Network Engineer Contracts in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £588, 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 20 41 13
Rank change year-on-year +21 -28 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 5 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 6.50% 1.67% 13.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.96% 1.82% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 23
10th Percentile £439 £519 £273
25th Percentile £481 £521 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £410
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +34.15% -24.42%
75th Percentile £625 £583 £475
90th Percentile - £587 £498
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £550 £469
% change year-on-year -6.36% +17.33% -10.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 115 275 234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 91.97% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 115 145
10th Percentile £200 £400 £202
25th Percentile £400 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £560 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.68% +12.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £570
90th Percentile £626 £840 £638
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 103 20
10th Percentile £25.19 £48.61 £43.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.40 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.00 £57.20
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +3.14% +36.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £68.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.86 £70.13
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) LAN
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) SLA
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (62.50%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 3 (37.50%) Juniper
4 3 (37.50%) Firewall
4 3 (37.50%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 8 (100.00%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) SD-WAN
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) Wireless
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (62.50%) Preventative Maintenance
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Juniper
2 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
31 Network Engineer jobs in Hampshire