Network Field Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Field Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Network Engineer daily rate in England is £398, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 465 522
Rank change year-on-year -109 +57 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Network Field Engineer 6 6 18
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.025% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.027% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 13
10th Percentile - - £194
25th Percentile £313 £325 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £330 £205
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% +60.98% -59.00%
75th Percentile £478 £335 £300
90th Percentile £491 - £380
UK median daily rate £413 £330 £275
% change year-on-year +25.00% +20.00% -45.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 34,477 22,633 34,981
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 93.06% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,757 15,111 23,374
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,262 797 2,292
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.51 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.75 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.66 £77.31 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.92% - -24.42%

Network Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Field Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Field Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Network Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Field Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Field Engineer job vacancies in England

Network Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Field Engineer in England over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Field Engineer in England

Network Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Field Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Field Engineer job vacancies in England

Network Field 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 Field Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. 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
South East -51 2 £325 -1.52% 3
East of England -28 1 £470 +42.42% 3
London -57 1 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 1
Network Field Engineer
UK

Network Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Network Field 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 England region featuring Network Field Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Meraki
2 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (33.33%) Aruba
3 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) 4G
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) IPsec
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Korn
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (16.67%) Qualys

Network Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) 4G
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) IPsec
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (16.67%) High Availability
1 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (16.67%) SIEM
1 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Meraki
2 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (33.33%) Aruba
3 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Qualys