Real-Time IT Contract Trends & Actionable Insights

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 9 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Radio Access Network	186	New entry-	£290	-	1 0.023%
Network Engineer	84	Up 4 places+4	£438	+6.06%	113 2.58%	28
Wireless Network Engineer	173	Down -48 places-48	£475	+8.57%	14 0.32%
IP Network Engineer	169	New entry-	-	-	18 0.41%
Data Network Engineer	154	New entry-	-	-	33 0.75%
Cisco Network Engineer	150	Down -31 places-31	£425	+1.49%	37 0.84%	2
Senior Network Engineer	183	Down -57 places-57	£400	-23.80%	4 0.091%	5
2nd Line Network Engineer	186	Down -67 places-67	£270	-1.81%	1 0.023%
Network Field Engineer	186	New entry-	£250	-	1 0.023%	1
SC Cleared Network Engineer	184	Down -59 places-59	£375	-25.03%	3 0.068%
DV Cleared Network Engineer	181	New entry-	£600	-	6 0.14%
Network Systems Engineer	186	New entry-	-	-	1 0.023%	1
Network Support Engineer	186	Down -67 places-67	£270	-1.81%	1 0.023%
Network Security Engineer	149	New entry-	£375	-	38 0.87%	5
Senior Network Security Engineer	186	New entry-	£338	-	1 0.023%	1
Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)	182	Down -57 places-57	£413	+43.47%	5 0.11%
Radio Frequency Engineer	184	New entry-	-	-	3 0.068%	3
Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer)	186	New entry-	-	-	1 0.023%
Radio Frequency Test Engineer	184	New entry-	-	-	3 0.068%
Network Operations Centre Engineer	186	Down -60 places-60	-	-	1 0.023%	1