Network Engineer Contracts in Surrey

Network Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £363, 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 34 20 57
Rank change year-on-year -14 +37 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 38 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.68% 6.47% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 6.97% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 25 6
10th Percentile £290 £372 £185
25th Percentile £296 £405 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £500 £401
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +24.61% +0.31%
75th Percentile £425 £519 £484
90th Percentile - £610 £519
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £66.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -71.43% +7.26% +138.46%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 285 545 646
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.64% 92.84% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 404 473
10th Percentile £188 £200 £199
25th Percentile £269 £367 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £543 £614 £600
90th Percentile £660 £692 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 56 38
10th Percentile £20.00 £12.38 £19.53
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 £42.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £28.37 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% -36.97% +109.64%
75th Percentile £36.16 £57.63 £61.49
90th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £64.13
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Surrey

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Surrey

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Surrey

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Surrey

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey 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
Camberley -9 2 £425 -13.92% 1
Addlestone - 1 £290 -
Network Engineer
South East

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

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 Surrey region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (40.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) BGP
3 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (40.00%) HP APS
3 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (40.00%) Infoblox
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco ISE
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) BGP
2 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
2 2 (40.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (20.00%) DMZ
3 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) Multicast
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) HP APS
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (20.00%) Arista
3 1 (20.00%) Aruba
3 1 (20.00%) F5