IP Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

IP Network Engineer
England > South East

The median IP Network Engineer daily rate in the South East is £386, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 156 209
Rank change year-on-year -24 +53 +14
Contract jobs requiring an IP Network Engineer 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.032% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.034% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £368 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £386 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £480 - -
England median daily rate £386 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +30.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
England median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 4,330 2,946 5,098
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 92.85% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,776 1,835 3,143
10th Percentile £263 £245 £205
25th Percentile £403 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £601 £608
90th Percentile £688 £663 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 106 404
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.18 £18.15
Median hourly rate £29.81 £42.69 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.18% -5.13% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.47 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £33.09 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.47% - -12.50%

IP Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IP Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

IP Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

IP Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

IP Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IP Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IP Network Engineer in the South East

IP Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IP Network Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IP Network Engineer job vacancies in the South East

IP Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 February 2026. 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
Berkshire -11 5 £386 - 2
Thames Valley -23 5 £386 - 2
Hampshire - 3 - -
IP Network Engineer
England

IP Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 February 2026, IP 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 East region featuring IP Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) OSPF
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Nokia
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (37.50%) Ansible
3 3 (37.50%) Broadband
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Network Design
3 3 (37.50%) Network Optimisation
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (37.50%) Python
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (25.00%) IPsec
4 2 (25.00%) Juniper
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) 5G
5 1 (12.50%) BT
5 1 (12.50%) CCIP
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification

IP Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) OSPF
2 4 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (37.50%) Broadband
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (25.00%) IPsec
5 1 (12.50%) 5G
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (12.50%) IOS XR
5 1 (12.50%) Multicast
5 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
5 1 (12.50%) NX-OS
5 1 (12.50%) tcpdump
5 1 (12.50%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Integration Testing
1 3 (37.50%) Network Design
1 3 (37.50%) Network Optimisation
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (37.50%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (12.50%) Fault Management
2 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) CCIP
4 1 (12.50%) CCNP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Nokia
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) BT
4 1 (12.50%) F5
4 1 (12.50%) NetScout