Core Network Engineer Contracts in England

Core Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Core Network Engineer daily rate in England is £475, 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 476 537 651
Rank change year-on-year +61 +114 +113
Contract jobs requiring a Core Network Engineer 9 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.013% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.014% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £447 £511 £365
25th Percentile £456 £511 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £388
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +35.48% -31.11%
75th Percentile £530 £544 £406
90th Percentile £538 £548 £410
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £388
% change year-on-year -9.52% +35.48% -31.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Core Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Core Network Engineer in England

Core Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Core Network Engineer in England

Core Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Core Network Engineer in England

Core Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Core Network Engineer within the England 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
London +40 7 £475 -9.52% 1
North West - 2 £525 -
South West - 2 £525 -
North of England - 2 £525 -
Core Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Core 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 England region featuring Core Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) MPLS
1 9 (100.00%) BGP
2 7 (77.78%) OSPF
2 7 (77.78%) Migration
2 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
3 6 (66.67%) VPN
4 5 (55.56%) Python
4 5 (55.56%) Validation
4 5 (55.56%) Ansible
4 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Cisco
6 3 (33.33%) IPv6
6 3 (33.33%) GPON
7 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (22.22%) ZABBIX
7 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (22.22%) Nokia
8 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
8 1 (11.11%) Firewall
8 1 (11.11%) CCIE
8 1 (11.11%) CCNP
8 1 (11.11%) CCNA
8 1 (11.11%) Broadband
8 1 (11.11%) SLA
8 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (11.11%) Multicast
8 1 (11.11%) IOS XR
8 1 (11.11%) Data Centre

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

Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) BGP
1 9 (100.00%) MPLS
2 7 (77.78%) OSPF
3 6 (66.67%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) GPON
4 3 (33.33%) IPv6
5 1 (11.11%) Broadband
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (11.11%) Firewall
5 1 (11.11%) IOS XR
5 1 (11.11%) Multicast
General
1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Migration
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCIE
2 1 (11.11%) CCIE Service Provider
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Ansible
2 2 (22.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Nokia
2 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds