Hybrid/Remote NOC Engineer Contract Job Trends

Network Operations Centre Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Operations Centre Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 - 344
Rank change year-on-year - - +131
Contract jobs requiring a NOC Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.025% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £291 - -
25th Percentile £353 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £431 £500 -
% change year-on-year -13.75% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 11,323 9,286 14,355
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.80% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,267 6,349 9,596
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £418 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% - -2.73%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 538 227 579
10th Percentile £17.50 £14.00 £14.38
25th Percentile £27.79 £18.36 £23.39
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.00 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -12.83% -18.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
% change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%

NOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

NOC Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

NOC Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

NOC Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NOC Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.

NOC Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, NOC 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 NOC Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CCSE
2 2 (66.67%) CCSM
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) VSAN
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement Process

NOC 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 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) VSAN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement Process
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CCSE
2 2 (66.67%) CCSM
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) VMware