
3 1 (7.69%) Nokia
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) webMethods