Network Engineer Contracts in Bolton

Network Engineer
Manchester > Bolton

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Bolton is £623, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 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
10 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 2.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 - -
Manchester median daily rate £425 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -13.27% +8.89% +8.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 35 15 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 76.09% 93.75% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 14
10th Percentile £345 £363 £223
25th Percentile £413 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £474 £435
Median % change year-on-year +26.65% +8.91% +88.11%
75th Percentile £623 £529 £500
90th Percentile £624 £538 -
Manchester median daily rate £467 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.65% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 8
10th Percentile £21.51 £50.85 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.16 £77.63 £23.71
Median hourly rate £22.63 £97.50 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -76.79% +92.12% +75.00%
75th Percentile £58.87 £100.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.75 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £20.26 £45.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -54.99% +136.84% +8.57%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bolton

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Bolton

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 10 August 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 Bolton region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
9 Network Engineer jobs in Manchester