Network Engineer Contracts in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 146 233
Rank change year-on-year +59 +87 -44
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 922 877 881
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.53% 1.82% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.73% 1.92% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 575 581
10th Percentile £300 £273 £275
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £566 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £605
UK median daily rate £465 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -1.06% +4.44% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 26 16
10th Percentile £18.14 £26.32 £18.82
25th Percentile £24.19 £53.52 £25.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.62 £28.46
Median % change year-on-year -36.12% +120.05% -9.67%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £46.43
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.63 £50.17
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £44.12
% change year-on-year -36.74% +43.31% +10.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +97 312 £500 - 73
South East +33 254 £500 +11.11% 61
North of England +20 133 £433 +15.33% 43
North West +13 100 £433 +11.79% 25
South West +4 95 £488 -2.50% 29
Midlands +21 91 £350 - 41
West Midlands +23 69 £350 - 27
East Midlands +10 22 £425 +21.43% 14
Yorkshire +2 21 £205 -45.33% 15
East of England -26 21 £350 +7.69% 12
North East +21 12 £400 -7.51% 4
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 559 (60.63%) Cisco
2 446 (48.37%) Firewall
3 300 (32.54%) Cisco Certification
4 294 (31.89%) Security Cleared
5 204 (22.13%) WAN
6 196 (21.26%) CCNP
7 178 (19.31%) Juniper
8 168 (18.22%) LAN
8 168 (18.22%) Data Centre
9 167 (18.11%) BGP
10 166 (18.00%) Palo Alto
11 164 (17.79%) CCNA
12 163 (17.68%) SC Cleared
13 159 (17.25%) VPN
14 150 (16.27%) F5
15 143 (15.51%) Social Skills
16 140 (15.18%) Network Security
17 127 (13.77%) Fortinet
17 127 (13.77%) Cisco Nexus
18 126 (13.67%) Wireless
19 123 (13.34%) MPLS
20 122 (13.23%) Finance
21 121 (13.12%) OSPF
22 117 (12.69%) CheckPoint
23 113 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
24 106 (11.50%) Public Sector
25 103 (11.17%) Network Design
26 90 (9.76%) Migration
27 89 (9.65%) Python
28 88 (9.54%) IPsec

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (0.87%) Apache
1 8 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.43%) IIS
2 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.33%) WordPress
4 2 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (0.22%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.22%) nginx
4 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.11%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Shopify
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 79 (8.57%) Azure
2 69 (7.48%) AWS
3 20 (2.17%) GCP
4 17 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.54%) Cloudflare
6 5 (0.54%) OCI
6 5 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (0.54%) WhatsApp
7 4 (0.43%) Akamai
8 3 (0.33%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (0.33%) BigCommerce
8 3 (0.33%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.33%) GitHub
8 3 (0.33%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.33%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.33%) SaaS
9 2 (0.22%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.11%) IaaS
10 1 (0.11%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 446 (48.37%) Firewall
2 204 (22.13%) WAN
3 168 (18.22%) LAN
4 167 (18.11%) BGP
5 159 (17.25%) VPN
6 140 (15.18%) Network Security
7 127 (13.77%) Cisco Nexus
8 126 (13.67%) Wireless
9 123 (13.34%) MPLS
10 121 (13.12%) OSPF
11 88 (9.54%) IPsec
12 86 (9.33%) Cisco ASA
13 82 (8.89%) SD-WAN
14 81 (8.79%) DNS
15 68 (7.38%) Wi-Fi
16 61 (6.62%) DMZ
17 56 (6.07%) EIGRP
18 54 (5.86%) Cisco ISE
19 52 (5.64%) DHCP
20 51 (5.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.87%) MongoDB
1 8 (0.87%) NoSQL
1 8 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (0.87%) QGIS
2 7 (0.76%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
3 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
2 13 (1.41%) Git
3 12 (1.30%) JIRA
4 10 (1.08%) GitLab
5 8 (0.87%) Robot Framework
5 8 (0.87%) TestRail
6 1 (0.11%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 143 (15.51%) Social Skills
2 122 (13.23%) Finance
3 106 (11.50%) Public Sector
4 72 (7.81%) Banking
5 58 (6.29%) Telecoms
6 55 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (2.49%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.06%) Legal
