Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 60 40
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 12 1 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.62% 0.15% 4.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.11% 0.17% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 14
10th Percentile £389 - -
25th Percentile £494 - £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £400 £275
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% +45.45% -35.29%
75th Percentile £700 - £375
90th Percentile - - £435
East of England median daily rate £391 £325 £394
% change year-on-year +20.38% -17.46% -7.35%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 386 588 701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.28% 90.05% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 229 406
10th Percentile £225 £237 £231
25th Percentile £413 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £675
90th Percentile £700 £625 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 204 132
10th Percentile £20.00 £15.59 £17.72
25th Percentile £33.75 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £51.25 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £66.50 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £29.49
% change year-on-year -11.11% +52.61% +48.85%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Stevenage - 4 £700 - 5
Watford - 4 £550 - 4
Network Engineer
East of England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 30 August 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) OSPF
2 6 (50.00%) BGP
2 6 (50.00%) VPN
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) CCNP
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (50.00%) VLAN
2 6 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
4 4 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 4 (33.33%) Network Management
5 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (16.67%) Terraform
6 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
6 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (16.67%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (16.67%) DHCP
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) DNS

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) AWS Direct Connect
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) BGP
2 6 (50.00%) OSPF
2 6 (50.00%) VLAN
2 6 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) DHCP
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) IP Telephony
4 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Network Management
1 4 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (16.67%) DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) High Availability
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Bash
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CCNP
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (16.67%) Ansible
2 2 (16.67%) Terraform
3 1 (8.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
1 6 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 2 (16.67%) Huawei
4 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds