Network Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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
3 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 56 77
Rank change year-on-year +3 +21 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 16 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.44% 2.51% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.65% 2.66% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 17
10th Percentile £433 £237 £426
25th Percentile £440 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £240 £500
Median % change year-on-year +89.58% -52.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £494 £397 £538
90th Percentile £509 £422 £543
Scotland median daily rate £444 £375 £495
% change year-on-year +18.33% -24.24% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 603 788 1,084
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 94.15% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 432 718
10th Percentile £254 £175 £213
25th Percentile £406 £325 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -0.31%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £637 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 39 11
10th Percentile - £13.45 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.37 £17.71
Median hourly rate £27.35 £18.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +51.94% +1.58% -22.96%
75th Percentile £63.13 £20.05 £30.74
90th Percentile £74.00 £51.00 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.71 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.71% +2.31% -34.19%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 Edinburgh region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) LAN
1 8 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) WAN
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) DevOps
3 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (37.50%) Data Centre
3 6 (37.50%) Containerisation
4 5 (31.25%) SDLC
4 5 (31.25%) Data Management
4 5 (31.25%) VPN
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (25.00%) IPsec
5 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
5 4 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 4 (25.00%) F5
5 4 (25.00%) High Availability
5 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
5 4 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) CCNA
7 2 (12.50%) Network Design

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (6.25%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) LAN
2 7 (43.75%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) WAN
3 5 (31.25%) VPN
4 4 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (25.00%) IPsec
4 4 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 4 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (12.50%) BGP
5 2 (12.50%) EIGRP
5 2 (12.50%) Network Security
5 2 (12.50%) OSPF
5 2 (12.50%) VLAN
6 1 (6.25%) Internet
6 1 (6.25%) MPLS
6 1 (6.25%) SDH
6 1 (6.25%) SNA
6 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Electronics
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Unix
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Solaris
2 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 1 (6.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (43.75%) Agile
3 6 (37.50%) Containerisation
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) DevOps
4 5 (31.25%) Data Management
4 5 (31.25%) SDLC
5 4 (25.00%) High Availability
5 4 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL
7 2 (12.50%) Network Design
7 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 2 (12.50%) Project Management
8 1 (6.25%) Change Management
8 1 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (6.25%) Process Management
8 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
8 1 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) JCL
1 1 (6.25%) REXX
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (18.75%) CCNA
3 2 (12.50%) CCIE
3 2 (12.50%) CCNP
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) BC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) HNC
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) F5
2 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.25%) Avaya
4 1 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (6.25%) IBM
4 1 (6.25%) Nokia
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
16 Network Engineer jobs in Scotland