Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £373, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 10 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 6 28 3
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 5.88% 16.77% 2.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.74% 20.59% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 3
10th Percentile £274 £513 £387
25th Percentile £278 £578 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £625 £425
Median % change year-on-year -40.40% +47.06% -28.57%
75th Percentile £473 £638 £429
90th Percentile - £649 £431
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -10.53%

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 89 136 115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.25% 81.44% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 93 72
10th Percentile £368 £345 £308
25th Percentile £400 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £667
90th Percentile £675 £750 £668
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 16
10th Percentile £61.35 £69.00 £21.05
25th Percentile £62.25 £74.06 £31.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +42.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £60.00
90th Percentile £73.25 - £78.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £65.43 £52.50
% change year-on-year -61.56% +24.62% +61.34%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Farnborough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Farnborough over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Farnborough

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, Network 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 Farnborough region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Change Control
3 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
4 2 (33.33%) RFC 2544
4 2 (33.33%) Case Management
4 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
4 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) FortiGate
4 2 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Aruba
4 2 (33.33%) F5
4 2 (33.33%) VLAN
4 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (33.33%) Dell
4 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
5 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (16.67%) MPLS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (16.67%) MPLS
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Case Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Dell DRAC
1 2 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Aruba
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) F5
2 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint