Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 104 85
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 59 19 36
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.74% 1.10% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 1.17% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 17 23
10th Percentile £394 £413 £410
25th Percentile £418 £423 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £638
90th Percentile £690 £775 £670
Central London median daily rate £508 £600 £530
% change year-on-year -15.42% +13.21% +11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £32.15 - -
25th Percentile £36.88 - -
Median hourly rate £45.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.88 - -
90th Percentile £58.45 - -
Central London median hourly rate £45.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in the City of London with a recognized job title 2,020 1,618 1,986
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 94.02% 93.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,375 1,115 1,229
10th Percentile £363 £328 £363
25th Percentile £453 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.95%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £784
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 15
10th Percentile - £16.90 £16.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.63 £25.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.04 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% -52.98% +51.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.88 £112.00
90th Percentile £61.50 £64.30 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% -5.41%

Network Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 the City of London.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Network Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the City of London

Network Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, 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 City of London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cisco54.2%32
2Firewall45.8%27
3Azure28.8%17
3BGP28.8%17
5Multicast25.4%15
6VPN22.0%13
6Wireless22.0%13
8Cisco Certification20.3%12
8Palo Alto20.3%12
8VLAN20.3%12
8WAN20.3%12
12Arista16.9%10
12CCNP16.9%10
12F516.9%10
12LAN16.9%10
12Load Balancing16.9%10
17DNS15.3%9
17Project Delivery15.3%9
17Wi-Fi15.3%9
20CCIE13.6%8
20OSPF13.6%8
22Cisco Prime11.9%7
22Cisco Wireless11.9%7
22Fortinet11.9%7
22Network Security11.9%7
22Python11.9%7
22Use Case11.9%7
28Low Latency10.2%6
28Observability10.2%6
28SD-WAN10.2%6

Network Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Azure Engineer13.6%8
1Cisco Network Engineer13.6%8
1Cloud Platform Engineer13.6%8
1Senior Network Engineer13.6%8
5Network Implementation Engineer11.9%7
6CCTV Engineer8.5%5
7Cloud Engineer6.8%4
7LAN Engineer6.8%4
9Cloud Network Engineer5.1%3
9Network Security Engineer5.1%3
11Firewall Engineer3.4%2
11Network Operations Engineer3.4%2
11Server Engineer3.4%2
11VMware Engineer3.4%2
15Firewall Support1.7%1
15Network Deployment Engineer1.7%1
15Network Design Engineer1.7%1
15Network Infrastructure Engineer1.7%1
15Network Integration Engineer1.7%1
15Network Support Engineer1.7%1
34 Network Engineer jobs in the City of London