Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Crawley

Network Engineer
West Sussex > Crawley

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Crawley is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 8 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Crawley 4.55% 6.06% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.77% 6.25% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £406 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £463 £475 £525
90th Percentile £478 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Crawley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Crawley. 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 Crawley with a recognized job title 52 32 62
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.79% 96.97% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 22 52
10th Percentile £200 £200 £205
25th Percentile £205 £202 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £450 £374
Median % change year-on-year -51.11% +20.32% -26.12%
75th Percentile £428 £488 £525
90th Percentile £523 £612 £674
West Sussex median daily rate £469 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +4.22% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £65.51
25th Percentile £15.50 - £66.27
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £67.54
75th Percentile £16.50 - £68.80
90th Percentile - - £69.56
West Sussex median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £48.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% -41.67% +136.74%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

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 Crawley.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Crawley

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Crawley

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Crawley

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, 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 Crawley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Aruba
2 2 (66.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) Zscaler
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) JNCIA
3 1 (33.33%) JNCIP
3 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Junos
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Junos
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIA
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIP
1 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Aruba
1 2 (66.67%) Zscaler
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) SAP