Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Network Engineer
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Nottinghamshire is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 +13 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 0.59% 3.80% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 4.17% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £235 -
25th Percentile £431 £246 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £325 £200
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% +62.50% -52.94%
75th Percentile £444 £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £600 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +60.00% +7.14% -17.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 158 144 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 91.14% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 74 163
10th Percentile £203 £247 £266
25th Percentile £394 £365 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £611 £575 £675
90th Percentile £758 £639 £745
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 14
10th Percentile £11.44 £12.73 £11.49
25th Percentile £16.17 £12.75 £13.25
Median hourly rate £17.87 £14.00 £24.51
Median % change year-on-year +27.64% -42.87% +73.87%
75th Percentile - £15.14 £84.06
90th Percentile £25.15 £37.69 £92.25
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.32 £21.59 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.25% +7.95% +13.90%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Nottinghamshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Nottinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Nottinghamshire

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Nottinghamshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Nottinghamshire

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Nottinghamshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Wireless

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco