Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in South London

Network Engineer
London > South London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in South London is £355, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 3.05% 2.97% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.18% 3.05% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £335 £428 -
25th Percentile £336 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% - -
75th Percentile £393 £488 -
90th Percentile £405 £510 -
London median daily rate £475 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 London with a recognized job title 157 197 284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 97.52% 95.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 119 219
10th Percentile £213 £225 £231
25th Percentile £363 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £629 £588 £600
90th Percentile £718 £743 £673
London median daily rate £544 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.11% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 17
10th Percentile - - £15.98
25th Percentile - £17.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £17.98 £44.13 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -59.25% +0.65% -0.61%
75th Percentile - £74.22 £55.00
90th Percentile - £76.70 £66.06
London median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.17
% change year-on-year -22.86% -12.86% +23.58%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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 London.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in South London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in South London

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 October 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
Bromley - 4 £375 - 3
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £335 -
Network Engineer
London

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (60.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
3 3 (60.00%) Juniper
3 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (40.00%) Wireshark
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) CCNP
4 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Akamai
4 2 (40.00%) F5
4 2 (40.00%) High Availability
4 2 (40.00%) OSPF
4 2 (40.00%) BGP
4 2 (40.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (40.00%) SNMP
5 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
5 1 (20.00%) LogicMonitor
5 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Network Design

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 2 (40.00%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) BGP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (40.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) OSPF
2 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (40.00%) SNMP
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (40.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) BCP
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (40.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (20.00%) LogicMonitor
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto