Network Engineer Contracts in Central London

Network Engineer
London > Central London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Central London is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 96 129
Rank change year-on-year +6 +33 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 33 39 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.73% 1.62% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 1.69% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 33
10th Percentile £412 £414 £158
25th Percentile £475 £440 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £518 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +8.95% +20.63%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £550
90th Percentile £665 £645 £575
London median daily rate £500 £500 £500

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 1,784 2,301 3,507
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,618 2,382
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.04%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 23
10th Percentile £18.49 £20.10 £15.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £21.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -22.86% -13.58%
75th Percentile £41.48 £28.59 £61.25
90th Percentile £86.25 £41.50 £87.64
London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.81 £36.00
% change year-on-year +16.86% -22.75% +2.86%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -5 22 £593 +12.95% 19
West End of London - 4 £500 - 3
City of Westminster +2 3 £580 +28.89% 1
Network Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 Central London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (57.58%) Firewall
2 17 (51.52%) Cisco
3 13 (39.39%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (39.39%) Ansible
4 12 (36.36%) Palo Alto
4 12 (36.36%) Azure
4 12 (36.36%) Migration
5 11 (33.33%) CheckPoint
5 11 (33.33%) VPN
6 10 (30.30%) BGP
7 9 (27.27%) DNS
7 9 (27.27%) Python
7 9 (27.27%) Arista
8 8 (24.24%) NGFW
8 8 (24.24%) CCNP
8 8 (24.24%) Infoblox
9 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
9 7 (21.21%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (21.21%) CCIE
9 7 (21.21%) ADO
9 7 (21.21%) OSPF
9 7 (21.21%) Agile
9 7 (21.21%) Anti-Spyware
9 7 (21.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (21.21%) Terraform
10 6 (18.18%) Finance
10 6 (18.18%) Network Security
11 5 (15.15%) AWS
11 5 (15.15%) 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 5 (15.15%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (57.58%) Firewall
2 11 (33.33%) VPN
3 10 (30.30%) BGP
4 9 (27.27%) DNS
5 8 (24.24%) NGFW
6 7 (21.21%) OSPF
7 6 (18.18%) Network Security
8 5 (15.15%) WAN
9 4 (12.12%) LAN
9 4 (12.12%) Multicast
9 4 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (9.09%) H.323
10 3 (9.09%) IPv6
10 3 (9.09%) MGCP
10 3 (9.09%) SSL
10 3 (9.09%) Unicast
10 3 (9.09%) Unified Communications
10 3 (9.09%) WebEx
11 2 (6.06%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) GitLab
1 1 (3.03%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Multimedia
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) ADO
2 1 (3.03%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) Anti-Spyware
1 7 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.09%) Digital Signage
3 2 (6.06%) Hedge funds
3 2 (6.06%) NHS
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.03%) Private Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (36.36%) Migration
2 7 (21.21%) Agile
2 7 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (21.21%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (12.12%) Low Latency
3 4 (12.12%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
4 3 (9.09%) Change Control
4 3 (9.09%) Configuration Management
4 3 (9.09%) Customer Experience
4 3 (9.09%) Load Balancing
4 3 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 2 (6.06%) Business Case
5 2 (6.06%) ITIL
5 2 (6.06%) Network Design
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (6.06%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (39.39%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (24.24%) CCNP
3 7 (21.21%) CCIE
4 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) CCNA
6 1 (3.03%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCSE
6 1 (3.03%) Degree
6 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (39.39%) Ansible
2 7 (21.21%) Terraform
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco UCCE
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco LMS
4 2 (6.06%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (3.03%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (3.03%) Icinga
5 1 (3.03%) Nagios
5 1 (3.03%) Netcool
5 1 (3.03%) Observium
5 1 (3.03%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Cisco
2 12 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 11 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 9 (27.27%) Arista
5 8 (24.24%) Infoblox
6 4 (12.12%) F5
6 4 (12.12%) Fortinet
6 4 (12.12%) Juniper
7 3 (9.09%) Meraki
7 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds
7 3 (9.09%) VMware
8 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
8 2 (6.06%) Sun
9 1 (3.03%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (3.03%) Ericsson
9 1 (3.03%) Forcepoint
9 1 (3.03%) HP
9 1 (3.03%) Nokia
9 1 (3.03%) SAP
9 1 (3.03%) Trend Micro