Network Engineer Contracts in Northampton

Network Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Northampton is £500, 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 17 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northampton 6.50% - 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% - 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £394 - £315
25th Percentile £425 - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £363
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.73%
75th Percentile £603 - £388
90th Percentile £619 - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £500 - £350
% change year-on-year - - +9.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 112 123 125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 96.85% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 94 96
10th Percentile £266 £333 £200
25th Percentile £358 £356 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £448 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% +11.88% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £573 £500
90th Percentile £560 £622 £575
Northamptonshire median daily rate £420 £433 £400
% change year-on-year -2.89% +8.13% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - - £14.93
25th Percentile £13.75 - £15.55
Median hourly rate £14.50 £14.00 £16.90
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -17.16% +24.13%
75th Percentile £15.25 - £18.57
90th Percentile - £35.75 £19.38
Northamptonshire median hourly rate £32.25 £14.00 £19.02
% change year-on-year +130.36% -26.37% -17.33%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Northampton

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Northampton

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Northampton

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Northampton

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Northampton

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

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 Northampton region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) CCNP
2 6 (75.00%) CCNA
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 6 (75.00%) DHCP
3 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
3 5 (62.50%) CheckPoint
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) CentOS
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (12.50%) Ansible
5 1 (12.50%) Presales
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
5 1 (12.50%) Rocky
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
5 1 (12.50%) Firmware
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) Linux

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) DHCP
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
3 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) CentOS
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Rocky
1 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (12.50%) Presales
1 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
1 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
1 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
1 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CCNA
1 6 (75.00%) CCNP
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft