Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South Coast

Network Engineer
England > South Coast

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the South Coast is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South Coast 16.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £492 £490 £450
% change year-on-year +0.41% +8.89% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Coast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South Coast. 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 the South Coast with a recognized job title 6 0 0
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £623 - -
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South Coast

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 the South Coast.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the South Coast

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South Coast

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

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

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South Coast

For the 6 months to 14 December 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 Coast region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Edge Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South Coast 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%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Edge Computing
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware