Network Engineer Contracts in Kent

Network Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Kent is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 7 31
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 3 14 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 2.22% 7.41% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 8.14% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £247 £130 -
25th Percentile £309 £153 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £291 £110
Median % change year-on-year +46.03% +164.58% -78.33%
75th Percentile £444 £447 £115
90th Percentile £448 £463 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £20.08 -
South East median hourly rate £83.32 £47.95 £62.00
% change year-on-year +73.76% -22.67% +181.82%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Kent with a recognized job title 126 172 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 91.01% 97.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 66 177
10th Percentile £153 £151 £150
25th Percentile £256 £192 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £365
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.59% -23.96%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £525
90th Percentile £623 £630 £613
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 38 8
10th Percentile - £12.88 £42.50
25th Percentile £13.75 £27.92 £54.22
Median hourly rate £17.20 £68.67 £62.12
Median % change year-on-year -74.95% +10.54% +67.30%
75th Percentile £20.40 £75.16 £79.05
90th Percentile £28.71 £82.43 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Kent

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Kent

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Network Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidstone - 1 £450 - 1
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Kent region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Aruba
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Aruba
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto