IP Network Engineer Contracts

IP Network Engineer
UK

The median IP Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450, 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 511 573 697
Rank change year-on-year +62 +124 +148
Contract jobs requiring an IP Network Engineer 9 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.021% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.022% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 8
10th Percentile - £567 £291
25th Percentile - £573 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £593 £438
Median % change year-on-year -24.05% +35.43% -
75th Percentile - £608 £503
90th Percentile - £612 £574
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £450

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

IP Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Network Engineer within the UK 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
England +57 9 £450 -24.05% 4
UK excluding London +65 8 £450 - 4
South East - 6 £450 - 1
Work from Home +37 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
London +36 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IP 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 featuring IP Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (77.78%) MPLS
3 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
4 6 (66.67%) CCNP
4 6 (66.67%) Linux
4 6 (66.67%) WAN
4 6 (66.67%) Ethernet
4 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (55.56%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (55.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 5 (55.56%) Test Strategy
5 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
5 5 (55.56%) ATM
5 5 (55.56%) GPRS
5 5 (55.56%) GSM
5 5 (55.56%) LAN
5 5 (55.56%) SDH
5 5 (55.56%) UMTS
5 5 (55.56%) Unix
5 5 (55.56%) Java
5 5 (55.56%) VPN
5 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 5 (55.56%) Juniper
5 5 (55.56%) SAN
5 5 (55.56%) Project Management
5 5 (55.56%) Regression Testing
5 5 (55.56%) ISEB
5 5 (55.56%) Frame Relay
5 5 (55.56%) LTE

IP Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (11.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) MPLS
2 6 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 6 (66.67%) WAN
3 5 (55.56%) ATM
3 5 (55.56%) Frame Relay
3 5 (55.56%) GPRS
3 5 (55.56%) GSM
3 5 (55.56%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) LTE
3 5 (55.56%) SAN
3 5 (55.56%) SDH
3 5 (55.56%) UMTS
3 5 (55.56%) VPN
3 5 (55.56%) Wireshark
4 2 (22.22%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) IPv4
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) DHCP
5 1 (11.11%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
General
1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Unix
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Fault Management
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Regression Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Test Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Microservices
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Network Design
3 1 (11.11%) Network Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Security Management
3 1 (11.11%) Server Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCNP
3 5 (55.56%) ISEB
3 5 (55.56%) ISTQB
3 5 (55.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) CCNA
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Juniper
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) BMC
3 1 (11.11%) Huawei
3 1 (11.11%) Infoblox
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Remedy
3 1 (11.11%) VMware