Network Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Network Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 June 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
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 55 55
Rank change year-on-year -32 0 +67
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 46 94 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.09% 3.18% 3.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 3.46% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 68 71
10th Percentile £169 £263 £263
25th Percentile £243 £283 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £363 £375
Median % change year-on-year +18.62% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £538 £500 £446
90th Percentile £608 £625 £538
England median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £33.23 - £15.73
25th Percentile £34.31 - £16.82
Median hourly rate £38.25 - £18.63
75th Percentile £41.81 - £20.45
90th Percentile £42.68 - £21.53
England median hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% -35.48% +118.23%

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 1,977 2,717 3,035
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.78% 91.98% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,803 2,163
10th Percentile £205 £213 £228
25th Percentile £350 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £540 £588 £595
90th Percentile £638 £675 £694
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 233 102
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.83 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £14.64
Median hourly rate £22.28 £19.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £29.69
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.50 £39.55 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.94% -10.11% +76.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer 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 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer 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 28 June 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 -27 33 £275 -21.43% 31
East Midlands -6 13 £450 - 10
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 June 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 Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (80.43%) Cisco
2 23 (50.00%) Firewall
3 20 (43.48%) WAN
4 18 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (28.26%) BGP
5 13 (28.26%) Security Cleared
6 12 (26.09%) Juniper
6 12 (26.09%) CCNP
6 12 (26.09%) CCNA
6 12 (26.09%) LAN
7 11 (23.91%) DHCP
8 9 (19.57%) DNS
8 9 (19.57%) CheckPoint
8 9 (19.57%) Network Security
9 8 (17.39%) Wireshark
9 8 (17.39%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (17.39%) SolarWinds
9 8 (17.39%) Ansible
9 8 (17.39%) Palo Alto
9 8 (17.39%) Wireless
9 8 (17.39%) IPsec
9 8 (17.39%) Telecoms
10 7 (15.22%) MPLS
10 7 (15.22%) VPN
10 7 (15.22%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (15.22%) SC Cleared
11 6 (13.04%) Load Balancing
11 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
11 6 (13.04%) OSPF

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 23 (50.00%) Firewall
2 20 (43.48%) WAN
3 13 (28.26%) BGP
4 12 (26.09%) LAN
5 11 (23.91%) DHCP
6 9 (19.57%) DNS
6 9 (19.57%) Network Security
7 8 (17.39%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (17.39%) IPsec
7 8 (17.39%) Wireless
7 8 (17.39%) Wireshark
8 7 (15.22%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (15.22%) MPLS
8 7 (15.22%) VPN
9 6 (13.04%) OSPF
10 5 (10.87%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (10.87%) EIGRP
10 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
10 5 (10.87%) VLAN
11 4 (8.70%) BIG-IP
Development Applications
1 4 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 8 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.35%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.17%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
1 6 (13.04%) PKI
2 5 (10.87%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.17%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.17%) CentOS
3 1 (2.17%) Linux
3 1 (2.17%) Rocky
3 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (13.04%) Load Balancing
2 5 (10.87%) DevOps
2 5 (10.87%) End-to-End Testing
2 5 (10.87%) Remote Testing
3 4 (8.70%) Agile
3 4 (8.70%) Asset Management
3 4 (8.70%) ITIL
3 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
3 4 (8.70%) Migration
4 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (4.35%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.35%) High Availability
5 2 (4.35%) Network Design
5 2 (4.35%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (4.35%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (4.35%) Performance Analysis
5 2 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (4.35%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.87%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (39.13%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (28.26%) Security Cleared
3 12 (26.09%) CCNA
3 12 (26.09%) CCNP
4 7 (15.22%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) CCIE
5 2 (4.35%) Degree
5 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) CCIE Wireless
6 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.17%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.17%) JNCIS
6 1 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.17%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.17%) GDPR
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Ansible
2 5 (10.87%) HP ALM
3 3 (6.52%) FortiGate
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (4.35%) OpenView
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 37 (80.43%) Cisco
2 12 (26.09%) Juniper
3 9 (19.57%) CheckPoint
4 8 (17.39%) Palo Alto
4 8 (17.39%) SolarWinds
5 5 (10.87%) F5
5 5 (10.87%) HP
5 5 (10.87%) Micro Focus
5 5 (10.87%) Progress
5 5 (10.87%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.17%) Arista
7 1 (2.17%) Aruba
7 1 (2.17%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.17%) Meraki
7 1 (2.17%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.17%) Oracle
7 1 (2.17%) Zscaler