Network Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Network Support Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Network Support Engineer daily rate in Basingstoke is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 47 38
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 3.72% 0.32% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 0.35% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 - -

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 206 284 187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.81% 91.91% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 217 68
10th Percentile £475 £425 £223
25th Percentile £525 £475 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £585 £595
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.68% +13.33%
75th Percentile £613 £688 £663
90th Percentile £650 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £22.14 £35.85 £15.00
25th Percentile £23.27 £38.63 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +195.86% -30.86%
75th Percentile - £52.13 £18.75
90th Percentile - £55.35 £45.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £33.47 £57.35 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.64% +4.27% +61.67%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in Basingstoke

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Network Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Network Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) Juniper
1 8 (100.00%) Service Management
1 8 (100.00%) ITSM
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 8 (100.00%) Junos
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 8 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 8 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower

Network Support 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 8 (100.00%) Junos
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITSM
1 8 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Juniper
1 8 (100.00%) SolarWinds