Network Engineer Contracts in Watford

Network Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Watford is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 17.24% - 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.24% - 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £339
25th Percentile £525 - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.63%
75th Percentile £575 - £553
90th Percentile - - £596
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £375 £300
% change year-on-year +46.67% +25.00% -33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 29 112 132
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 95.73% 96.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 84 91
10th Percentile £306 £276 £186
25th Percentile £425 £325 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +35.29%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £750
90th Percentile - £721 £895
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £426 £500
% change year-on-year +26.10% -14.75% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £14.33 -
25th Percentile £46.31 £14.44 £21.00
Median hourly rate £47.44 £14.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +221.63% -32.95% -37.14%
75th Percentile £48.57 £14.94 £35.08
90th Percentile - £14.98 £35.80
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +30.00% -20.00% +27.55%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Watford

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Watford

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Watford

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 Watford region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Break/Fix
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (40.00%) Data Centre

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) DHCP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco