Network Engineer Contracts in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in England is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 83 148
Rank change year-on-year -41 +65 +83
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 546 946 883
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.25% 2.57% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 2.77% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 585 583
10th Percentile £325 £300 £273
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £574 £538 £563
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £473
% change year-on-year +3.26% -2.65% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 25
10th Percentile £31.10 £18.72 £25.51
25th Percentile £50.00 £24.25 £60.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £63.23
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -36.74% +122.56%
75th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £75.09 £80.70
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £63.23
% change year-on-year +43.75% -36.74% +59.62%

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 22,494 34,110 46,424
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.71% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,975 22,631 32,967
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 915 2,443 1,373
10th Percentile £14.01 £12.87 £14.26
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.92
Median hourly rate £30.32 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.45% -17.38% +99.60%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.40
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

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 Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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 -1 222 £500 +2.56% 184
North of England +14 139 £490 +13.29% 50
North West +8 105 £483 +10.45% 17
South East -38 84 £500 - 115
South West -15 41 £484 -0.77% 41
Yorkshire +22 32 £492 +140.00% 27
Midlands -43 31 £425 +21.43% 39
West Midlands -38 17 £275 -21.43% 24
East of England +26 16 £475 +58.33% 11
East Midlands +3 14 £450 +5.88% 14
North East -12 2 £288 -28.13% 7
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 391 (71.61%) Cisco
2 331 (60.62%) Firewall
3 194 (35.53%) Cisco Certification
4 177 (32.42%) Security Cleared
5 169 (30.95%) BGP
6 163 (29.85%) WAN
7 152 (27.84%) VPN
8 145 (26.56%) SC Cleared
9 144 (26.37%) OSPF
9 144 (26.37%) Palo Alto
10 139 (25.46%) Network Security
11 132 (24.18%) CCNP
12 119 (21.79%) Social Skills
13 111 (20.33%) CheckPoint
14 110 (20.15%) LAN
15 101 (18.50%) Migration
16 99 (18.13%) Wireless
17 91 (16.67%) Data Centre
18 88 (16.12%) Ansible
19 87 (15.93%) DNS
20 85 (15.57%) Python
21 83 (15.20%) CCNA
22 81 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
23 78 (14.29%) MPLS
24 74 (13.55%) Wi-Fi
25 73 (13.37%) Azure
26 72 (13.19%) Cisco ASA
26 72 (13.19%) IPsec
27 68 (12.45%) Network Monitoring
28 67 (12.27%) Cisco Nexus

