Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Network Engineer
East of England > Suffolk

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Suffolk is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 0.99% 7.94% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 8.33% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £300 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £305 £215
Median % change year-on-year +47.54% +41.86% -49.41%
75th Percentile £475 £329 £233
90th Percentile - £355 -
East of England median daily rate £465 £391 £325
% change year-on-year +18.85% +20.38% -16.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 181 60 75
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 95.24% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 37 44
10th Percentile £325 £196 £126
25th Percentile £405 £213 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £350 £238
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% +47.37% -52.50%
75th Percentile £588 £475 £409
90th Percentile £725 £550 £568
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 22
10th Percentile £14.52 - £11.53
25th Percentile £14.59 £17.79 £14.05
Median hourly rate £15.95 £18.36 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% -61.36% +167.15%
75th Percentile £18.31 £25.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £18.75 £38.00 £51.91
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £41.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +66.67%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
Haverhill - 2 £450 -
Network Engineer
East of England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 27 August 2026, 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 Suffolk region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto