3rd Line Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Third Line Network Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Third Line Network Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 86 95
Rank change year-on-year +17 +9 +28
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 9 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.91% 0.15% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.17% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 898 1,212 1,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 92.87% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 772 704
10th Percentile £200 £355 £264
25th Percentile £418 £442 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £623
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 97 106
10th Percentile £17.34 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.71 £35.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.76% +16.28% +65.28%
75th Percentile £55.00 £73.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £70.33 £78.75 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% +16.68% +105.00%

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in Hampshire

3rd Line Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

3rd Line Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basingstoke - 9 £500 - 3
3rd Line Network Engineer
South East

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, 3rd Line 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 Hampshire region featuring 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) Juniper
1 9 (100.00%) Service Management
1 9 (100.00%) ITSM
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 9 (100.00%) Junos
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 9 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 9 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 9 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 9 (100.00%) Junos
General
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITSM
1 9 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
1 9 (100.00%) Juniper
1 9 (100.00%) SolarWinds