Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Network Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Bournemouth is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 2.00% - 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.04% - 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £225
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £300 £463 £338
% change year-on-year -35.14% +37.04% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 49 56 78
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.00% 96.55% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 38 56
10th Percentile £146 £348 £159
25th Percentile £234 £386 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £365
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +30.32% -26.36%
75th Percentile £531 £506 £788
90th Percentile £678 £566 £825
Dorset median daily rate £400 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 16
10th Percentile - - £14.71
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £15.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -2.58% -9.46%
75th Percentile £17.31 £15.62 £17.94
90th Percentile £28.84 £20.40 £20.31
Dorset median hourly rate £18.19 £15.22 £56.49
% change year-on-year +19.55% -73.07% +180.97%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Bournemouth

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5