Network Engineer Contracts in Liverpool

Network Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £525, 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 18 24 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 7 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 5.15% 4.84% 6.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.43% 5.11% 7.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 9
10th Percentile £363 £261 £283
25th Percentile £438 £273 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £295 £425
Median % change year-on-year +77.97% -30.59% +21.43%
75th Percentile £538 £511 £465
90th Percentile - £588 £525
Merseyside median daily rate £525 £295 £350
% change year-on-year +77.97% -15.71% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 129 176 262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 94.62% 96.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 87 193
10th Percentile £140 £143 £251
25th Percentile £163 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% -21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £494 £545
90th Percentile £638 £593 £650
Merseyside median daily rate £400 £400 £475
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 11
10th Percentile £13.28 - -
25th Percentile - £15.50 £10.09
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.06 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +12.84% +8.47%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.32 £18.25
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £18.75
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £19.97 £16.37
% change year-on-year -12.65% +21.96% +9.13%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Liverpool

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Liverpool

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Liverpool

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Liverpool

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

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 Liverpool region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) BGP
2 6 (85.71%) MPLS
3 4 (57.14%) OSPF
3 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 4 (57.14%) IPv6
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Multicast
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Nokia
5 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (28.57%) CCIE
5 2 (28.57%) CCNP
5 2 (28.57%) CCNA
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Broadband
5 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 2 (28.57%) Nagios
5 2 (28.57%) GPON
5 2 (28.57%) IOS XR
5 2 (28.57%) ZABBIX
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
6 1 (14.29%) F5
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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 6 (85.71%) BGP
1 6 (85.71%) MPLS
2 4 (57.14%) IPv6
2 4 (57.14%) OSPF
3 3 (42.86%) Multicast
4 2 (28.57%) Broadband
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (28.57%) GPON
4 2 (28.57%) IOS XR
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (14.29%) IGMP
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Nagios
1 2 (28.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 2 (28.57%) Nokia
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto