3rd Line Network Engineer Contracts

Third Line Network Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 702 848
Rank change year-on-year +126 +146 -162
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 24 14 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.024% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.025% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 10
10th Percentile £271 £381 £252
25th Percentile £292 £425 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +66.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £375 £556 £420
90th Percentile £383 £688 £454
UK excluding London median daily rate £299 £500 £375
% change year-on-year -40.20% +33.33% -9.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Network Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Network Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +130 24 £350 -30.00% 7
UK excluding London +65 19 £299 -40.20% 5
Midlands +31 10 £288 - 1
West Midlands +25 9 £300 - 1
North West - 6 - -
North of England - 6 - -
London +116 5 £375 -37.50% 3
Work from Home +127 2 - - 2
South East +21 2 £298 -40.40% 3
East Midlands +19 1 £275 -
East of England +17 1 £350 -6.67%

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 3rd Line 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 featuring 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (70.83%) BGP
2 15 (62.50%) MPLS
2 15 (62.50%) VPN
3 13 (54.17%) WAN
4 12 (50.00%) CCNP
4 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (45.83%) Juniper
5 11 (45.83%) IPsec
6 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
6 10 (41.67%) Junos
7 9 (37.50%) VLAN
7 9 (37.50%) OSPF
7 9 (37.50%) Cisco
8 8 (33.33%) Load Balancing
8 8 (33.33%) PKI
9 6 (25.00%) SolarWinds
9 6 (25.00%) Degree
9 6 (25.00%) Firewall
9 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (20.83%) CCIE
10 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
10 5 (20.83%) Azure
11 4 (16.67%) AWS
11 4 (16.67%) VCAP
11 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (16.67%) Wireshark
11 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
11 4 (16.67%) Change Management
11 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) BGP
2 15 (62.50%) MPLS
2 15 (62.50%) VPN
3 13 (54.17%) WAN
4 11 (45.83%) IPsec
5 10 (41.67%) Junos
6 9 (37.50%) OSPF
6 9 (37.50%) VLAN
7 6 (25.00%) Firewall
8 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
9 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
9 4 (16.67%) Value-Added Service
9 4 (16.67%) Wireshark
10 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (12.50%) EIGRP
10 3 (12.50%) LAN
11 2 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (8.33%) HSRP
11 2 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.17%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.67%) Change Management
3 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.33%) Network Design
5 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.17%) Network Management
5 1 (4.17%) Patch Management
5 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) CCNP
1 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (20.83%) CCIE
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (16.67%) VCAP
6 2 (8.33%) CCNA
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) JNCIA
7 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Juniper
2 9 (37.50%) Cisco
3 6 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (16.67%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.33%) Citrix
6 2 (8.33%) F5
6 2 (8.33%) Meraki
7 1 (4.17%) Brocade
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.17%) Zscaler