9 18 (1.95%) Marketing
10 15 (1.63%) Investment Banking
11 13 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 10 (1.08%) Retail
14 7 (0.76%) Electronics
14 7 (0.76%) Law
15 6 (0.65%) Military
16 5 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.33%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.28%) YANG
2 20 (2.17%) NETCONF
3 18 (1.95%) 802.1X
4 17 (1.84%) JSON
5 12 (1.30%) Jinja
6 11 (1.19%) REST
6 11 (1.19%) XML
7 8 (0.87%) RESTCONF
7 8 (0.87%) SOAP
8 6 (0.65%) HTML
9 3 (0.33%) Django
9 3 (0.33%) LAMP
9 3 (0.33%) RESTful
9 3 (0.33%) VML
10 2 (0.22%) .NET
10 2 (0.22%) Regular Expression
11 1 (0.11%) LDAP
11 1 (0.11%) OAuth
11 1 (0.11%) SAML
11 1 (0.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 168 (18.22%) Data Centre
2 18 (1.95%) Driving Licence
2 18 (1.95%) PKI
2 18 (1.95%) Private Cloud
3 17 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (1.19%) Replication
5 10 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (1.08%) NHS
6 9 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 8 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
9 6 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.65%) Management Information System
9 6 (0.65%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.54%) Clustering
10 5 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.54%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.99%) Linux
2 35 (3.80%) Windows
3 20 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.52%) Unix
5 7 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.33%) CentOS
8 3 (0.33%) VMS
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (11.17%) Network Design
3 90 (9.76%) Migration
4 66 (7.16%) Load Balancing
5 62 (6.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 58 (6.29%) Change Management
7 48 (5.21%) ITIL
8 45 (4.88%) ITSM
9 42 (4.56%) Computer Science
9 42 (4.56%) Network Architecture
10 40 (4.34%) High Availability
11 39 (4.23%) Agile
12 38 (4.12%) Network Management
12 38 (4.12%) Network Monitoring
13 36 (3.90%) Roadmaps
14 33 (3.58%) DevOps
15 32 (3.47%) Customer Requirements
16 28 (3.04%) B2B
17 26 (2.82%) Service Delivery
18 25 (2.71%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 89 (9.65%) Python
2 18 (1.95%) SQL
3 16 (1.74%) Perl
4 13 (1.41%) Bash
5 12 (1.30%) Tcl
6 11 (1.19%) Java
7 9 (0.98%) PowerShell
8 5 (0.54%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.54%) PHP
9 3 (0.33%) C
9 3 (0.33%) C#
9 3 (0.33%) Go
9 3 (0.33%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.22%) C++
10 2 (0.22%) Ruby
11 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 300 (32.54%) Cisco Certification
2 294 (31.89%) Security Cleared
3 196 (21.26%) CCNP
4 164 (17.79%) CCNA
5 163 (17.68%) SC Cleared
6 87 (9.44%) DV Cleared
7 60 (6.51%) CCIE
8 53 (5.75%) Degree
9 26 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 25 (2.71%) JNCIA
11 12 (1.30%) JNCIS
12 10 (1.08%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.87%) CCDP
14 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.65%) CISSP
15 5 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (0.43%) CCSA
16 4 (0.43%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.82%) SLA
2 7 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.54%) QA
4 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (3.36%) VMware NSX
3 25 (2.71%) vSphere
4 24 (2.60%) Firmware
5 15 (1.63%) Hyper-V
6 11 (1.19%) Docker
7 9 (0.98%) Active Directory
7 9 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.54%) KVM
10 4 (0.43%) ProxySG
11 2 (0.22%) Squid
12 1 (0.11%) PowerDNS
12 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (6.83%) Ansible
2 57 (6.18%) FortiGate
3 24 (2.60%) Terraform
4 22 (2.39%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
6 5 (0.54%) Endace
6 5 (0.54%) OpenView
6 5 (0.54%) Puppet
7 4 (0.43%) Kubernetes
7 4 (0.43%) Nessus
7 4 (0.43%) SCCM
8 3 (0.33%) Kibana
8 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.33%) Netcool
9 2 (0.22%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.22%) OpenNMS
9 2 (0.22%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.22%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (0.22%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 559 (60.63%) Cisco
2 178 (19.31%) Juniper
3 166 (18.00%) Palo Alto
4 150 (16.27%) F5
5 127 (13.77%) Fortinet
6 117 (12.69%) CheckPoint
7 79 (8.57%) SolarWinds
7 79 (8.57%) VMware
8 57 (6.18%) Aruba
9 48 (5.21%) Microsoft
10 46 (4.99%) Arista
11 43 (4.66%) Meraki
12 35 (3.80%) Nokia
13 26 (2.82%) Citrix
14 25 (2.71%) Blue Coat
15 24 (2.60%) Infoblox
16 23 (2.49%) Dell
16 23 (2.49%) Zscaler
17 14 (1.52%) HP
18 11 (1.19%) Google