Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Guildford
Network Engineer
Surrey > Guildford
The median Network Engineer daily rate in Guildford is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract Network Engineer jobs | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Guildford | 2.60% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.74% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Surrey median daily rate | £425 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.07% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Guildford
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Guildford matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Guildford matching a recognised job title | 73 | 31 | 29 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.81% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22 | 19 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £168 | £261 | £70 |
| 25th Percentile | £289 | £368 | £175 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £423 | £505 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.34% | +26.25% | -25.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £543 | £572 | £494 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £500 |
| Surrey median daily rate | £475 | £488 | £456 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.56% | +6.85% | -11.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 30 | 5 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.00 | £20.70 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £59.06 | £24.00 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £28.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +150.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £30.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £45.00 | - |
| Surrey median hourly rate | £57.50 | £55.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | +83.33% | -51.32% |
Network Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Network Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford.
Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Guildford
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Guildford.
Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Guildford.
Network Engineer Skill Set Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford
For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, Network Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Network Engineer job ads across the Guildford region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cisco | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | FortiGate | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Fortinet | 100.0% | 2 |
| 4 | AWS | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Azure | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | BGP | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Firewall | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | High Availability | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Kalman Filter | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | LAN | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Network Security | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Palo Alto | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Root Cause Analysis | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | SD-WAN | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | SSL | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | VPN | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | WAN | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Web Filtering | 50.0% | 1 |
| 4 | Wireless | 50.0% | 1 |
Network Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Systems Management
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FortiGate | 100.0% | 2 |