Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Network Engineer
North East > Northumberland

As of 28 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Network Engineer daily rate in Northumberland.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate £625 £425 £375
% change year-on-year +47.06% +13.33% -21.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 - -
North East median hourly rate £74.26 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northumberland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northumberland. 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 Northumberland with a recognized job title 7 22 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £212 £451 -
25th Percentile £344 £453 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% - -
75th Percentile - £478 -
90th Percentile - £484 -
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £440
% change year-on-year - +2.27% -16.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - - £31.22
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +60.81% - +130.90%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £32.50
% change year-on-year -58.32% +42.09% +106.35%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northumberland region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto