Network Operations Engineer Contracts in England

Network Operations Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Operations Engineer daily rate in England is £619, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 504 619
Rank change year-on-year +30 +115 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Network Operations Engineer 8 35 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.095% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.10% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 20 11
10th Percentile £586 £335 £275
25th Percentile £592 £356 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £421 £425
Median % change year-on-year +47.09% -1.02% -21.66%
75th Percentile £655 £666 £480
90th Percentile £667 £700 £600
UK median daily rate £619 £421 £413
% change year-on-year +47.09% +1.98% -22.72%

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 22,261 34,141 44,751
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.80% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,672 22,447 31,835
10th Percentile £289 £285 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.67% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 952 2,581 1,304
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.17 £37.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -16.11% +88.21%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.02 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +83.67%

Network Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 June 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 +20 4 £650 -3.70% 15
South East +36 1 - - 22
North West +15 1 - - 7
North of England +5 1 - - 16
Network Operations Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 2025, Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Python
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) NetScout
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) F5
2 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (37.50%) Wireshark
2 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
3 2 (25.00%) Splunk
3 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) BMC
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (12.50%) Terraform
4 1 (12.50%) VXLAN
4 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (12.50%) Arista
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree

Network Operations 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (37.50%) Wireshark
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) BGP
4 1 (12.50%) BIG-IP
4 1 (12.50%) EIGRP
4 1 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (12.50%) IPv4
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) MPLS
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) NGFW
4 1 (12.50%) OSPF
4 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 1 (12.50%) SNMP
4 1 (12.50%) VXLAN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Network Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCNP
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Progress Chef
2 1 (12.50%) Puppet
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) F5
1 3 (37.50%) NetScout
2 2 (25.00%) Blue Coat
2 2 (25.00%) BMC
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (12.50%) Arista
3 1 (12.50%) Aruba
3 1 (12.50%) Huawei
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) Remedy