Network Monitoring Engineer Contract Job Trends

Network Monitoring Engineer
UK

The median Network Monitoring Engineer daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 561 629
Rank change year-on-year -5 +68 +199
Contract jobs requiring a Network Monitoring Engineer 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.005% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.006% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile £375 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.32%
75th Percentile £425 - £600
90th Percentile - - £615
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £500

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 30,435 34,526 44,661
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 92.91% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,258 20,814 30,499
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,682 1,372 1,517
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.07 £14.77
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.25%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%

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 1 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 23 October 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
Work from Home +18 1 £400 -

Network Monitoring Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, 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%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

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%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds