Network Engineer Contracts in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in South Yorkshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 August 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
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 48 40
Rank change year-on-year -26 -8 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 9 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.16% 1.94% 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 2.23% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £201 £213
25th Percentile - £289 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £445 £238
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% +87.37% -25.78%
75th Percentile - £534 £303
90th Percentile - £582 £353
Yorkshire median daily rate £492 £408 £400
% change year-on-year +20.74% +1.88% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 573 404 407
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 87.07% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 248 278
10th Percentile £288 £243 £279
25th Percentile £369 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% -6.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £582 £675
90th Percentile £612 £625 £744
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile - £15.88 £11.64
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.13 £13.77
Median hourly rate £18.35 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.61% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £18.50 £21.88 £22.06
90th Percentile £18.51 £22.00 £36.38
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £20.87 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.09% +4.35% +5.26%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
Sheffield -24 1 £500 +12.36% 2
Network Engineer
Yorkshire

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 August 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 Yorkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco