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	74	Down -24 places-24	£450	+9.09%	11 1.09%	3
Network Engineer	47	Up 4 places+4	£305	+22.00%	39 3.85%	1
IP Network Engineer	83	New entry-	£475	-	2 0.20%
Data Network Engineer	79	New entry-	£305	-	6 0.59%
Core Network Engineer	84	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.099%
Cisco Network Engineer	76	Down -18 places-18	£305	-26.06%	9 0.89%
Senior Network Engineer	71	Down -12 places-12	£72	-	14 1.38%
Senior IP Network Engineer	84	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.099%
Network Design Engineer	84	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.099%
SC Cleared Network Engineer	83	New entry-	£338	-	2 0.20%
DV Cleared Network Engineer	83	Down -24 places-24	£575	-	2 0.20%
Network Support Engineer	84	Down -25 places-25	£250	-	1 0.099%
Network Security Engineer	83	Down -24 places-24	£438	-	2 0.20%	1
Core Network Design Engineer	84	New entry-	£500	-	1 0.099%
Senior Network Security Engineer	84	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.099%
Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)	82	New entry-	£340	-	3 0.30%