Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £455, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 61 49
Rank change year-on-year -8 -12 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 11 16 29
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 1.46% 2.12% 3.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 2.35% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 19
10th Percentile £400 £360 £313
25th Percentile £413 £428 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.22% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £497 £588 £626
90th Percentile £583 £595 £688
Scotland median daily rate £425 £403 £450
% change year-on-year +5.59% -10.56% -5.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 708 680 850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 90.07% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 441 458 575
10th Percentile £245 £256 £325
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -10.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £622
90th Percentile £625 £656 £700
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +0.89% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 16
10th Percentile £17.98 £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.75 £14.63
Median hourly rate £26.21 £19.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +33.79% +10.55% +18.13%
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £19.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £37.70 £41.00
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £20.94 £19.50
% change year-on-year +17.57% +7.38% +10.05%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 13 December 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 Glasgow region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) WAN
3 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (45.45%) LAN
4 4 (36.36%) BGP
4 4 (36.36%) CCIE
4 4 (36.36%) CCNP
4 4 (36.36%) Firewall
4 4 (36.36%) Network Security
4 4 (36.36%) OSPF
4 4 (36.36%) VLAN
5 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 3 (27.27%) Network Design
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
6 2 (18.18%) EIGRP
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security
6 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
6 2 (18.18%) Migration
6 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
6 2 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
7 1 (9.09%) AWS
7 1 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (9.09%) CCDP
7 1 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) PaaS
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) WAN
2 5 (45.45%) LAN
3 4 (36.36%) BGP
3 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) Network Security
3 4 (36.36%) OSPF
3 4 (36.36%) VLAN
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (18.18%) EIGRP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (9.09%) Internet
5 1 (9.09%) MPLS
5 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 1 (9.09%) VPN
5 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Network Design
2 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security
2 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (18.18%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (9.09%) FinOps
3 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Line Management
3 1 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (36.36%) CCIE
2 4 (36.36%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) CCDP
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) Meraki
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft