Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Slough

Network Engineer
Berkshire > Slough

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Slough is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 14 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 1.85% 1.37% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 1.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - -
Berkshire median daily rate £456 £463 £478
% change year-on-year -1.41% -3.14% -2.80%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 50 69 76
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 94.52% 97.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 46 62
10th Percentile £160 £185 £280
25th Percentile £364 £230 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £561
90th Percentile £668 £663 £638
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £18.01 - -
25th Percentile £19.83 - £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.79 £24.66 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year -15.69% -1.81% +14.16%
75th Percentile - - £25.89
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +21.96% +5.48% -9.86%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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 Slough.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Slough

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

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

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

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

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough

For the 6 months to 5 February 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 Slough region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
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%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler