Network Monitoring Engineer Contract Job Trends

Network Monitoring Engineer
UK

As of 1 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Network Monitoring Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 - 580
Rank change year-on-year - - +81
Contract jobs requiring a Network Monitoring Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 49,606 29,880 35,937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 91.25% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,580 18,873 22,662
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,581 1,559 1,838
10th Percentile £14.96 £13.69 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.04 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.33 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.95
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.78% +11.13%

Network Monitoring Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Monitoring Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Monitoring Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Monitoring Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Monitoring Engineer
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Monitoring Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 September 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
Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
England - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

Network Monitoring Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, Network Monitoring 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 Network Monitoring Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Network Monitoring 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 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk