Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Network Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 69 39
Rank change year-on-year -28 -30 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 69 64 113
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 2.23% 2.55% 4.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 2.74% 4.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 34 68
10th Percentile £300 £305 £276
25th Percentile £350 £363 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £435 £375
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +16.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £450
90th Percentile £600 £685 £529
England median daily rate £500 £490 £450
% change year-on-year +2.04% +8.89% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,759 2,333 2,518
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 92.99% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,450 1,740
10th Percentile £216 £225 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 116
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.00 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £27.21 £32.13 £31.59
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
West Midlands -3 64 £385 -23.00% 25
East Midlands -36 5 £650 +73.33% 1
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 December 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 Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (55.07%) Cisco
2 31 (44.93%) DNS
3 25 (36.23%) Security Cleared
4 24 (34.78%) WAN
5 23 (33.33%) F5
6 22 (31.88%) Firewall
6 22 (31.88%) SSL
7 20 (28.99%) VPN
7 20 (28.99%) Wireless
7 20 (28.99%) Wireshark
8 19 (27.54%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (26.09%) Blue Coat
9 18 (26.09%) CCNP
9 18 (26.09%) Juniper
9 18 (26.09%) Load Balancing
9 18 (26.09%) SC Cleared
10 17 (24.64%) BGP
10 17 (24.64%) HTTP
10 17 (24.64%) IPsec
11 15 (21.74%) BIG-IP
11 15 (21.74%) TCP/IP
12 14 (20.29%) LAN
13 13 (18.84%) CheckPoint
13 13 (18.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
13 13 (18.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 13 (18.84%) McAfee
13 13 (18.84%) NetApp
13 13 (18.84%) Network Security
14 12 (17.39%) Fiddler
15 11 (15.94%) FortiGate

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.80%) Azure
2 3 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon ELB
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (44.93%) DNS
2 24 (34.78%) WAN
3 22 (31.88%) Firewall
3 22 (31.88%) SSL
4 20 (28.99%) VPN
4 20 (28.99%) Wireless
4 20 (28.99%) Wireshark
5 17 (24.64%) BGP
5 17 (24.64%) HTTP
5 17 (24.64%) IPsec
6 15 (21.74%) BIG-IP
6 15 (21.74%) TCP/IP
7 14 (20.29%) LAN
8 13 (18.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 13 (18.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 13 (18.84%) Network Security
9 11 (15.94%) MPLS
10 9 (13.04%) DHCP
11 8 (11.59%) DMVPN
11 8 (11.59%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Fiddler
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (27.54%) Banking
1 19 (27.54%) Investment Banking
2 10 (14.49%) Public Sector
2 10 (14.49%) Telecoms
3 8 (11.59%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.80%) Legal
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Automotive
6 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.35%) LDAP
2 3 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Data Centre
2 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.70%) PKI
4 3 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.90%) NHS
5 2 (2.90%) SCADA
5 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.45%) Handset
6 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) CatOS
1 2 (2.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 7
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 8
2 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Load Balancing
2 8 (11.59%) Data Loss Prevention
2 8 (11.59%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 7 (10.14%) Migration
3 7 (10.14%) User Experience
4 6 (8.70%) Change Management
4 6 (8.70%) Inventory Management
4 6 (8.70%) Network Design
4 6 (8.70%) Network Segmentation
5 5 (7.25%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.25%) Project Delivery
6 4 (5.80%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (5.80%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.35%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.35%) DevOps
7 3 (4.35%) High Availability
7 3 (4.35%) ITIL
7 3 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) Python
2 7 (10.14%) Lisp
3 1 (1.45%) Bash
3 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 25 (36.23%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.54%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (26.09%) CCNP
3 18 (26.09%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.59%) CCNA
5 4 (5.80%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) Degree
7 1 (1.45%) CCSA
7 1 (1.45%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.45%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.45%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.45%) GDPR
2 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (14.49%) Firmware
3 4 (5.80%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.35%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.45%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (15.94%) FortiGate
2 8 (11.59%) Ansible
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.90%) HP ALM
6 1 (1.45%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.45%) OpenView
6 1 (1.45%) SCCM
6 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (55.07%) Cisco
2 23 (33.33%) F5
3 18 (26.09%) Blue Coat
3 18 (26.09%) Juniper
4 13 (18.84%) CheckPoint
4 13 (18.84%) McAfee
4 13 (18.84%) NetApp
5 11 (15.94%) VMware
6 8 (11.59%) Palo Alto
6 8 (11.59%) ServiceNow
7 7 (10.14%) Ekahau
7 7 (10.14%) Remedy
8 5 (7.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (7.25%) SolarWinds
9 4 (5.80%) Fortinet
10 3 (4.35%) Aruba
11 2 (2.90%) CenturyLink
11 2 (2.90%) Micro Focus
11 2 (2.90%) Progress
11 2 (2.90%) Zscaler