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 4 (0.73%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) Apache
4 1 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 73 (13.37%) Azure
2 52 (9.52%) AWS
3 20 (3.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 6 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (0.92%) Cloudflare
6 4 (0.73%) GitHub
6 4 (0.73%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.55%) Akamai
7 3 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.37%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 2 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.37%) GCP
8 2 (0.37%) IaaS
8 2 (0.37%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.18%) npm
9 1 (0.18%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.18%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 331 (60.62%) Firewall
2 169 (30.95%) BGP
3 163 (29.85%) WAN
4 152 (27.84%) VPN
5 144 (26.37%) OSPF
6 139 (25.46%) Network Security
7 110 (20.15%) LAN
8 99 (18.13%) Wireless
9 87 (15.93%) DNS
10 78 (14.29%) MPLS
11 74 (13.55%) Wi-Fi
12 72 (13.19%) Cisco ASA
12 72 (13.19%) IPsec
13 67 (12.27%) Cisco Nexus
14 64 (11.72%) Cisco Firepower
15 62 (11.36%) EIGRP
16 58 (10.62%) HSRP
17 51 (9.34%) SD-WAN
18 50 (9.16%) DHCP
19 48 (8.79%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database
1 4 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 12 (2.20%) GitLab
3 4 (0.73%) Git
4 3 (0.55%) JIRA
5 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
General
1 119 (21.79%) Social Skills
2 61 (11.17%) Finance
3 44 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.33%) Telecoms
6 21 (3.85%) Banking
7 9 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (1.65%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.10%) Advertising
10 5 (0.92%) Electronics
10 5 (0.92%) Marketing
11 4 (0.73%) Legal
11 4 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.55%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.55%) Law
12 3 (0.55%) Local Government
12 3 (0.55%) Military
12 3 (0.55%) Multimedia
12 3 (0.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.14%) 802.1X
2 16 (2.93%) ADO
3 8 (1.47%) JSON
4 6 (1.10%) XML
5 5 (0.92%) Spine.js
6 3 (0.55%) NETCONF
6 3 (0.55%) YAML
7 2 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.37%) REST
7 2 (0.37%) RESTCONF
8 1 (0.18%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (0.18%) gRPC
8 1 (0.18%) HTML
8 1 (0.18%) Jinja
8 1 (0.18%) SOAP
8 1 (0.18%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 16 (2.93%) Anti-Spyware
3 12 (2.20%) PKI
4 10 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (1.65%) Hedge funds
6 8 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (1.47%) NHS
6 8 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.10%) CMDB
7 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
8 5 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.73%) FPGA
9 4 (0.73%) PCIe
9 4 (0.73%) Verilog
9 4 (0.73%) VHDL
10 3 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (7.69%) Linux
2 28 (5.13%) Windows
3 16 (2.93%) Unix
4 11 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.92%) CatOS
5 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.73%) CentOS
7 3 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.37%) SUSE
9 1 (0.18%) Android
9 1 (0.18%) Rocky
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (18.50%) Migration
2 81 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (12.45%) Network Monitoring
4 63 (11.54%) Load Balancing
5 58 (10.62%) Network Architecture
6 55 (10.07%) Network Design
7 44 (8.06%) Network Management
8 43 (7.88%) Agile
9 39 (7.14%) ITIL
10 35 (6.41%) Change Management
11 29 (5.31%) Computer Science
11 29 (5.31%) Validation
12 28 (5.13%) Project Delivery
13 27 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 22 (4.03%) Configuration Management
16 21 (3.85%) Service Management
17 20 (3.66%) ITSM
17 20 (3.66%) Roadmaps
18 19 (3.48%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 85 (15.57%) Python
2 13 (2.38%) Bash
3 11 (2.01%) Perl
3 11 (2.01%) SQL
4 9 (1.65%) Java
5 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.10%) VB
7 5 (0.92%) Tcl
8 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.18%) Go
9 1 (0.18%) JCL
9 1 (0.18%) REXX
9 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 194 (35.53%) Cisco Certification
2 177 (32.42%) Security Cleared
3 145 (26.56%) SC Cleared
4 132 (24.18%) CCNP
5 83 (15.20%) CCNA
6 52 (9.52%) Degree
7 41 (7.51%) CCIE
8 32 (5.86%) DV Cleared
9 29 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.65%) JNCIA
11 6 (1.10%) CCIE Service Provider
11 6 (1.10%) CCSE
12 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.92%) ISEB
12 5 (0.92%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.92%) JNCIS
12 5 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 4 (0.73%) CISSP
13 4 (0.73%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.66%) SLA
2 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
2 3 (0.55%) QA
3 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.37%) NIST
4 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.18%) DICOM
4 1 (0.18%) GDPR
4 1 (0.18%) HL7
4 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (3.48%) Active Directory
1 19 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (2.01%) Firmware
3 9 (1.65%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.92%) Docker
5 4 (0.73%) iptables
5 4 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.55%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.18%) Ceph
8 1 (0.18%) KVM
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 88 (16.12%) Ansible
2 43 (7.88%) Terraform
3 24 (4.40%) FortiGate
4 16 (2.93%) ZABBIX
5 13 (2.38%) Puppet
6 11 (2.01%) Cisco Prime
7 9 (1.65%) Nagios
8 6 (1.10%) CASB
8 6 (1.10%) Kubernetes
9 5 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.73%) Netcool
11 3 (0.55%) Cacti
11 3 (0.55%) Cisco UCCE
11 3 (0.55%) Grafana
11 3 (0.55%) OPNET
11 3 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.55%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
12 2 (0.37%) SCCM
12 2 (0.37%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 391 (71.61%) Cisco
2 144 (26.37%) Palo Alto
3 111 (20.33%) CheckPoint
4 67 (12.27%) Juniper
5 61 (11.17%) F5
6 60 (10.99%) Fortinet
7 59 (10.81%) SolarWinds
8 49 (8.97%) Meraki
9 44 (8.06%) Arista
10 43 (7.88%) Infoblox
11 41 (7.51%) Microsoft
12 39 (7.14%) Aruba
13 32 (5.86%) VMware
14 21 (3.85%) Zscaler
15 16 (2.93%) Nokia
16 13 (2.38%) Citrix
17 12 (2.20%) Extreme Networks
18 11 (2.01%) Splunk
19 8 (1.47%) HP
20 7 (1.28%) Ruckus Wireless