Network Support Engineer Contracts in England

Network Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Support Engineer daily rate in England is £400, 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 459 503 602
Rank change year-on-year +44 +99 +142
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 26 39 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.10% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 16 22
10th Percentile £207 £193 £206
25th Percentile £325 £200 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £295 £350
Median % change year-on-year +35.59% -15.71% -
75th Percentile £413 £320 £500
90th Percentile £453 £359 £569
UK median daily rate £400 £295 £350
% change year-on-year +35.59% -15.71% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
UK median hourly rate - - £47.50

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%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support 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 Support 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 +51 18 £400 +6.67% 2
Midlands +12 7 £275 -14.06% 1
West Midlands +6 7 £275 -14.06% 1
South East +43 1 - - 1
Network Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (88.46%) VPN
2 17 (65.38%) CheckPoint
2 17 (65.38%) Firewall
3 16 (61.54%) DNS
3 16 (61.54%) ADO
3 16 (61.54%) Agile
3 16 (61.54%) Infoblox
3 16 (61.54%) Azure
3 16 (61.54%) Kalman Filter
3 16 (61.54%) Palo Alto
3 16 (61.54%) Terraform
3 16 (61.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 16 (61.54%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (61.54%) NGFW
3 16 (61.54%) Anti-Spyware
4 15 (57.69%) Migration
5 8 (30.77%) WAN
5 8 (30.77%) Juniper
6 7 (26.92%) MPLS
6 7 (26.92%) BGP
6 7 (26.92%) IPsec
6 7 (26.92%) PKI
6 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
7 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
7 4 (15.38%) Load Balancing
7 4 (15.38%) Cisco
8 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
9 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
9 2 (7.69%) Wireless
9 2 (7.69%) Microsoft

Network Support 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 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (61.54%) Azure
1 16 (61.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (88.46%) VPN
2 17 (65.38%) Firewall
3 16 (61.54%) DNS
3 16 (61.54%) NGFW
4 8 (30.77%) WAN
5 7 (26.92%) BGP
5 7 (26.92%) IPsec
5 7 (26.92%) MPLS
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (7.69%) Network Security
6 2 (7.69%) Wireless
7 1 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.85%) Cisco Wireless
General
1 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (61.54%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 16 (61.54%) Anti-Spyware
2 7 (26.92%) PKI
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Agile
1 16 (61.54%) Infrastructure as Code
1 16 (61.54%) Kalman Filter
2 15 (57.69%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (3.85%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 16 (61.54%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) CheckPoint
2 16 (61.54%) Infoblox
2 16 (61.54%) Palo Alto
3 8 (30.77%) Juniper
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.85%) SolarWinds