Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Network Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £355, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 28 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.20% 0.51% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.53% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £338 - £251
25th Percentile £342 £513 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +40.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £374 £538 £388
90th Percentile £382 - £418
North West median daily rate £500 £490 £465
% change year-on-year +2.04% +5.38% +5.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 151 188 237
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 95.92% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 58 127
10th Percentile £174 £256 £315
25th Percentile £400 £316 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £645
90th Percentile £672 £629 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £476 £500
% change year-on-year -5.46% -4.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 52 64
10th Percentile £19.65 £16.58 £20.37
25th Percentile £34.76 £18.00 £34.10
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -12.68% +22.17%
75th Percentile £70.81 £51.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.79 £76.51 £60.64
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +6.06% +43.48%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Preston -2 1 £335 -36.19% 3
Network Engineer
North West

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Network Engineer contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) BCP
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) LogicMonitor
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds