Network Engineer Contracts in Northamptonshire

Network Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Northamptonshire 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 18 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 5.48% - 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.93% - 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £394 - £320
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.80%
75th Percentile £603 - £388
90th Percentile £619 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £438 £350
% change year-on-year +2.86% +25.00% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 135 185 221
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.39% 91.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 138 171
10th Percentile £271 £265 £205
25th Percentile £358 £356 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £433 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.89% +8.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £537 £500
90th Percentile £575 £621 £573
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 10
10th Percentile £16.88 £10.90 £14.19
25th Percentile £21.56 £12.37 £17.82
Median hourly rate £32.25 £14.00 £19.02
Median % change year-on-year +130.36% -26.37% -17.33%
75th Percentile £45.06 £35.00 £26.33
90th Percentile £51.03 £57.88 £35.30
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Northamptonshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Northamptonshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Northamptonshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Northamptonshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton - 8 £500 - 5
Network Engineer
East Midlands

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

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 Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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