Senior Network Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, 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 288 312 398
Rank change year-on-year +24 +86 +157
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 16 33 79
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 47
10th Percentile £362 £414 £413
25th Percentile £363 £491 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £588 £488
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +20.51% -
75th Percentile £488 £601 £563
90th Percentile £519 £661 £619
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £63.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £73.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +11.36% +30.69%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Senior Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Network Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Network Engineer.

Senior Network Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Senior Network Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Senior Network Engineer.

Senior Network Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Cisco
2 12 (75.00%) Firewall
3 11 (68.75%) WAN
4 10 (62.50%) Data Centre
5 9 (56.25%) LAN
6 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (43.75%) CCNP
7 7 (43.75%) SD-WAN
8 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
8 6 (37.50%) Azure
8 6 (37.50%) Palo Alto
8 6 (37.50%) OSPF
8 6 (37.50%) BGP
8 6 (37.50%) VPN
8 6 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (37.50%) Wireless
9 5 (31.25%) Juniper
10 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
10 4 (25.00%) Finance
10 4 (25.00%) Network Security
10 4 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
10 4 (25.00%) AWS
10 4 (25.00%) F5
11 3 (18.75%) Capacity Management
11 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
11 3 (18.75%) Network Management
11 3 (18.75%) Low Latency
11 3 (18.75%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (18.75%) Arista
11 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Firewall
2 11 (68.75%) WAN
3 9 (56.25%) LAN
4 7 (43.75%) SD-WAN
5 6 (37.50%) BGP
5 6 (37.50%) OSPF
5 6 (37.50%) VPN
5 6 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (37.50%) Wireless
6 4 (25.00%) Network Security
7 3 (18.75%) DWDM
7 3 (18.75%) Internet
7 3 (18.75%) IPsec
7 3 (18.75%) MPLS
7 3 (18.75%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (18.75%) TCP/IP
8 2 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (12.50%) HSRP
8 2 (12.50%) Multicast
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Local Government
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) 802.1X
1 1 (6.25%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) NETCONF
1 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.25%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (18.75%) Capacity Management
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Low Latency
2 3 (18.75%) Network Design
2 3 (18.75%) Network Management
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Coaching
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.25%) The Twelve-Factor App
4 1 (6.25%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 1 (6.25%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (43.75%) CCNP
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) CCIE
5 1 (6.25%) CCDP
5 1 (6.25%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
1 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 5 (31.25%) Juniper
4 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 4 (25.00%) F5
5 3 (18.75%) Arista
5 3 (18.75%) SolarWinds
6 2 (12.50%) Aruba
6 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (12.50%) HP
6 2 (12.50%) Meraki
6 2 (12.50%) VMware
7 1 (6.25%) Blue Coat
7 1 (6.25%) Citrix
7 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
7 1 (6.25%) Riverbed
7 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
7 1 (6.25%) Zscaler