Network Engineer Contracts in Sheffield

Network Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £400, 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 45 52 51
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.57% 0.79% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 0.88% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £308 £148 £396
25th Percentile £343 £157 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £173 £538
Median % change year-on-year +131.88% -67.91% +7.50%
75th Percentile £450 £187 £622
90th Percentile £480 £195 £669
South Yorkshire median daily rate £345 £173 £239
% change year-on-year +100.00% -27.75% -36.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 291 340 445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 89.71% 98.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 210 311
10th Percentile £220 £360 £363
25th Percentile £381 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £481 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -12.50% +10.00%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £675
90th Percentile £641 £650 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -1.05% -13.64% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
10th Percentile - £10.90 £11.10
25th Percentile £18.10 £11.33 £11.25
Median hourly rate £18.35 £22.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +24.15% +8.21%
75th Percentile £18.50 £23.75 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 - £33.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £13.60 £17.72
% change year-on-year +34.99% -23.28% +0.45%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Sheffield

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Sheffield

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Sheffield

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Sheffield

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

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 Sheffield region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) DWDM
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Terraform
3 3 (60.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (60.00%) Arista
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
4 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (40.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) CCNP
4 2 (40.00%) CCNA

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

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) DWDM
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) BGP
4 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Network Management
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Runbook
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) JNCIA
2 2 (40.00%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Ansible
2 3 (60.00%) Terraform
3 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Arista
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft