Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in West London

Network Engineer
London > West London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in West London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 32 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 +15 0
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 16 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in West London 5.86% 2.58% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.84% 2.70% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 8
10th Percentile £350 £410 £291
25th Percentile £363 £456 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £438 £516 £472
90th Percentile £450 £546 £658
London median daily rate £475 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 234 259 500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 95.57% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 190 401
10th Percentile £204 £242 £213
25th Percentile £338 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £638
90th Percentile £558 £628 £713
London median daily rate £544 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.11% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 20
10th Percentile £20.24 £18.13 £39.19
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.75 £54.06
Median hourly rate £25.04 £25.24 £69.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -63.68% +297.14%
75th Percentile £35.89 £62.75 £88.13
90th Percentile £46.83 £70.10 £90.00
London median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.17
% change year-on-year -22.86% -12.86% +23.58%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in West London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in West London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in West London over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in West London

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in West London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in West London

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the West London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hillingdon -4 7 £401 -22.61%
Hounslow +8 2 £350 -
Network Engineer
London

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, Network 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 across the West London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) Cisco
3 9 (56.25%) SD-WAN
4 7 (43.75%) LAN
4 7 (43.75%) WAN
4 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (43.75%) Network Security
5 6 (37.50%) Juniper
6 5 (31.25%) OSPF
6 5 (31.25%) BGP
6 5 (31.25%) CCNP
6 5 (31.25%) WLAN
6 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (31.25%) Wireless
6 5 (31.25%) VLAN
6 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (25.00%) AWS
7 4 (25.00%) F5
7 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
7 4 (25.00%) VPN
8 3 (18.75%) DNS
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 3 (18.75%) DHCP
8 3 (18.75%) Firmware
8 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
8 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
8 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
8 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
8 3 (18.75%) Azure
8 3 (18.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 1 (6.25%) Akamai
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) SD-WAN
3 7 (43.75%) LAN
3 7 (43.75%) Network Security
3 7 (43.75%) WAN
4 5 (31.25%) BGP
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (31.25%) OSPF
4 5 (31.25%) VLAN
4 5 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (31.25%) Wireless
4 5 (31.25%) WLAN
5 4 (25.00%) VPN
6 3 (18.75%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (18.75%) DHCP
6 3 (18.75%) DNS
6 3 (18.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
7 2 (12.50%) DMVPN
7 2 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) CCTV
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 2 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.25%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
1 2 (12.50%) Network Design
1 2 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
2 1 (6.25%) High Availability
2 1 (6.25%) Migration
2 1 (6.25%) Network Management
2 1 (6.25%) Network Performance Management
2 1 (6.25%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (6.25%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (6.25%) Patch Management
2 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (6.25%) SIEM
2 1 (6.25%) Tech Ops
2 1 (6.25%) Threat Management
2 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (31.25%) CCNP
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (12.50%) CCSA
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) CCIE
5 1 (6.25%) CCNA
5 1 (6.25%) CEH
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
5 1 (6.25%) MCITP
5 1 (6.25%) MCP
5 1 (6.25%) MCSA
5 1 (6.25%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (6.25%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Firmware
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) CA Spectrum
1 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) Juniper
3 4 (25.00%) F5
3 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
5 2 (12.50%) Meraki
5 2 (12.50%) Qualys
5 2 (12.50%) Tenable
6 1 (6.25%) Forcepoint
6 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto