Network Engineer Contracts in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £490, 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 15 9 21
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 10 18 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Farnborough 10.99% 13.04% 4.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% 24.66% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile - £384 -
25th Percentile £325 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £420 £488
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -13.85% -8.45%
75th Percentile £500 £554 £588
90th Percentile £523 £627 £670
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £550 £469
% change year-on-year -6.36% +17.33% -10.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 85 73 130
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 52.90% 97.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 48 75
10th Percentile £399 £404 £268
25th Percentile £425 £483 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £586 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +23.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £601 £655 £528
90th Percentile £665 £713 £645
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 22
10th Percentile £70.50 - £36.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate £75.00 £27.50 £59.75
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% -53.97% +78.36%
75th Percentile - - £68.44
90th Percentile £76.13 - £74.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Farnborough

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Farnborough

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 1 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 Farnborough region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
2 7 (70.00%) Validation
2 7 (70.00%) Migration
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) CCNA
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) Network Architecture
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
5 3 (30.00%) Change Management
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco
5 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (10.00%) F5

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Farnborough 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 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Migration
1 7 (70.00%) Network Architecture
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Validation
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) CCNA
1 7 (70.00%) CCNP
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) F5