Network Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

Network Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 54 58
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 21 35 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 4.68% 3.71% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.24% 4.07% 3.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 32
10th Percentile £408 £430 £525
25th Percentile £425 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £508 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -21.92% +35.51%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £670
90th Percentile £688 £625 £682
South West median daily rate £473 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -4.30% -1.25% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 401 860 1,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 91.10% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 641 866
10th Percentile £270 £263 £338
25th Percentile £463 £460 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.18%
75th Percentile £626 £650 £651
90th Percentile £688 £725 £723
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £20.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% -68.32% +19.09%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Wiltshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Wiltshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Wiltshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Wiltshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Corsham +27 20 £473 -6.90% 3
Network Engineer
South West

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 1 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 Wiltshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Cisco
1 20 (95.24%) Security Cleared
2 19 (90.48%) SC Cleared
3 10 (47.62%) Firewall
4 9 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (38.10%) Network Architecture
5 8 (38.10%) VMware
6 7 (33.33%) CCNP
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (33.33%) OSPF
6 7 (33.33%) BGP
6 7 (33.33%) DMVPN
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (33.33%) VXLAN
7 5 (23.81%) vCenter Server
7 5 (23.81%) Network Virtualisation
7 5 (23.81%) System Testing
7 5 (23.81%) Spine.js
7 5 (23.81%) Service Management
7 5 (23.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (23.81%) Validation
8 3 (14.29%) Advertising
8 3 (14.29%) NsoIT
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (9.52%) VPN
9 2 (9.52%) Wireless
9 2 (9.52%) Migration
9 2 (9.52%) Military

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) Firewall
2 9 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (33.33%) BGP
3 7 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (33.33%) DMVPN
3 7 (33.33%) OSPF
3 7 (33.33%) VXLAN
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (9.52%) VPN
4 2 (9.52%) Wireless
5 1 (4.76%) Network Security
General
1 3 (14.29%) Advertising
2 2 (9.52%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Spine.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.76%) PKI
1 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Network Architecture
2 5 (23.81%) Network Virtualisation
2 5 (23.81%) Service Management
2 5 (23.81%) System Testing
2 5 (23.81%) Validation
3 3 (14.29%) NsoIT
4 2 (9.52%) Migration
4 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (4.76%) Network Design
5 1 (4.76%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (4.76%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 20 (95.24%) Security Cleared
2 19 (90.48%) SC Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) CCNP
3 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (23.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 7 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) vCenter Server
2 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Cisco
2 8 (38.10%) VMware
3 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto