NOC Engineer Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Network Operations Centre Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

As of 8 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Network Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in Birmingham.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a NOC Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - £450 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 840 444 707
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 88.45% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 295 489
10th Percentile £313 £160 £248
25th Percentile £413 £363 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £572 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 41 42
10th Percentile £16.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.15 £12.62 £16.63
Median hourly rate £24.53 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.21% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £33.75 £23.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £30.29 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £22.05 £19.77
% change year-on-year +54.10% +11.53% -1.15%

NOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'NOC Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

NOC Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

NOC Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for NOC Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for NOC Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

NOC Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for NOC Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for NOC Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

NOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, NOC Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring NOC Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

NOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco