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	157	New entry-	£290	-	1 0.031%
Network Engineer	65	Up 9 places+9	£431	+56.81%	106 3.28%	17
Wireless Network Engineer	144	Down -45 places-45	£475	-	14 0.43%
IP Network Engineer	140	New entry-	-	-	18 0.56%
Data Network Engineer	125	New entry-	-	-	33 1.02%
Cisco Network Engineer	121	Down -26 places-26	£425	+6.25%	37 1.15%	1
Senior Network Engineer	154	Down -55 places-55	£400	-23.80%	4 0.12%	5
2nd Line Network Engineer	157	Down -64 places-64	£270	-1.81%	1 0.031%
Network Field Engineer	157	New entry-	£250	-	1 0.031%	1
SC Cleared Network Engineer	155	Down -56 places-56	£375	+7.14%	3 0.093%
DV Cleared Network Engineer	152	New entry-	£600	-	6 0.19%
Network Systems Engineer	157	New entry-	-	-	1 0.031%	1
Network Support Engineer	157	Down -65 places-65	£270	-1.81%	1 0.031%
Network Security Engineer	120	New entry-	£375	-	38 1.18%	4
Senior Network Security Engineer	157	New entry-	£338	-	1 0.031%	2
Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)	153	Down -55 places-55	£413	+43.47%	5 0.15%
Radio Frequency Engineer	155	New entry-	-	-	3 0.093%	2
Local Area Network Engineer (LAN Engineer)	157	New entry-	-	-	1 0.031%
Radio Frequency Test Engineer	155	New entry-	-	-	3 0.093%
Network Operations Centre Engineer	157	Down -58 places-58	-	-	1 0.031%	2