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 £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 65 81
Rank change year-on-year +12 +16 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 133 135 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.04% 2.93% 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.33% 3.15% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 86 102
10th Percentile £324 £294 £220
25th Percentile £363 £350 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £433 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.76% +8.13% -2.85%
75th Percentile £575 £515 £486
90th Percentile £613 £538 £525
England median daily rate £490 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -
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 £50.00 £40.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year +25.00% -36.12% +119.70%

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 3,072 4,291 5,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.14% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,030 2,697 3,730
10th Percentile £232 £263 £281
25th Percentile £367 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 401 158
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.07 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.25 £12.53 £17.85
Median hourly rate £25.11 £20.77 £29.65
Median % change year-on-year +20.91% -29.95% +55.68%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.18 £49.30
90th Percentile £77.38 £62.50 £66.21
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.14% -18.13% +94.40%

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 22 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 22 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 +7 99 £500 +15.35% 33
Yorkshire +20 32 £492 +140.00% 42
North East -6 2 £288 -28.13% 9
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 112 (84.21%) Cisco
2 78 (58.65%) SC Cleared
2 78 (58.65%) Security Cleared
3 73 (54.89%) Firewall
4 53 (39.85%) Palo Alto
5 44 (33.08%) WAN
5 44 (33.08%) BGP
6 39 (29.32%) OSPF
6 39 (29.32%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (25.56%) Cisco Firepower
9 30 (22.56%) HSRP
9 30 (22.56%) IPsec
9 30 (22.56%) EIGRP
10 29 (21.80%) Cisco ASA
11 28 (21.05%) Network Management
11 28 (21.05%) Network Security
12 25 (18.80%) Load Balancing
12 25 (18.80%) Meraki
12 25 (18.80%) Data Centre
13 24 (18.05%) Network Design
14 23 (17.29%) CCNA
14 23 (17.29%) VPN
14 23 (17.29%) Cisco ISE
15 22 (16.54%) CheckPoint
16 21 (15.79%) Wireless
16 21 (15.79%) NetScaler
17 19 (14.29%) Network Architecture
17 19 (14.29%) LAN
18 18 (13.53%) 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 (3.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.75%) Confluence
2 1 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.76%) Azure
2 4 (3.01%) AWS
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.75%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 73 (54.89%) Firewall
2 44 (33.08%) BGP
2 44 (33.08%) WAN
3 39 (29.32%) OSPF
4 35 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
5 34 (25.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 30 (22.56%) EIGRP
6 30 (22.56%) HSRP
6 30 (22.56%) IPsec
7 29 (21.80%) Cisco ASA
8 28 (21.05%) Network Security
9 23 (17.29%) Cisco ISE
9 23 (17.29%) VPN
10 21 (15.79%) NetScaler
10 21 (15.79%) Wireless
11 19 (14.29%) LAN
12 16 (12.03%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (10.53%) DNS
13 14 (10.53%) SD-WAN
14 13 (9.77%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 11 (8.27%) Public Sector
1 11 (8.27%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.26%) Finance
3 4 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (2.26%) Banking
4 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.75%) Advertising
6 1 (0.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.75%) Law
6 1 (0.75%) Legal
6 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.53%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.80%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.76%) CMDB
2 5 (3.76%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.76%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (3.01%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.75%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.75%) Handset
5 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.02%) Windows
2 4 (3.01%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.75%) Android
3 1 (0.75%) Unix
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.75%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.05%) Network Management
2 25 (18.80%) Load Balancing
3 24 (18.05%) Network Design
4 19 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 15 (11.28%) ITIL
6 14 (10.53%) ITSM
7 13 (9.77%) Migration
8 12 (9.02%) Impact Assessments
8 12 (9.02%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (6.77%) Agile
9 9 (6.77%) Project Delivery
10 7 (5.26%) Problem Management
11 6 (4.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (4.51%) Network Monitoring
12 5 (3.76%) Analytics
12 5 (3.76%) Asset Management
12 5 (3.76%) Performance Metrics
12 5 (3.76%) Security Management
13 4 (3.01%) Change Management
13 4 (3.01%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.26%) Python
2 4 (3.01%) Bash
2 4 (3.01%) Perl
2 4 (3.01%) PL/SQL
2 4 (3.01%) SQL
3 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.75%) Go
4 1 (0.75%) JCL
4 1 (0.75%) REXX
Qualifications
1 78 (58.65%) SC Cleared
1 78 (58.65%) Security Cleared
2 39 (29.32%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (17.29%) CCNA
4 17 (12.78%) CCNP
5 11 (8.27%) Degree
6 5 (3.76%) CCIE
7 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.50%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.50%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.75%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.75%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.75%) GDPR
2 1 (0.75%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.26%) Ansible
2 3 (2.26%) Terraform
3 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.50%) Nagios
3 2 (1.50%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.75%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 112 (84.21%) Cisco
2 53 (39.85%) Palo Alto
3 25 (18.80%) Meraki
4 22 (16.54%) CheckPoint
5 14 (10.53%) SolarWinds
6 12 (9.02%) Microsoft
7 9 (6.77%) Aruba
8 6 (4.51%) Arista
8 6 (4.51%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.01%) Oracle
10 3 (2.26%) HP
11 2 (1.50%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (1.50%) F5
11 2 (1.50%) Nokia
12 1 (0.75%) BMC
12 1 (0.75%) Infoblox
12 1 (0.75%) Ribbon
12 1 (0.75%) Splunk
12 1 (0.75%) WatchGuard
12 1 (0.75%) Zscaler