Hybrid/Remote Lead Network Engineer Contract Job Trends

Lead Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Network Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
26 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 - 401
Rank change year-on-year - - +190
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Network Engineer 8 0 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.082% - 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% - 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
UK median daily rate £725 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +107.14% -30.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,199 11,384 17,981
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.29% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,018 7,180 12,646
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 213 391
10th Percentile £14.78 £19.67 £16.63
25th Percentile £20.50 £26.25 £24.86
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.79% -14.00% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +60.48%

Lead Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Network Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Lead Network Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Lead Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Lead Network Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Lead Network Engineer job vacancies

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Lead 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Lead Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Palo Alto
3 6 (75.00%) CCNP
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 6 (75.00%) Internet
3 6 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (75.00%) Network Architecture
3 6 (75.00%) Network Security
3 6 (75.00%) SIEM
3 6 (75.00%) Zero Trust
3 6 (75.00%) Zscaler
4 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (12.50%) Community of Practice
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Data Science
5 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Product Management
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 6 (75.00%) Internet
2 6 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (75.00%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 6 (75.00%) Network Architecture
1 6 (75.00%) SIEM
1 6 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (12.50%) Community of Practice
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Data Science
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Product Management
2 1 (12.50%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CCNP
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
1 7 (87.50%) Palo Alto
2 6 (75.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
9 hybrid/remote Lead Network Engineer jobs