Core Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Core Network Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

As of 25 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Core Network Engineer daily rate in Sheffield.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Core Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 711 201 348
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 83.75% 91.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 118 220
10th Percentile £336 £217 £349
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £511 £539
Median % change year-on-year -5.87% -5.10% -2.05%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £602
90th Percentile £643 £654 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -3.60% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.10 -
25th Percentile £16.68 £12.62 £10.90
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.85 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +31.36% -34.02% +18.42%
75th Percentile £22.33 £16.68 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £16.97 £25.25
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £14.85 £13.23
% change year-on-year +31.36% +12.21% -30.37%

Core Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Core Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Core Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 25 January 2026, Core 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 Sheffield region featuring Core Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft