Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wrexham

Network Engineer
North Wales > Wrexham

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Wrexham is £165, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wrexham 7.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - -
75th Percentile £173 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Wales median daily rate £165 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wrexham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wrexham. 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 Wrexham with a recognized job title 13 2 12
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 9
10th Percentile - - £206
25th Percentile £155 - £237
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £134 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.99% -71.69% +150.00%
75th Percentile £169 - £550
90th Percentile £170 - £738
North Wales median daily rate £170 £134 £488
% change year-on-year +26.43% -72.42% +170.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year -16.00% - -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wrexham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wrexham.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Wrexham

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wrexham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Wrexham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Wrexham

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham

For the 6 months to 18 February 2026, 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 job ads across the Wrexham region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wrexham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware