Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Ayrshire

Network Engineer
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in South Ayrshire is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Ayrshire 10.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Ayrshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Ayrshire. 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 South Ayrshire with a recognized job title 10 2 11
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 66.67% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £158 £136
Median % change year-on-year +45.95% +16.22% +0.44%
75th Percentile £331 - £138
90th Percentile £335 - £139
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
Median hourly rate £19.23 - £19.18
Scotland median hourly rate £24.62 £19.59 £19.06
% change year-on-year +25.68% +2.81% +7.53%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in South Ayrshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Ayrshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in South Ayrshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Ayrshire

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 South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Prestwick - 1 £325 -
Network Engineer
Scotland

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Ayrshire

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, 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 South Ayrshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Ayrshire 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%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Enablement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco