Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £412, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 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
7 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 56 45
Rank change year-on-year -14 -11 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 13 14 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.76% 1.99% 3.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 2.12% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 20
10th Percentile £363 £383 £313
25th Percentile £378 £411 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% - +26.98%
75th Percentile £470 £581 £563
90th Percentile £475 £598 £688
Scotland median daily rate £425 £388 £475
% change year-on-year +9.68% -18.42% +5.56%

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 696 660 810
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 93.75% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 465 545
10th Percentile £265 £230 £325
25th Percentile £361 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.66% -9.40% +6.27%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £575
90th Percentile £593 £652 £675
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.00% -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 25
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.48 £13.13
Median hourly rate £23.75 £21.87 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% +50.83% -61.26%
75th Percentile £32.12 £41.66 £47.73
90th Percentile £58.50 £62.50 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.40 £18.27 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.64% +3.10% -8.54%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer 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
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 and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 7 September 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 Glasgow region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 10 (76.92%) LAN
2 10 (76.92%) WAN
3 8 (61.54%) OSPF
3 8 (61.54%) BGP
4 7 (53.85%) Firewall
4 7 (53.85%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (53.85%) Palo Alto
5 6 (46.15%) Network Design
5 6 (46.15%) Network Security
5 6 (46.15%) CCNP
5 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (38.46%) VPN
6 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
7 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
7 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
7 4 (30.77%) Juniper
7 4 (30.77%) Wireless
7 4 (30.77%) VLAN
8 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (23.08%) FortiGate
8 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
8 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (23.08%) Capacity Management
8 3 (23.08%) Project Management
8 3 (23.08%) Finance
8 3 (23.08%) Migration
8 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (15.38%) Internet
9 2 (15.38%) CCIE

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) LAN
1 10 (76.92%) WAN
2 8 (61.54%) BGP
2 8 (61.54%) OSPF
3 7 (53.85%) Firewall
4 6 (46.15%) Network Security
5 5 (38.46%) VPN
6 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
6 4 (30.77%) VLAN
6 4 (30.77%) Wireless
7 2 (15.38%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (15.38%) EIGRP
7 2 (15.38%) Internet
7 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (7.69%) MPLS
8 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (46.15%) Network Design
3 3 (23.08%) Capacity Management
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (7.69%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (7.69%) Change Management
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 1 (7.69%) ITIL
5 1 (7.69%) OO
5 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.69%) Security Management
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Perl
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) CCNP
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CCIE
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 7 (53.85%) Palo Alto
3 4 (30.77%) Juniper
4 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
5 2 (15.38%) Meraki
6 1 (7.69%) Aruba
6 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
6 1 (7.69%) SolarWinds
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