Network Field Engineer Contracts

Field Network Engineer
UK

The median Field Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £330, 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 507 558 704
Rank change year-on-year +51 +146 +146
Contract jobs requiring a Network Field Engineer 13 24 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.055% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.059% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 8
10th Percentile £295 £193 £158
25th Percentile £325 £200 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £233 £225
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +3.33% +18.42%
75th Percentile £335 £381 £425
90th Percentile £381 £428 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £330 £205 £210
% change year-on-year +60.98% -2.38% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.38
Median hourly rate - - £30.75
75th Percentile - - £31.13
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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%

Network Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Field Engineer in the UK

Network Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Field Engineer in the UK

Network Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Field Engineer in the UK

Network Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Field Engineer in the UK

Network Field Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Field 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
UK excluding London +55 9 £330 +60.98% 1
England +46 7 £330 +60.98%
Work from Home +44 5 £330 +60.98%
South East +46 3 £330 -17.50%
Scotland +11 3 £250 -37.50% 1
East of England - 2 £330 -
London +33 1 - -
North of England +16 1 - -
North West - 1 - -

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

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

1 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 8 (61.54%) Firewall
3 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
4 5 (38.46%) Change Management
4 5 (38.46%) CheckPoint
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (30.77%) F5
5 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (30.77%) Wireless
6 3 (23.08%) CCNA
6 3 (23.08%) LAN
6 3 (23.08%) WAN
6 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
7 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
7 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
7 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (15.38%) Aruba
7 2 (15.38%) VPN
7 2 (15.38%) OSPF
7 2 (15.38%) BGP
7 2 (15.38%) CCNP
7 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
8 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
8 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
8 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
8 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
8 1 (7.69%) Process Management

Network Field 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 5 (38.46%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (30.77%) Wireless
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (23.08%) LAN
4 3 (23.08%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) BGP
5 2 (15.38%) OSPF
5 2 (15.38%) VPN
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (7.69%) IPsec
6 1 (7.69%) MPLS
6 1 (7.69%) SDH
6 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
6 1 (7.69%) VLAN
6 1 (7.69%) WebEx
6 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (7.69%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Change Management
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.69%) High Availability
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Load Balancing
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (7.69%) Process Management
3 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) BC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (7.69%) CCDP
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) HNC
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 5 (38.46%) CheckPoint
3 4 (30.77%) F5
4 2 (15.38%) Aruba
4 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
5 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.69%) Meraki
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.69%) Nokia