Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in County Armagh

Network Engineer
Northern Ireland > County Armagh

The median Network Engineer daily rate in County Armagh is £385, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Armagh 50.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £378 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 - -
75th Percentile £393 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £445 £225
% change year-on-year +6.74% +97.78% -43.75%

All Contract IT Job Roles
County Armagh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Armagh. 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 County Armagh with a recognized job title 2 7 1
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £378 £313 £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £325 £128
Median % change year-on-year +18.46% +154.90% -
75th Percentile £393 £338 £131
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £463 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +42.31% -27.78% +4.35%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in County Armagh

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 County Armagh.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in County Armagh

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in County Armagh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in County Armagh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in County Armagh

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in County Armagh

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 County Armagh region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Craigavon - 1 £385 -
Network Engineer
Northern Ireland

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Armagh

For the 6 months to 23 January 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 County Armagh region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Armagh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet