Network Engineer Contracts in Essex

Network Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Essex is £300 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 31 45
Rank change year-on-year +7 +14 0
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 7 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 3.13% 3.64% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 3.85% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile - £356 £193
25th Percentile - £364 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -35.14% +8.82% +50.44%
75th Percentile - £552 £475
90th Percentile - £554 £558
East of England median daily rate £300 £325 £375
% change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% +49.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £28.41
East of England median hourly rate £15.38 - £28.41
% change year-on-year - - +26.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 211 234 367
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 94.74% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 138 228
10th Percentile £250 £200 £191
25th Percentile £300 £341 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +33.78%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £649 £635
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 17 39
10th Percentile £12.86 £20.78 £14.80
25th Percentile £16.65 £24.62 £18.90
Median hourly rate £55.00 £44.53 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +23.51% +65.05% +28.48%
75th Percentile £79.38 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.56 £76.64
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.32 £16.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +170.72% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Essex

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Essex

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Essex

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 31 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
Basildon - 3 £300 - 3
Brentwood - 1 - -
Network Engineer
East of England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 31 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 Essex region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) Extranet
3 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) High Availability
3 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto
3 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
4 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (42.86%) People Management
4 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
5 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 2 (28.57%) Intranet
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) Change Management
6 1 (14.29%) Automotive

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

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Extranet
2 4 (57.14%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Intranet
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Budget Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) People Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft