Network Operations Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Operations Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Network Operations Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 388 442
Rank change year-on-year +54 +54 +61
Contract jobs requiring a Network Operations Engineer 2 11 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.053% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.057% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 13
10th Percentile - - £275
25th Percentile - £335 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £360 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% -17.05%
75th Percentile - £388 £600
90th Percentile - £440 £680
UK median daily rate £588 £398 £455
% change year-on-year +47.55% -12.39% -16.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Network Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Operations Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Operations Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Operations Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Operations Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operations Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East +39 1 - - 22
North West +17 1 - - 9
North of England +14 1 - - 21
Network Operations Engineer
UK

Network Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Operations 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco

Network Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (50.00%) IPv4
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy