Network Implementation Engineer Contracts

Network Implementation Engineer
UK

The median Network Implementation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £500, 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 508 579 717
Rank change year-on-year +71 +138 +136
Contract jobs requiring a Network Implementation Engineer 12 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.007% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 1
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile - £478 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £565 £541 -
90th Percentile £600 £547 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -

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 Implementation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Implementation Engineer in the UK

Network Implementation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Implementation Engineer in the UK

Network Implementation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Implementation Engineer in the UK

Network Implementation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Implementation Engineer in the UK

Network Implementation Engineer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Implementation 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 +66 12 £500 -0.99%
London +45 10 £500 -0.99%
Work from Home +45 7 £500 -0.99%
North West - 1 £600 -
UK excluding London - 1 £600 -
North of England - 1 £600 -

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

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

1 11 (91.67%) Firewall
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 10 (83.33%) Multicast
3 9 (75.00%) VPN
3 9 (75.00%) BGP
3 9 (75.00%) MPLS
3 9 (75.00%) OSPF
4 8 (66.67%) CCIE
4 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (66.67%) Project Delivery
5 6 (50.00%) WAN
5 6 (50.00%) Migration
6 5 (41.67%) Nokia
6 5 (41.67%) IPv6
6 5 (41.67%) Broadband
6 5 (41.67%) ZABBIX
6 5 (41.67%) Ansible
6 5 (41.67%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (41.67%) SolarWinds
6 5 (41.67%) GPON
6 5 (41.67%) CCIE Service Provider
7 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
7 4 (33.33%) Network Security
7 4 (33.33%) ITIL
7 4 (33.33%) Python
7 4 (33.33%) Finance
7 4 (33.33%) Validation
8 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (25.00%) Wireless
8 3 (25.00%) IPsec

Network Implementation 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) Firewall
2 10 (83.33%) Multicast
3 9 (75.00%) BGP
3 9 (75.00%) MPLS
3 9 (75.00%) OSPF
3 9 (75.00%) VPN
4 6 (50.00%) WAN
5 5 (41.67%) Broadband
5 5 (41.67%) GPON
5 5 (41.67%) IPv6
6 4 (33.33%) Network Security
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (25.00%) DMZ
7 3 (25.00%) DNS
7 3 (25.00%) DWDM
7 3 (25.00%) Internet
7 3 (25.00%) L2TP
7 3 (25.00%) SSL
7 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 3 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 6 (50.00%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (33.33%) Validation
5 3 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
5 3 (25.00%) B2B
5 3 (25.00%) Change Management
5 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Product Management
6 1 (8.33%) High Availability
6 1 (8.33%) Load Balancing
6 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
6 1 (8.33%) Network Design
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (8.33%) Performance Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Service-Level Objective
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) Perl
2 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) CCIE
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (41.67%) CCIE Service Provider
3 3 (25.00%) CCNP
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Ansible
1 5 (41.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Nokia
2 5 (41.67%) SolarWinds
3 3 (25.00%) Arista
3 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (25.00%) McAfee
3 3 (25.00%) Splunk
4 1 (8.33%) F5
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto