IP Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

IP Network Engineer
England > West Midlands

As of 29 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median IP Network Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IP Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.055% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £450 £64 £544
% change year-on-year +603.13% -88.23% +35.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,624 1,753 1,961
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.04% 93.20% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 1,107 1,341
10th Percentile £233 £217 £225
25th Percentile £380 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -3.03%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £674 £713 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 62 63
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.60 £14.66
25th Percentile £14.25 £14.44 £17.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% -0.25% +22.78%
75th Percentile £39.39 £33.23 £32.77
90th Percentile £50.00 £49.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -44.11% -1.92% +76.46%

IP Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Network Engineer in the West Midlands

IP Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IP Network Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IP Network Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

IP Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IP Network Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IP Network Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

IP Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IP Network Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Birmingham - 1 - -
IP Network Engineer
England

IP Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 September 2025, IP 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 West Midlands region featuring IP Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Fiddler
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

IP Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Fiddler
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware