Network Engineer Contracts in Cardiff

Network Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 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
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 9 0 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.49% - 4.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.66% - 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 12
10th Percentile £257 - £330
25th Percentile £350 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.31%
75th Percentile £458 - £559
90th Percentile £468 - £625
South Wales median daily rate £350 £263 £425
% change year-on-year +33.33% -38.24% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 159 209 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.95% 92.89% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 172 207
10th Percentile £188 £143 £182
25th Percentile £300 £256 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -1.32% +2.70%
75th Percentile £483 £538 £585
90th Percentile £620 £599 £649
South Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 7
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.53 £13.00
25th Percentile £12.65 £12.13 £14.61
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% +2.82% -9.70%
75th Percentile £21.13 £21.67 £22.88
90th Percentile £23.75 - £24.25
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £20.35 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.55% +12.20% -8.89%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Cardiff

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Cardiff

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Cardiff

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 Cardiff region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (66.67%) CCNP
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (44.44%) CCIE
5 3 (33.33%) Wireless
6 2 (22.22%) VPN
6 2 (22.22%) OSPF
6 2 (22.22%) BGP
6 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (11.11%) VLAN
7 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
7 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
7 1 (11.11%) Network Security
7 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (11.11%) Ekahau
7 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (11.11%) Sophos
7 1 (11.11%) NHS
7 1 (11.11%) DNS
7 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (11.11%) DHCP
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco Prime

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

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Firewall
2 6 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (33.33%) Wireless
5 2 (22.22%) BGP
5 2 (22.22%) OSPF
5 2 (22.22%) VPN
6 1 (11.11%) DHCP
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) IPv4
6 1 (11.11%) Network Security
6 1 (11.11%) VLAN
6 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CCNP
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (44.44%) CCIE
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
3 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (11.11%) Ekahau
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Meraki
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
3 1 (11.11%) Sophos
3 1 (11.11%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) VMware