Network Engineer Contracts in Basingstoke

Network Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Basingstoke is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 33
Rank change year-on-year 0 +14 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 39 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 5.93% 9.11% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.15% 9.24% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 5
10th Percentile £513 £291 -
25th Percentile £538 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -2.70% -5.13%
75th Percentile £622 £475 £575
90th Percentile £625 £488 -
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £550 £469
% change year-on-year -6.36% +17.33% -10.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 130 422 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 98.60% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 238 133
10th Percentile £456 £421 £228
25th Percentile £519 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £650 £738 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 5
10th Percentile £22.00 £13.64 £15.86
25th Percentile £22.92 £27.50 £16.84
Median hourly rate £24.70 £47.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.01% +150.00% -15.56%
75th Percentile £26.72 £48.75 £21.50
90th Percentile £27.79 - £34.85
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Basingstoke

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Basingstoke

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Basingstoke

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Engineer 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 across the Basingstoke region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) FortiGate
2 7 (87.50%) DV Cleared
3 6 (75.00%) Junos
3 6 (75.00%) Agile
4 5 (62.50%) Load Balancing
4 5 (62.50%) Cisco IOS
4 5 (62.50%) Azure
4 5 (62.50%) AWS
4 5 (62.50%) Citrix
4 5 (62.50%) Juniper
4 5 (62.50%) VB
4 5 (62.50%) Python
4 5 (62.50%) LAN
4 5 (62.50%) SLA
4 5 (62.50%) F5
4 5 (62.50%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (62.50%) Ansible
4 5 (62.50%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (62.50%) Preventative Maintenance
4 5 (62.50%) Terraform
4 5 (62.50%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (25.00%) DMVPN
6 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
6 2 (25.00%) OSPF
6 2 (25.00%) McAfee

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Junos
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) BGP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (25.00%) DMVPN
3 2 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 2 (25.00%) OSPF
General
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (62.50%) Load Balancing
2 5 (62.50%) Preventative Maintenance
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Network Design
4 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
1 5 (62.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) FortiGate
2 5 (62.50%) Ansible
2 5 (62.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
2 5 (62.50%) F5
2 5 (62.50%) Juniper
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) McAfee
31 Network Engineer jobs in Hampshire