Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 27 15
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 2 30
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.75% 1.42% 10.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.87% 1.46% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 21
10th Percentile £409 £470 £273
25th Percentile £450 £481 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +23.53% -
75th Percentile - £581 £513
90th Percentile - £600 £553
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +29.41% -10.53%

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 174 137 266
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.60% 97.16% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 70 156
10th Percentile £200 £267 £325
25th Percentile £275 £391 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.49% +7.95%
75th Percentile £556 £638 £613
90th Percentile £590 £700 £700
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 28
10th Percentile £25.08 £31.63 £20.35
25th Percentile £25.15 £49.72 £45.58
Median hourly rate £41.00 £70.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.43% +19.15% -2.08%
75th Percentile £51.14 £70.43 £65.90
90th Percentile £59.38 £75.00 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £66.68 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.28% +33.35% +11.11%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 8 November 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 Portsmouth region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) Network Design
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Debt
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) Firmware
4 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Meraki
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (20.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Meraki
3 1 (20.00%) VMware