Network Engineer Contracts in Cumbria

Network Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Cumbria is £525, 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 3 25 16
Rank change year-on-year +22 -9 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 78 15 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 40.00% 5.79% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 43.09% 6.10% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 11 1
10th Percentile £372 £463 -
25th Percentile £400 £483 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +8.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £515 £488
90th Percentile £638 £519 -
North West median daily rate £483 £437 £375
% change year-on-year +10.45% +16.49% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £72.50 £72.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 181 246 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 94.98% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 144 30
10th Percentile £362 £438 £350
25th Percentile £414 £492 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £525
90th Percentile £638 £725 £705
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 61 7
10th Percentile £25.26 - £38.79
25th Percentile £30.13 £10.95 £52.05
Median hourly rate £54.88 £13.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year +322.15% -76.58% +10.97%
75th Percentile £74.00 £44.74 £71.91
90th Percentile £82.00 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Cumbria

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Cumbria

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Cumbria

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Cumbria

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness +19 73 £538 +4.37% 2
Network Engineer
North West

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

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 Cumbria region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 70 (89.74%) SC Cleared
1 70 (89.74%) Security Cleared
2 65 (83.33%) Cisco
3 55 (70.51%) Palo Alto
4 53 (67.95%) Firewall
5 33 (42.31%) Cisco Firepower
5 33 (42.31%) Cisco ASA
6 31 (39.74%) IPsec
6 31 (39.74%) OSPF
6 31 (39.74%) BGP
6 31 (39.74%) HSRP
7 27 (34.62%) EIGRP
8 26 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (33.33%) Network Management
9 25 (32.05%) Load Balancing
10 23 (29.49%) WAN
11 22 (28.21%) NetScaler
12 20 (25.64%) Network Design
13 19 (24.36%) CheckPoint
13 19 (24.36%) Cisco ISE
14 18 (23.08%) Meraki
15 17 (21.79%) 802.1X
16 15 (19.23%) ITSM
17 14 (17.95%) Wireless
17 14 (17.95%) VPN
17 14 (17.95%) Network Architecture
17 14 (17.95%) Data Centre
17 14 (17.95%) Impact Assessments
18 10 (12.82%) Cisco Wireless
18 10 (12.82%) Network Security

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.28%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.85%) AWS
1 3 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 53 (67.95%) Firewall
2 33 (42.31%) Cisco ASA
2 33 (42.31%) Cisco Firepower
3 31 (39.74%) BGP
3 31 (39.74%) HSRP
3 31 (39.74%) IPsec
3 31 (39.74%) OSPF
4 27 (34.62%) EIGRP
5 26 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (29.49%) WAN
7 22 (28.21%) NetScaler
8 19 (24.36%) Cisco ISE
9 14 (17.95%) VPN
9 14 (17.95%) Wireless
10 10 (12.82%) Cisco Wireless
10 10 (12.82%) Network Security
11 9 (11.54%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (8.97%) LAN
13 6 (7.69%) Broadband
13 6 (7.69%) Converged Networks
General
1 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
2 3 (3.85%) Finance
3 2 (2.56%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.28%) Advertising
4 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.79%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.28%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.28%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Android
1 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (33.33%) Network Management
2 25 (32.05%) Load Balancing
3 20 (25.64%) Network Design
4 15 (19.23%) ITSM
5 14 (17.95%) Impact Assessments
5 14 (17.95%) Network Architecture
6 7 (8.97%) Migration
7 6 (7.69%) ITIL
8 4 (5.13%) Agile
8 4 (5.13%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (3.85%) Platform Engineering
9 3 (3.85%) Project Governance
9 3 (3.85%) Project Management
10 1 (1.28%) Customer Service
10 1 (1.28%) Due Diligence
10 1 (1.28%) Incident Management
10 1 (1.28%) Problem Management
10 1 (1.28%) Technical Architecture
10 1 (1.28%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 70 (89.74%) SC Cleared
1 70 (89.74%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.69%) CCNA
2 6 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 65 (83.33%) Cisco
2 55 (70.51%) Palo Alto
3 19 (24.36%) CheckPoint
4 18 (23.08%) Meraki
5 9 (11.54%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.28%) Citrix
7 1 (1.28%) Clearswift
7 1 (1.28%) Ribbon