Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Docklands, London

Network Engineer
East London > Docklands, London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Docklands, London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Docklands, London 33.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East London median daily rate £525 £250 £700
% change year-on-year +110.00% -64.29% +160.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Docklands, London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Docklands, 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 Docklands, London with a recognized job title 6 7 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 19
10th Percentile £528 £561 £288
25th Percentile £550 £572 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +22.92% -7.69% +62.50%
75th Percentile £925 £703 £775
90th Percentile - £756 £805
East London median daily rate £500 £472 £555
% change year-on-year +5.93% -14.95% +16.84%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Docklands, 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 Docklands, London.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Docklands, London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Docklands, London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Docklands, London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Docklands, London

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Docklands, London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Docklands, London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Docklands, London

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Docklands, London

For the 6 months to 13 December 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 Docklands, London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Docklands, London 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto