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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 141 225
Rank change year-on-year -6 +84 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 225 318 283
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.84% 1.82% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 1.95% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 204 184
10th Percentile £388 £316 £313
25th Percentile £419 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £550 £568 £615
90th Percentile £606 £650 £673
England median daily rate £492 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.58% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £50.75 £29.38 -
25th Percentile £51.88 £37.06 £30.38
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £50.38
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -20.60% +84.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £48.38 -
England median hourly rate £53.75 £40.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +34.38% -35.48% +117.89%

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 11,456 16,326 24,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 93.54% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,770 11,799 17,668
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £440 £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 £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 321 276
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £17.99
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.02 £22.72
Median hourly rate £31.67 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.17% -23.61% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.94 £46.48 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.08 £65.03 £82.38
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +89.04%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +6 33 £563 +8.70% 22
West London +14 8 £400 +6.67% 5
East London +21 4 £438 +153.62% 4
South London - 3 £600 -
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 143 (63.56%) Firewall
2 138 (61.33%) Cisco
3 83 (36.89%) Cisco Certification
4 80 (35.56%) BGP
5 75 (33.33%) OSPF
6 72 (32.00%) Ansible
7 68 (30.22%) VPN
8 65 (28.89%) Migration
9 64 (28.44%) Python
9 64 (28.44%) Network Security
10 59 (26.22%) CheckPoint
10 59 (26.22%) CCNP
11 56 (24.89%) Palo Alto
12 53 (23.56%) Social Skills
13 52 (23.11%) DNS
14 51 (22.67%) Network Monitoring
15 49 (21.78%) WAN
16 46 (20.44%) Azure
17 45 (20.00%) Data Centre
18 43 (19.11%) Arista
19 38 (16.89%) Fortinet
20 37 (16.44%) AWS
20 37 (16.44%) F5
21 36 (16.00%) Finance
21 36 (16.00%) MPLS
22 35 (15.56%) Wireless
22 35 (15.56%) LAN
23 34 (15.11%) Infoblox
24 30 (13.33%) Multicast
24 30 (13.33%) 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 (1.78%) nginx
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (3.11%) MS Visio
2 6 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 46 (20.44%) Azure
2 37 (16.44%) AWS
3 18 (8.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (2.22%) GitHub
5 3 (1.33%) GCP
6 2 (0.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (0.89%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 2 (0.89%) Amazon S3
6 2 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (0.89%) Route 53
6 2 (0.89%) SaaS
6 2 (0.89%) Serverless
7 1 (0.44%) Akamai
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.44%) Datadog
7 1 (0.44%) IaaS
7 1 (0.44%) npm
7 1 (0.44%) OCI
7 1 (0.44%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 143 (63.56%) Firewall
2 80 (35.56%) BGP
3 75 (33.33%) OSPF
4 68 (30.22%) VPN
5 64 (28.44%) Network Security
6 52 (23.11%) DNS
7 49 (21.78%) WAN
8 36 (16.00%) MPLS
9 35 (15.56%) LAN
9 35 (15.56%) Wireless
10 30 (13.33%) Multicast
11 25 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
11 25 (11.11%) IPsec
12 24 (10.67%) DHCP
12 24 (10.67%) TCP/IP
13 22 (9.78%) SD-WAN
14 21 (9.33%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (8.89%) HSRP
16 19 (8.44%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (8.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.89%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 11 (4.89%) GitLab
3 6 (2.67%) Git
4 3 (1.33%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 53 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 36 (16.00%) Finance
3 19 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.44%) Banking
4 16 (7.11%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.22%) Local Government
7 4 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.78%) Legal
8 3 (1.33%) Law
8 3 (1.33%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.89%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.44%) Advertising
10 1 (0.44%) Aviation
10 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.11%) 802.1X
1 16 (7.11%) ADO
2 6 (2.67%) JSON
3 4 (1.78%) XML
4 2 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.44%) gRPC
5 1 (0.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 16 (7.11%) Anti-Spyware
3 11 (4.89%) Hedge funds
4 6 (2.67%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.22%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.78%) Digital Signage
6 4 (1.78%) NHS
6 4 (1.78%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.33%) FPGA
7 3 (1.33%) PCIe
7 3 (1.33%) Replication
7 3 (1.33%) Verilog
7 3 (1.33%) VHDL
8 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.89%) Derivative
8 2 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.89%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.78%) Linux
2 8 (3.56%) Windows
3 5 (2.22%) CatOS
3 5 (2.22%) Unix
4 3 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.89%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (0.89%) CentOS
5 2 (0.89%) SUSE
5 2 (0.89%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (28.89%) Migration
2 51 (22.67%) Network Monitoring
3 28 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (9.33%) ITIL
5 20 (8.89%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (8.89%) Low Latency
6 19 (8.44%) Agile
6 19 (8.44%) Configuration Management
7 18 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
8 17 (7.56%) Network Design
9 15 (6.67%) Load Balancing
9 15 (6.67%) Project Delivery
10 13 (5.78%) Computer Science
10 13 (5.78%) Matrix Organization
10 13 (5.78%) Network Architecture
10 13 (5.78%) Service Management
10 13 (5.78%) Validation
11 10 (4.44%) Process Improvement
12 9 (4.00%) Change Management
12 9 (4.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 64 (28.44%) Python
2 8 (3.56%) Bash
3 7 (3.11%) Perl
4 6 (2.67%) SQL
5 4 (1.78%) Java
5 4 (1.78%) Tcl
6 3 (1.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.33%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (36.89%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (26.22%) CCNP
3 23 (10.22%) CCIE
4 22 (9.78%) CCNA
5 21 (9.33%) Degree
6 18 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 14 (6.22%) SC Cleared
8 12 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (4.00%) JNCIA
10 6 (2.67%) CCIE Service Provider
11 5 (2.22%) CCSE
11 5 (2.22%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.78%) AWS Certification
12 4 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.33%) CISSP
13 3 (1.33%) JNCIS
14 2 (0.89%) RHCSA
15 1 (0.44%) CCIE Security
15 1 (0.44%) JNCIE
15 1 (0.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.11%) SLA
2 1 (0.44%) NIST
2 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.44%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (3.56%) Firmware
2 7 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.78%) iptables
3 4 (1.78%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.33%) Docker
4 3 (1.33%) FreeRADIUS
4 3 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (32.00%) Ansible
2 30 (13.33%) Terraform
3 14 (6.22%) ZABBIX
4 13 (5.78%) Puppet
5 8 (3.56%) Nagios
6 7 (3.11%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.22%) Cisco Prime
8 4 (1.78%) Netcool
9 3 (1.33%) Cacti
9 3 (1.33%) CASB
9 3 (1.33%) Cisco UCCE
9 3 (1.33%) Grafana
9 3 (1.33%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.33%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.33%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.89%) Icinga
10 2 (0.89%) Kibana
10 2 (0.89%) Observium
10 2 (0.89%) Packer
Vendors
1 138 (61.33%) Cisco
2 59 (26.22%) CheckPoint
3 56 (24.89%) Palo Alto
4 43 (19.11%) Arista
5 38 (16.89%) Fortinet
6 37 (16.44%) F5
7 34 (15.11%) Infoblox
8 29 (12.89%) Juniper
9 27 (12.00%) SolarWinds
10 17 (7.56%) Meraki
11 15 (6.67%) VMware
12 14 (6.22%) Nokia
13 13 (5.78%) Microsoft
14 11 (4.89%) Aruba
15 8 (3.56%) Splunk
16 7 (3.11%) Zscaler
17 6 (2.67%) Brocade
18 4 (1.78%) AlgoSec
18 4 (1.78%) Red Hat
19 3 (1.33%) Ruckus Wireless