Network Engineer Contracts in Central London

Network Engineer
London > Central London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Central London is £536, 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 98 108 125
Rank change year-on-year +10 +17 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 31 25 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.55% 1.02% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.07% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 34
10th Percentile £417 £409 £178
25th Percentile £475 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +6.56%
75th Percentile £586 £538 £547
90th Percentile £615 £648 £574
London median daily rate £500 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.88% -2.80% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Central London

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +9 21 £550 +14.29% 13
West End of London - 4 £500 -
City of Westminster +2 2 £503 -2.90%
Network Engineer
London

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

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 Central London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (61.29%) Firewall
2 18 (58.06%) Cisco
3 15 (48.39%) CheckPoint
4 14 (45.16%) Azure
5 13 (41.94%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (41.94%) VPN
6 12 (38.71%) Migration
7 11 (35.48%) Palo Alto
8 10 (32.26%) DNS
8 10 (32.26%) CCNP
8 10 (32.26%) Infoblox
9 9 (29.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 8 (25.81%) Ansible
10 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
11 7 (22.58%) Kalman Filter
11 7 (22.58%) ADO
11 7 (22.58%) Python
11 7 (22.58%) Agile
11 7 (22.58%) Finance
11 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (22.58%) NGFW
11 7 (22.58%) Anti-Spyware
11 7 (22.58%) Terraform
12 6 (19.35%) Arista
13 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
13 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (16.13%) Wireless
13 5 (16.13%) BGP
13 5 (16.13%) LAN
13 5 (16.13%) WAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (45.16%) Azure
2 9 (29.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 4 (12.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (61.29%) Firewall
2 13 (41.94%) VPN
3 10 (32.26%) DNS
4 7 (22.58%) NGFW
5 5 (16.13%) BGP
5 5 (16.13%) LAN
5 5 (16.13%) Network Security
5 5 (16.13%) WAN
5 5 (16.13%) Wireless
6 4 (12.90%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (12.90%) OSPF
7 3 (9.68%) H.323
7 3 (9.68%) IPv6
7 3 (9.68%) MGCP
7 3 (9.68%) MPLS
7 3 (9.68%) Unified Communications
7 3 (9.68%) VLAN
7 3 (9.68%) WebEx
8 2 (6.45%) BIG-IP
8 2 (6.45%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
1 1 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Multimedia
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (22.58%) ADO
2 1 (3.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Data Centre
2 7 (22.58%) Anti-Spyware
3 3 (9.68%) Digital Signage
4 2 (6.45%) NHS
5 1 (3.23%) e-Health
5 1 (3.23%) Hedge funds
5 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.23%) Private Cloud
5 1 (3.23%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Migration
2 7 (22.58%) Agile
2 7 (22.58%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (22.58%) Kalman Filter
3 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.90%) High Availability
4 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
4 4 (12.90%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (9.68%) Change Management
5 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
5 3 (9.68%) Low Latency
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design
6 2 (6.45%) Cloud Security
6 2 (6.45%) Configuration Management
6 2 (6.45%) Load Balancing
6 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.45%) Roadmaps
6 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (41.94%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (32.26%) CCNP
3 5 (16.13%) CCIE
4 4 (12.90%) CCNA
4 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
5 3 (9.68%) Degree
6 2 (6.45%) CCSA
6 2 (6.45%) CCSE
6 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.68%) Firmware
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (25.81%) Ansible
2 7 (22.58%) Terraform
3 3 (9.68%) Cisco UCCE
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco LMS
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (3.23%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (3.23%) Netcool
5 1 (3.23%) OPNET
5 1 (3.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Cisco
2 15 (48.39%) CheckPoint
3 11 (35.48%) Palo Alto
4 10 (32.26%) Infoblox
5 6 (19.35%) Arista
6 5 (16.13%) F5
6 5 (16.13%) SolarWinds
7 4 (12.90%) Fortinet
7 4 (12.90%) Meraki
8 3 (9.68%) Forcepoint
8 3 (9.68%) Juniper
8 3 (9.68%) VMware
9 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
9 2 (6.45%) NetScout
10 1 (3.23%) 3PAR
10 1 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (3.23%) HP
10 1 (3.23%) Riverbed
10 1 (3.23%) Sun
10 1 (3.23%) Trend Micro