Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in East Anglia

Network Engineer
East of England > East Anglia

The median Network Engineer daily rate in East Anglia is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 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 East Anglia 50.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - -
East of England median daily rate £381 £303 £375
% change year-on-year +26.03% -19.33% +15.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Anglia

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Anglia. 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 East Anglia with a recognized job title 2 2 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% - -
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.90% +5.16% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Anglia

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 East Anglia.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in East Anglia

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in East Anglia

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in East Anglia

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Anglia

For the 6 months to 21 February 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 East Anglia region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys