Junior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends

Junior Network Engineer
UK

The median Junior Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 526 590
Rank change year-on-year -52 +64 +172
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Network Engineer 11 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.019% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.020% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £366 -
25th Percentile £263 £380 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £393 £350
Median % change year-on-year -29.94% +12.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £288 £400 £375
90th Percentile - £401 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £393 -
% change year-on-year -29.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,434 29,568 39,993
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.68% 93.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,144 18,103 26,697
10th Percentile £300 £291 £280
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% -4.15% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 890 1,643
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.22 £18.95
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +35.79%
75th Percentile £59.38 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.81% -29.42% +66.64%

Junior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Junior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Network Engineer
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 January 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
England -44 11 £275 -29.94% 5
UK excluding London -50 11 £275 -29.94% 4
North West -24 10 - - 1
North of England -37 10 - - 1
Midlands - 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 - -
South East - 1 £275 - 3

Junior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Junior 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 featuring Junior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Ansible
1 10 (90.91%) BIG-IP
1 10 (90.91%) Blue Coat
1 10 (90.91%) DNS
1 10 (90.91%) F5
1 10 (90.91%) Fiddler
1 10 (90.91%) HTTP
1 10 (90.91%) Load Balancing
1 10 (90.91%) McAfee
1 10 (90.91%) Python
1 10 (90.91%) SSL
1 10 (90.91%) TCP/IP
1 10 (90.91%) Wireshark
2 7 (63.64%) Data Loss Prevention
2 7 (63.64%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 7 (63.64%) VMware
2 7 (63.64%) VMware NSX
3 3 (27.27%) DMZ
3 3 (27.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 3 (27.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) NetApp
3 3 (27.27%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba
4 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi

Junior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) BIG-IP
1 10 (90.91%) DNS
1 10 (90.91%) HTTP
1 10 (90.91%) SSL
1 10 (90.91%) TCP/IP
1 10 (90.91%) Wireshark
2 3 (27.27%) DMZ
2 3 (27.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 3 (27.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Fiddler
General
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Load Balancing
2 7 (63.64%) Data Loss Prevention
2 7 (63.64%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (90.91%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Blue Coat
1 10 (90.91%) F5
1 10 (90.91%) McAfee
2 7 (63.64%) VMware
3 3 (27.27%) NetApp
4 1 (9.09%) Aruba