Network Engineer Contracts in Yorkshire

Network Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 82 90
Rank change year-on-year +22 +8 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 32 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.10% 1.25% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.27% 1.37% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 11 21
10th Percentile £227 £193 £213
25th Percentile £406 £196 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £205 £375
Median % change year-on-year +140.00% -45.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £547 £489 £530
90th Percentile £605 £538 £588
England median daily rate £492 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +4.68% +4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.74 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £63.23
% change year-on-year +43.75% -36.74% +122.56%

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 978 1,535 2,175
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.59% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 956 1,488
10th Percentile £227 £254 £256
25th Percentile £363 £387 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 67 29
10th Percentile £14.86 £11.25 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.27 £12.25 £15.75
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.48% -34.09% +25.21%
75th Percentile £23.43 £23.75 £52.13
90th Percentile £53.11 £53.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.32 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.45% -17.38% +99.60%

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 9 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 9 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 22 £492 -4.00% 19
South Yorkshire +7 6 £345 +100.00% 2
North Yorkshire +7 2 £200 -2.44% 3
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 9 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 27 (84.38%) Cisco
2 17 (53.13%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (53.13%) Firewall
3 13 (40.63%) SC Cleared
3 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
4 12 (37.50%) Network Security
4 12 (37.50%) DNS
5 10 (31.25%) WAN
6 9 (28.13%) TCP/IP
6 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
7 8 (25.00%) Windows
7 8 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (21.88%) Data Centre
8 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (21.88%) CCNP
8 7 (21.88%) CCNA
9 6 (18.75%) Python
9 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
9 6 (18.75%) Ansible
10 5 (15.63%) Analytics
10 5 (15.63%) SD-WAN
10 5 (15.63%) NGFW
10 5 (15.63%) DHCP
10 5 (15.63%) Ethernet
10 5 (15.63%) Agile
11 4 (12.50%) Security Management
11 4 (12.50%) Migration
11 4 (12.50%) SOA
11 4 (12.50%) LAN
11 4 (12.50%) VPN

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 (12.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (53.13%) Firewall
2 12 (37.50%) DNS
2 12 (37.50%) Network Security
3 10 (31.25%) WAN
4 9 (28.13%) TCP/IP
5 8 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (15.63%) DHCP
6 5 (15.63%) Ethernet
6 5 (15.63%) NGFW
6 5 (15.63%) SD-WAN
7 4 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (12.50%) LAN
7 4 (12.50%) VPN
8 3 (9.38%) DWDM
9 2 (6.25%) BGP
9 2 (6.25%) EIGRP
9 2 (6.25%) VLAN
9 2 (6.25%) Wireless
10 1 (3.13%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Banking
2 2 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) Linux
2 4 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.63%) Agile
2 5 (15.63%) Analytics
3 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.50%) Microservices
3 4 (12.50%) Migration
3 4 (12.50%) Security Management
3 4 (12.50%) SOA
4 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
4 3 (9.38%) Network Architecture
4 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
4 3 (9.38%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (9.38%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (6.25%) Containerisation
5 2 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (6.25%) Network Management
5 2 (6.25%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (6.25%) Task Automation
6 1 (3.13%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) Python
2 4 (12.50%) Bash
2 4 (12.50%) PL/SQL
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (9.38%) Perl
4 1 (3.13%) Go
4 1 (3.13%) JCL
4 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.13%) REXX
Qualifications
1 17 (53.13%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (40.63%) SC Cleared
2 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
3 7 (21.88%) CCNA
3 7 (21.88%) CCNP
4 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
5 2 (6.25%) JNCIA
5 2 (6.25%) JNCIS
6 1 (3.13%) JNCIP
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) GDPR
1 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Docker
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Ansible
2 3 (9.38%) Terraform
3 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.13%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Cisco
2 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) Aruba
3 4 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle
4 3 (9.38%) Arista
5 2 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (6.25%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.13%) F5
6 1 (3.13%) HP
6 1 (3.13%) IBM
6 1 (3.13%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.13%) Meraki
6 1 (3.13%) Zscaler