Network Engineer Contracts in Solihull

Network Engineer
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Solihull is £425, 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 6 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 6 19 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 17.65% 15.20% 8.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.18% 15.32% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £201 £262 -
25th Percentile £263 £268 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £283 £520
Median % change year-on-year +50.44% -45.67% +30.08%
75th Percentile £438 £293 -
90th Percentile £528 £297 -
West Midlands median daily rate £275 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -21.43% -6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £15.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 33 124 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 99.20% 86.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 51 18
10th Percentile £263 £156 £312
25th Percentile £375 £260 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £375 £510
Median % change year-on-year +19.20% -26.47% +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £575
90th Percentile £599 £463 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - £13.53
25th Percentile - £11.25 £14.08
Median hourly rate - £11.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - -23.33% -
75th Percentile - £11.75 £16.36
90th Percentile - - £17.18
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Solihull

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Solihull

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Solihull

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Solihull

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Solihull

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull

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 Solihull region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) WAN
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 4 (66.67%) PKI
2 4 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 4 (66.67%) Juniper
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
2 4 (66.67%) MPLS
2 4 (66.67%) BGP
2 4 (66.67%) IPsec
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Junos
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN

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

Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 4 (66.67%) BGP
2 4 (66.67%) IPsec
2 4 (66.67%) MPLS
2 4 (66.67%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (16.67%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) Junos
3 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto