Network Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Network Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £397, 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 46 44 72
Rank change year-on-year -2 +28 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 9 30 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.68% 2.84% 2.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 2.99% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 16
10th Percentile £341 £333 £325
25th Percentile £382 £440 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £397 £500 £473
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% +5.82% +5.00%
75th Percentile £528 £541 £558
90th Percentile £565 £621 £627
South West median daily rate £473 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -4.30% -1.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £77.50
75th Percentile - - £83.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £62.62
% change year-on-year - - +23.99%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 512 1,004 1,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.34% 94.99% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 541 805
10th Percentile £213 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £564 £613 £630
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 218 142
10th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £30.97
25th Percentile £43.75 £45.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% +55.95%
75th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £86.23
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

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

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 Bristol region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
1 8 (88.89%) Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) Aruba
2 4 (44.44%) F5
2 4 (44.44%) Infoblox
2 4 (44.44%) Ruckus Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) Extreme Networks
2 4 (44.44%) Zscaler
3 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
3 3 (33.33%) DHCP
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) OSPF
3 3 (33.33%) BGP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 2 (22.22%) CCIE
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (22.22%) Meraki

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (88.89%) Firewall
1 8 (88.89%) Wireless
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
3 3 (33.33%) BGP
3 3 (33.33%) DHCP
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) OSPF
3 3 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
5 1 (11.11%) HSRP
5 1 (11.11%) VRRP
5 1 (11.11%) WLAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Network Architecture
1 2 (22.22%) Zero Trust
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) High Availability
2 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
2 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security Management
2 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
2 1 (11.11%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CCIE
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CCSA
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Aruba
1 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Extreme Networks
1 4 (44.44%) F5
1 4 (44.44%) Infoblox
1 4 (44.44%) Ruckus Wireless
1 4 (44.44%) Zscaler
2 2 (22.22%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
73 Network Engineer jobs in the South West