Principal Network Engineer Contracts in Warwickshire

Principal Network Engineer
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Principal Network Engineer daily rate in Warwickshire is £353, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Network Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £351 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 - -
75th Percentile £356 - -
90th Percentile £357 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £353 - £500

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 441 329 364
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 88.92% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 226 253
10th Percentile £275 £381 £313
25th Percentile £400 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £589 £672 £725
90th Percentile £680 £788 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 13
10th Percentile £21.65 £12.82 £15.25
25th Percentile £28.18 £18.50 £17.25
Median hourly rate £33.91 £22.91 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.01% +27.28% -10.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £30.94 £23.75
90th Percentile - £35.00 £33.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £19.59 £20.00
% change year-on-year +24.25% -2.05% +12.04%

Principal Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Network Engineer within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
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Warwick - 1 £350 -
Principal Network Engineer
West Midlands

Principal Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Principal Network 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 across the Warwickshire region featuring Principal Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms

Principal Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
1 2 (100.00%) DMVPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) F5
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox