Network Deployment Engineer Contracts

Network Deployment Engineer
UK

The median Network Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 575 688
Rank change year-on-year +45 +113 +160
Contract jobs requiring a Network Deployment Engineer 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £506 - -
25th Percentile £516 £410 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £420 £363
Median % change year-on-year +27.98% +15.86% +3.57%
75th Percentile £566 £430 £369
90th Percentile £579 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £420 -
% change year-on-year +36.90% - -

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 27,724 40,402 52,424
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.96% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,773 25,924 36,491
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,210 2,937 1,505
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%
75th Percentile £57.44 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

Network Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Deployment Engineer in the UK

Network Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Deployment Engineer in the UK

Network Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Deployment Engineer in the UK

Network Deployment Engineer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Deployment Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 June 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 +66 8 £538 - 19
London +60 7 £500 - 3
UK excluding London +48 1 £575 +36.90% 17
Midlands - 1 £575 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £575 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Network Deployment 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 Network Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 7 (87.50%) CCNP
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco IOS
3 6 (75.00%) HSRP
3 6 (75.00%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (75.00%) Spanning Tree
3 6 (75.00%) NX-OS
3 6 (75.00%) 802.1X
3 6 (75.00%) Matrix Organization
3 6 (75.00%) OSPF
3 6 (75.00%) BGP
3 6 (75.00%) EIGRP
3 6 (75.00%) VRRP
3 6 (75.00%) RIP
3 6 (75.00%) Wireshark
3 6 (75.00%) Service Management
4 3 (37.50%) CCNA
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) CCIE
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (12.50%) Python
5 1 (12.50%) MS Visio

Network Deployment 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
2 6 (75.00%) BGP
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (75.00%) EIGRP
2 6 (75.00%) HSRP
2 6 (75.00%) NX-OS
2 6 (75.00%) OSPF
2 6 (75.00%) RIP
2 6 (75.00%) Spanning Tree
2 6 (75.00%) VRRP
2 6 (75.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) DWDM
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Matrix Organization
1 6 (75.00%) Network Monitoring
1 6 (75.00%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Runbook
2 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
3 1 (12.50%) JNCIS
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Arista
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft