Network Support Contracts

Network Support
UK

The median Network Support daily rate in the UK is £325, 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 502 622 778
Rank change year-on-year +120 +156 -99
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 82 75 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.14% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.14% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 39 36
10th Percentile £184 £211 £190
25th Percentile £253 £288 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £345
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +8.70% +6.15%
75th Percentile £388 £444 £414
90th Percentile £400 £580 £481
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £375 £388
% change year-on-year -13.33% -3.23% +21.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £21.25 £19.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £30.63 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% -12.04% +260.00%
75th Percentile £32.50 £49.38 £56.00
90th Percentile - £49.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -12.04% +260.00%

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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
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 Support 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 +100 79 £325 -13.33% 21
UK excluding London +52 70 £325 -13.33% 22
Midlands +45 45 £375 +3.45% 3
West Midlands +45 42 £375 - 3
South East +20 12 £198 -59.90% 6
Work from Home +104 11 £250 -35.48% 7
North of England +12 11 £205 -39.26% 6
London +67 7 £375 - 2
North West +9 7 £295 -15.71% 4
Yorkshire +15 4 £203 -10.00% 2
East Midlands +8 3 £275 -21.43%
South West +3 3 £295 -26.25% 2
East of England 0 1 £200 -47.02% 3

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 44 (53.66%) WAN
2 42 (51.22%) Juniper
3 39 (47.56%) BGP
4 37 (45.12%) Security Cleared
5 36 (43.90%) IPsec
6 33 (40.24%) MPLS
6 33 (40.24%) VPN
7 32 (39.02%) PKI
8 31 (37.80%) Cisco
9 28 (34.15%) Firewall
10 24 (29.27%) Junos
11 22 (26.83%) Load Balancing
12 20 (24.39%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (23.17%) Network Design
13 19 (23.17%) Social Skills
14 17 (20.73%) Wireless
15 16 (19.51%) CCNA
15 16 (19.51%) LAN
16 15 (18.29%) DNS
16 15 (18.29%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (17.07%) DHCP
18 11 (13.41%) SC Cleared
19 10 (12.20%) Data Centre
20 9 (10.98%) Incident Management
20 9 (10.98%) Telecoms
20 9 (10.98%) CCNP
21 8 (9.76%) Ethernet
21 8 (9.76%) VLAN
21 8 (9.76%) Wireshark
22 7 (8.54%) Ethereal

Network Support 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:

Applications
1 7 (8.54%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 44 (53.66%) WAN
2 39 (47.56%) BGP
3 36 (43.90%) IPsec
4 33 (40.24%) MPLS
4 33 (40.24%) VPN
5 28 (34.15%) Firewall
6 24 (29.27%) Junos
7 17 (20.73%) Wireless
8 16 (19.51%) LAN
9 15 (18.29%) Cisco Nexus
9 15 (18.29%) DNS
10 14 (17.07%) DHCP
11 8 (9.76%) Ethernet
11 8 (9.76%) VLAN
11 8 (9.76%) Wireshark
12 7 (8.54%) Ethereal
12 7 (8.54%) TCP/IP
13 6 (7.32%) SD-WAN
14 5 (6.10%) OSPF
15 4 (4.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 19 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.98%) Telecoms
3 7 (8.54%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.22%) Advertising
4 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.22%) Automotive
4 1 (1.22%) Finance
4 1 (1.22%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.44%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 32 (39.02%) PKI
2 10 (12.20%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.22%) CCTV
4 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.22%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) Windows
2 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) Load Balancing
2 19 (23.17%) Network Design
3 9 (10.98%) Incident Management
4 7 (8.54%) Computer Science
5 6 (7.32%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (6.10%) Business Case
6 5 (6.10%) Problem Management
7 4 (4.88%) ITIL
8 2 (2.44%) Incident Response
8 2 (2.44%) Mentoring
8 2 (2.44%) Network Management
8 2 (2.44%) Project Delivery
9 1 (1.22%) Analytical Thinking
9 1 (1.22%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (1.22%) Customer Service
9 1 (1.22%) Inventory Management
9 1 (1.22%) Knowledge Transfer
9 1 (1.22%) Patch Management
9 1 (1.22%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (1.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 37 (45.12%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.39%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (19.51%) CCNA
4 11 (13.41%) SC Cleared
5 9 (10.98%) CCNP
6 7 (8.54%) Degree
7 4 (4.88%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.22%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.22%) Firmware
2 1 (1.22%) ProxySG
2 1 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (8.54%) OpenView
2 2 (2.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 42 (51.22%) Juniper
2 31 (37.80%) Cisco
3 5 (6.10%) F5
4 3 (3.66%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.44%) Citrix
5 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.44%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.44%) VMware
6 1 (1.22%) Aruba
6 1 (1.22%) Blue Coat
6 1 (1.22%) Broadcom
6 1 (1.22%) Brocade
6 1 (1.22%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.22%) Infoblox
6 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.22%) Zscaler