Network Engineer Contracts in South Wales

Network Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Network Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £350, 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 14 39 19
Rank change year-on-year +25 -20 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 21 1 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 8.61% 0.30% 7.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.17% 0.33% 8.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 30
10th Percentile £285 - £273
25th Percentile £293 - £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.07%
75th Percentile £438 - £500
90th Percentile £468 - £546
Wales median daily rate £375 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +44.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate - - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £49.88
Wales median hourly rate - - £48.75
% change year-on-year - - +2.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 229 299 491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 88.99% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 218 377
10th Percentile £166 £169 £180
25th Percentile £250 £352 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £460 £460
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
75th Percentile £494 £563 £575
90th Percentile £625 £645 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cardiff - 10 £425 - 7
Newport - 6 £290 - 4
Bridgend - 3 £325 - 1
Gwent - 1 £290 -
Network Engineer
Wales

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

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 South Wales region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (76.19%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (71.43%) CCNP
2 15 (71.43%) Cisco
3 13 (61.90%) Firewall
4 11 (52.38%) Wireless
5 8 (38.10%) BGP
5 8 (38.10%) OSPF
5 8 (38.10%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (33.33%) Migration
6 7 (33.33%) Network Security
6 7 (33.33%) SolarWinds
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (28.57%) Azure
7 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (28.57%) Degree
7 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
7 6 (28.57%) VMware
7 6 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (23.81%) SD-WAN
8 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
8 5 (23.81%) IPsec
8 5 (23.81%) Network Design
8 5 (23.81%) CCIE
8 5 (23.81%) VPN
8 5 (23.81%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (23.81%) Cacti
9 4 (19.05%) AWS
9 4 (19.05%) DNS
9 4 (19.05%) DHCP
9 4 (19.05%) Sophos

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

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (61.90%) Firewall
2 11 (52.38%) Wireless
3 8 (38.10%) BGP
3 8 (38.10%) Cisco Firepower
3 8 (38.10%) OSPF
4 7 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (33.33%) Network Security
5 5 (23.81%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (23.81%) IPsec
5 5 (23.81%) SD-WAN
5 5 (23.81%) VPN
6 4 (19.05%) DHCP
6 4 (19.05%) DNS
7 3 (14.29%) 802.11
7 3 (14.29%) HSRP
8 2 (9.52%) IPv4
8 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
9 1 (4.76%) VLAN
9 1 (4.76%) VoIP
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) NHS
2 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Migration
2 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 5 (23.81%) Network Design
4 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (9.52%) High Availability
5 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (9.52%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Statistics
6 1 (4.76%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security
6 1 (4.76%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (4.76%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (71.43%) CCNP
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (28.57%) Degree
4 5 (23.81%) CCIE
5 2 (9.52%) CCNA
6 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Cacti
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Cisco
2 7 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 6 (28.57%) VMware
4 4 (19.05%) Sophos
5 3 (14.29%) Ekahau
5 3 (14.29%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.76%) Aerohive Networks
6 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.76%) Meraki
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.76%) Splunk