Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Network Engineer
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Lincoln is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 13
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 3.57% - 48.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% - 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £321
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £350
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £358
Lincolnshire median daily rate £650 - £350
% change year-on-year - - +21.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lincoln

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lincoln. 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 Lincoln with a recognized job title 23 13 25
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.14% 92.86% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 17
10th Percentile £338 £197 £273
25th Percentile £411 £263 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £343 £350
Median % change year-on-year +45.99% -2.14% -36.36%
75th Percentile £538 £495 £438
90th Percentile £575 £693 £783
Lincolnshire median daily rate £450 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £20.25 - -
25th Percentile £25.00 £40.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.40% - -
75th Percentile - £42.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £25.15 £18.32 £20.51
% change year-on-year +37.28% -10.68% +11.68%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Lincoln

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

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

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln

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

1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data ONTAP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow