Network Engineer Contracts in Yorkshire

Network Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £500, 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 68 79 95
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 24 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.36% 1.24% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 1.36% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 20
10th Percentile £211 £193 £213
25th Percentile £299 £196 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £205 £375
Median % change year-on-year +143.90% -45.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £575 £489 £532
90th Percentile £613 £538 £588
England median daily rate £490 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +4.26% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.74 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £62.62
% change year-on-year +43.75% -36.12% +120.40%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 959 1,546 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 91.53% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 962 1,502
10th Percentile £224 £233 £260
25th Percentile £358 £378 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £629 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 65 27
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £22.14 £23.75 £54.07
90th Percentile £80.10 £51.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +17 13 £531 +3.66% 8
South Yorkshire +10 6 £345 +100.00% 1
North Yorkshire +8 3 £200 -2.44% 1
East Yorkshire - 1 £575 -
Network Engineer
England

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

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 Yorkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (79.17%) Cisco
2 13 (54.17%) Firewall
3 12 (50.00%) DNS
3 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (41.67%) TCP/IP
5 9 (37.50%) Windows
5 9 (37.50%) Network Security
6 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (29.17%) CCNP
6 7 (29.17%) CCNA
7 6 (25.00%) Python
7 6 (25.00%) WAN
7 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (25.00%) Ansible
8 5 (20.83%) DHCP
8 5 (20.83%) LAN
8 5 (20.83%) Agile
9 4 (16.67%) Security Management
9 4 (16.67%) Migration
9 4 (16.67%) SOA
9 4 (16.67%) VPN
9 4 (16.67%) Linux
9 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
9 4 (16.67%) SQL
9 4 (16.67%) Oracle
9 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
9 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
9 4 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (16.67%) Oracle Database
9 4 (16.67%) Aruba

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) Firewall
2 12 (50.00%) DNS
3 10 (41.67%) TCP/IP
4 9 (37.50%) Network Security
5 6 (25.00%) WAN
6 5 (20.83%) DHCP
6 5 (20.83%) LAN
7 4 (16.67%) VPN
8 3 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (12.50%) DWDM
9 2 (8.33%) BGP
9 2 (8.33%) EIGRP
9 2 (8.33%) VLAN
9 2 (8.33%) Wireless
9 2 (8.33%) WLAN
10 1 (4.17%) Internet
10 1 (4.17%) MPLS
10 1 (4.17%) NGN
10 1 (4.17%) OSPF
10 1 (4.17%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Banking
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) Unix
3 1 (4.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) Agile
3 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) Microservices
3 4 (16.67%) Migration
3 4 (16.67%) Security Management
3 4 (16.67%) SOA
4 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (8.33%) Containerisation
5 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (8.33%) Network Management
5 2 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (8.33%) Task Automation
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Deployment
6 1 (4.17%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) Bash
2 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) Perl
4 1 (4.17%) Go
4 1 (4.17%) JCL
4 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) REXX
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (29.17%) CCNA
2 7 (29.17%) CCNP
3 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (8.33%) JNCIA
5 2 (8.33%) JNCIS
6 1 (4.17%) JNCIP
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Ansible
2 3 (12.50%) Terraform
3 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.17%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Cisco
2 4 (16.67%) Aruba
2 4 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) Arista
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.33%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.17%) F5
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) IBM
5 1 (4.17%) Infoblox
5 1 (4.17%) Meraki
5 1 (4.17%) Zscaler