Network Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £483, 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 54 66 100
Rank change year-on-year +12 +34 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 131 139 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.98% 2.92% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.26% 3.13% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 91 92
10th Percentile £313 £275 £213
25th Percentile £363 £350 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £433 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.56% +15.33% -8.92%
75th Percentile £588 £515 £502
90th Percentile £615 £540 £538
England median daily rate £490 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +4.26% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £46.00 -
25th Percentile £68.75 £71.25 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £72.50 -
75th Percentile £76.25 £73.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
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
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West +14 104 £483 +10.45% 13
Yorkshire +11 24 £500 +143.90% 10
North East -8 3 £325 -16.13% 5
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 109 (83.21%) Cisco
2 75 (57.25%) Firewall
2 75 (57.25%) Security Cleared
3 74 (56.49%) SC Cleared
4 59 (45.04%) Palo Alto
5 45 (34.35%) BGP
6 43 (32.82%) WAN
7 42 (32.06%) OSPF
8 36 (27.48%) Cisco Certification
9 35 (26.72%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (26.72%) Cisco Firepower
9 35 (26.72%) Cisco ASA
10 33 (25.19%) HSRP
10 33 (25.19%) IPsec
10 33 (25.19%) EIGRP
11 29 (22.14%) Network Management
12 28 (21.37%) Load Balancing
13 27 (20.61%) VPN
14 26 (19.85%) Wireless
14 26 (19.85%) Network Security
15 25 (19.08%) Meraki
15 25 (19.08%) CCNA
16 24 (18.32%) CheckPoint
16 24 (18.32%) Network Design
17 22 (16.79%) LAN
17 22 (16.79%) NetScaler
18 19 (14.50%) Cisco ISE
18 19 (14.50%) Network Architecture
19 18 (13.74%) Data Centre
19 18 (13.74%) 802.1X

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.76%) Confluence
2 1 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.82%) Azure
2 4 (3.05%) AWS
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.76%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 75 (57.25%) Firewall
2 45 (34.35%) BGP
3 43 (32.82%) WAN
4 42 (32.06%) OSPF
5 35 (26.72%) Cisco ASA
5 35 (26.72%) Cisco Firepower
5 35 (26.72%) Wi-Fi
6 33 (25.19%) EIGRP
6 33 (25.19%) HSRP
6 33 (25.19%) IPsec
7 27 (20.61%) VPN
8 26 (19.85%) Network Security
8 26 (19.85%) Wireless
9 22 (16.79%) LAN
9 22 (16.79%) NetScaler
10 19 (14.50%) Cisco ISE
11 14 (10.69%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (10.69%) DNS
12 13 (9.92%) MPLS
12 13 (9.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.05%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (8.40%) Public Sector
1 11 (8.40%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.58%) Finance
3 4 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (2.29%) Banking
4 3 (2.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.76%) Advertising
6 1 (0.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.76%) Law
6 1 (0.76%) Legal
6 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.74%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.74%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.58%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (3.82%) CMDB
3 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.05%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.76%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.76%) Handset
6 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.87%) Windows
2 5 (3.82%) Linux
3 4 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.76%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.14%) Network Management
2 28 (21.37%) Load Balancing
3 24 (18.32%) Network Design
4 19 (14.50%) Network Architecture
5 15 (11.45%) ITIL
5 15 (11.45%) ITSM
6 14 (10.69%) Impact Assessments
6 14 (10.69%) Migration
7 12 (9.16%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (6.87%) Agile
8 9 (6.87%) Project Delivery
9 7 (5.34%) Problem Management
10 6 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (4.58%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (3.82%) Asset Management
11 5 (3.82%) Performance Metrics
11 5 (3.82%) Security Management
12 4 (3.05%) Change Management
12 4 (3.05%) Project Management
12 4 (3.05%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.34%) Python
2 4 (3.05%) Bash
2 4 (3.05%) Perl
2 4 (3.05%) PL/SQL
2 4 (3.05%) SQL
3 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.76%) Go
4 1 (0.76%) JCL
4 1 (0.76%) REXX
Qualifications
1 75 (57.25%) Security Cleared
2 74 (56.49%) SC Cleared
3 36 (27.48%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (19.08%) CCNA
5 17 (12.98%) CCNP
6 11 (8.40%) Degree
7 5 (3.82%) CCIE
8 3 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.53%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.53%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.76%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.76%) GDPR
2 1 (0.76%) SLA
2 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.34%) Ansible
2 3 (2.29%) Terraform
3 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.53%) Nagios
3 2 (1.53%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.76%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.76%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 109 (83.21%) Cisco
2 59 (45.04%) Palo Alto
3 25 (19.08%) Meraki
4 24 (18.32%) CheckPoint
5 15 (11.45%) SolarWinds
6 9 (6.87%) Aruba
7 6 (4.58%) Fortinet
7 6 (4.58%) Microsoft
8 4 (3.05%) Arista
8 4 (3.05%) HP
8 4 (3.05%) Oracle
9 3 (2.29%) F5
10 2 (1.53%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (1.53%) Nokia
11 1 (0.76%) BMC
11 1 (0.76%) Citrix
11 1 (0.76%) Juniper
11 1 (0.76%) McAfee
11 1 (0.76%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.76%) Remedy