Network Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Network Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 102 92
Rank change year-on-year +15 -10 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 32 26 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.98% 1.17% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.24% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 53
10th Percentile £313 £240 £334
25th Percentile £363 £316 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £466 £440 £500
90th Percentile £494 £463 £538
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £475
% change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% +5.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,519 2,102 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 1,283 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £201 £238
25th Percentile £370 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 114 44
10th Percentile £15.94 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.94 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +4 14 £399 -5.56% 12
Edinburgh +12 9 £425 +77.08% 5
Aberdeen - 4 £456 - 2
Aberdeenshire - 1 £325 -
Renfrewshire - 1 £550 - 3
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 Scotland region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (65.63%) Cisco
2 19 (59.38%) Firewall
3 15 (46.88%) WAN
3 15 (46.88%) Palo Alto
4 14 (43.75%) LAN
4 14 (43.75%) VPN
5 13 (40.63%) Wireless
5 13 (40.63%) Network Security
6 12 (37.50%) Data Centre
7 11 (34.38%) Network Monitoring
7 11 (34.38%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (28.13%) OSPF
8 9 (28.13%) BGP
8 9 (28.13%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (25.00%) CCNP
9 8 (25.00%) Unix
9 8 (25.00%) Linux
9 8 (25.00%) SD-WAN
9 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
10 7 (21.88%) F5
11 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (18.75%) OO
11 6 (18.75%) Perl
11 6 (18.75%) Python
11 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
11 6 (18.75%) IPsec
11 6 (18.75%) Platform Engineering
12 5 (15.63%) Juniper
12 5 (15.63%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (15.63%) Fortinet

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 4 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (59.38%) Firewall
2 15 (46.88%) WAN
3 14 (43.75%) LAN
3 14 (43.75%) VPN
4 13 (40.63%) Network Security
4 13 (40.63%) Wireless
5 9 (28.13%) BGP
5 9 (28.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 9 (28.13%) OSPF
6 8 (25.00%) SD-WAN
7 6 (18.75%) IPsec
7 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
8 5 (15.63%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (12.50%) EIGRP
9 4 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (9.38%) MPLS
10 3 (9.38%) Unified Communications
11 2 (6.25%) Cisco Wireless
11 2 (6.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Banking
4 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Electronics
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.50%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) SCADA
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Linux
1 8 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.13%) Solaris
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (18.75%) OO
2 6 (18.75%) Platform Engineering
2 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.50%) ITIL
3 4 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 4 (12.50%) Network Design
4 3 (9.38%) Capacity Management
4 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (9.38%) High Availability
4 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
4 3 (9.38%) Project Management
5 2 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (6.25%) Change Management
5 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
5 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.13%) DevOps
6 1 (3.13%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.13%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (3.13%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) Perl
1 6 (18.75%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) JCL
2 1 (3.13%) REXX
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (25.00%) CCNP
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.38%) CCNA
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.13%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (3.13%) QA
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Firmware
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (3.13%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Cisco
2 15 (46.88%) Palo Alto
3 7 (21.88%) F5
4 5 (15.63%) Fortinet
4 5 (15.63%) Juniper
5 4 (12.50%) ServiceNow
6 2 (6.25%) Meraki
7 1 (3.13%) Aruba
7 1 (3.13%) Avaya
7 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.13%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (3.13%) HP
7 1 (3.13%) IBM
7 1 (3.13%) Nokia
7 1 (3.13%) Oracle
7 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.13%) VMware