Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Prestwick

Network Engineer
South Ayrshire > Prestwick

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Prestwick is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Prestwick 9.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Ayrshire median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Prestwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Prestwick. 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 Prestwick with a recognized job title 9 0 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.82% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £266 - -
75th Percentile £332 - -
90th Percentile £335 - -
South Ayrshire median daily rate £266 £158 £144
% change year-on-year +68.63% +9.53% +5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.23 - -
South Ayrshire median hourly rate £19.23 - -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Prestwick

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 Prestwick.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Prestwick

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Prestwick

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 Prestwick region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Prestwick 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco