Network Engineer Contracts in Leicestershire

Network Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Leicestershire is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 30
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 4.00% 5.66% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.71% 6.21% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile - £460 £367
25th Percentile - £531 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £600 £385
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +55.84% -5.52%
75th Percentile £540 £652 £413
90th Percentile £607 £659 £428
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £438 £350
% change year-on-year +2.86% +25.00% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 85 145 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.00% 91.19% 97.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 105 145
10th Percentile £157 £131 £235
25th Percentile £256 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £375 £395
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -5.06% -1.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £450
90th Percentile £641 £633 £562
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £19.05 £14.98 £13.02
25th Percentile £19.88 £19.81 £14.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £20.46
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.19% +9.12%
75th Percentile £26.88 £27.81 £32.81
90th Percentile £28.75 £28.38 £62.63
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Leicestershire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Leicestershire.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Leicestershire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Leicestershire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Leicestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Leicestershire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Leicester -3 4 £430 -28.33% 6
Network Engineer
East Midlands

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Leicestershire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Management
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) Migration

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 3 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds