Network Engineer Contracts in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in London is £500, 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 159 130 236
Rank change year-on-year -29 +106 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 216 326 295
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.72% 1.83% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.96% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 203 200
10th Percentile £388 £313 £350
25th Percentile £425 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.88% -2.80% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £625
90th Percentile £600 £660 £675
England median daily rate £490 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +4.26% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £50.75 £24.15 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £33.06 £30.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -42.86% +150.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £41.25 -
90th Percentile £67.25 £44.13 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year +43.75% -36.12% +120.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +10 31 £536 +10.00% 13
West London +18 11 £413 +10.00% 2
South London - 3 £600 -
East London +9 2 £380 +5.56% 1
Network Engineer
England

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

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 London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 145 (67.13%) Firewall
2 140 (64.81%) Cisco
3 78 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (34.26%) Network Security
5 72 (33.33%) BGP
6 70 (32.41%) VPN
7 68 (31.48%) OSPF
8 64 (29.63%) Migration
9 57 (26.39%) CheckPoint
10 54 (25.00%) CCNP
10 54 (25.00%) Palo Alto
11 53 (24.54%) Python
12 52 (24.07%) WAN
13 51 (23.61%) Ansible
14 49 (22.69%) DNS
15 48 (22.22%) Social Skills
16 45 (20.83%) Azure
17 44 (20.37%) Network Monitoring
18 42 (19.44%) Data Centre
19 40 (18.52%) Finance
19 40 (18.52%) Fortinet
20 37 (17.13%) Wireless
21 35 (16.20%) MPLS
21 35 (16.20%) LAN
22 34 (15.74%) Infoblox
22 34 (15.74%) F5
23 29 (13.43%) SolarWinds
23 29 (13.43%) Arista
23 29 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
24 28 (12.96%) Terraform

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.83%) Azure
2 24 (11.11%) AWS
3 20 (9.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.85%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.39%) GitHub
6 2 (0.93%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 1 (0.46%) Akamai
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.46%) Datadog
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) GCP
7 1 (0.46%) IaaS
7 1 (0.46%) npm
7 1 (0.46%) OCI
7 1 (0.46%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 145 (67.13%) Firewall
2 74 (34.26%) Network Security
3 72 (33.33%) BGP
4 70 (32.41%) VPN
5 68 (31.48%) OSPF
6 52 (24.07%) WAN
7 49 (22.69%) DNS
8 37 (17.13%) Wireless
9 35 (16.20%) LAN
9 35 (16.20%) MPLS
10 26 (12.04%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (10.19%) Cisco IOS
11 22 (10.19%) Cisco Nexus
11 22 (10.19%) DHCP
12 21 (9.72%) IPsec
12 21 (9.72%) Multicast
13 20 (9.26%) SD-WAN
13 20 (9.26%) Wireshark
14 19 (8.80%) EIGRP
14 19 (8.80%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.93%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (5.09%) GitLab
2 9 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (1.85%) Git
4 2 (0.93%) JIRA
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
General
1 48 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.52%) Finance
3 19 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.41%) Banking
6 8 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.39%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.39%) Law
8 3 (1.39%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Electronics
9 2 (0.93%) Legal
9 2 (0.93%) Local Government
9 2 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
10 1 (0.46%) Advertising
10 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.46%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.41%) 802.1X
1 16 (7.41%) ADO
2 7 (3.24%) JSON
3 5 (2.31%) XML
4 2 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.46%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.46%) REST
5 1 (0.46%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.46%) SOAP
5 1 (0.46%) YAML
5 1 (0.46%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.44%) Data Centre
2 16 (7.41%) Anti-Spyware
3 7 (3.24%) Hedge funds
4 5 (2.31%) NHS
4 5 (2.31%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.85%) FPGA
5 4 (1.85%) PCIe
5 4 (1.85%) Verilog
5 4 (1.85%) VHDL
5 4 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.39%) Digital Signage
6 3 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.39%) Replication
7 2 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.93%) Derivative
7 2 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.11%) Linux
2 14 (6.48%) Windows
3 7 (3.24%) Unix
4 6 (2.78%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.31%) CatOS
6 4 (1.85%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.39%) CentOS
7 3 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.93%) SUSE
8 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.63%) Migration
2 44 (20.37%) Network Monitoring
3 29 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (9.72%) Agile
5 20 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (8.80%) ITIL
7 18 (8.33%) Load Balancing
7 18 (8.33%) Network Design
8 17 (7.87%) Kalman Filter
9 16 (7.41%) Configuration Management
9 16 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (6.94%) Low Latency
11 14 (6.48%) Service Management
12 13 (6.02%) Change Management
12 13 (6.02%) Computer Science
12 13 (6.02%) Matrix Organization
13 12 (5.56%) Project Delivery
13 12 (5.56%) Validation
14 9 (4.17%) High Availability
14 9 (4.17%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (24.54%) Python
2 9 (4.17%) Bash
3 7 (3.24%) Perl
3 7 (3.24%) SQL
4 5 (2.31%) Tcl
5 4 (1.85%) Java
5 4 (1.85%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.85%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 78 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (25.00%) CCNP
3 27 (12.50%) CCNA
4 23 (10.65%) Degree
5 21 (9.72%) CCIE
6 13 (6.02%) Security Cleared
7 12 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.24%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.78%) CCIE Service Provider
9 6 (2.78%) CCSE
9 6 (2.78%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.31%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.85%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.39%) CCSA
12 3 (1.39%) CISSP
12 3 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.39%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.39%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.93%) RHCSA
14 1 (0.46%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.24%) SLA
2 2 (0.93%) DICOM
2 2 (0.93%) HL7
2 2 (0.93%) QA
3 1 (0.46%) NIST
3 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 12 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.24%) Firmware
3 4 (1.85%) Docker
3 4 (1.85%) iptables
4 3 (1.39%) FreeRADIUS
4 3 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.93%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (23.61%) Ansible
2 28 (12.96%) Terraform
3 14 (6.48%) ZABBIX
4 13 (6.02%) Puppet
5 7 (3.24%) Nagios
6 6 (2.78%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.31%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.85%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.85%) Netcool
9 3 (1.39%) Cacti
9 3 (1.39%) CASB
9 3 (1.39%) Cisco UCCE
9 3 (1.39%) Grafana
9 3 (1.39%) OPNET
9 3 (1.39%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.39%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.93%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.93%) SCCM
10 2 (0.93%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 140 (64.81%) Cisco
2 57 (26.39%) CheckPoint
3 54 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 40 (18.52%) Fortinet
5 34 (15.74%) F5
5 34 (15.74%) Infoblox
6 29 (13.43%) Arista
6 29 (13.43%) SolarWinds
7 24 (11.11%) Juniper
8 19 (8.80%) Meraki
8 19 (8.80%) VMware
9 15 (6.94%) Microsoft
10 14 (6.48%) Nokia
11 10 (4.63%) Aruba
12 8 (3.70%) Splunk
13 5 (2.31%) Brocade
13 5 (2.31%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (2.31%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.85%) NetScout
14 4 (1.85%) Xilinx