Network Operations Engineer Contracts

Network Operations Engineer
UK

The median Network Operations Engineer daily rate in the UK is £398 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 568 691 847
Rank change year-on-year +123 +156 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Network Operations Engineer 32 25 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.042% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.045% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 11
10th Percentile £335 £275 £413
25th Percentile £342 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% -17.05% +4.58%
75th Percentile £672 £550 £589
90th Percentile £700 £640 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £360 £450 £543
% change year-on-year -20.00% -17.05% -

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%

Network Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operations 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 +131 32 £398 -11.52% 6
London +130 21 £675 +42.11% 5
Work from Home +132 13 £345 -31.00% 2
UK excluding London +49 11 £360 -20.00% 3
South East +16 8 £375 -16.67% 1
North of England - 6 £375 - 1
North East - 5 £375 -
North West - 1 £416 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Network Operations 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 Network Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (87.50%) Firewall
2 15 (46.88%) Cisco
2 15 (46.88%) DV Cleared
2 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
3 11 (34.38%) Roadmaps
4 10 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (31.25%) Service Delivery
5 9 (28.13%) Juniper
5 9 (28.13%) Cisco Nexus
5 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
6 8 (25.00%) High Availability
7 7 (21.88%) CCNP
7 7 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (18.75%) CCNA
8 6 (18.75%) JNCIA
9 5 (15.63%) JNCIS
9 5 (15.63%) MPLS
9 5 (15.63%) OSPF
9 5 (15.63%) BGP
9 5 (15.63%) EIGRP
9 5 (15.63%) Data Centre
10 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
10 4 (12.50%) Change Management
11 3 (9.38%) LAN
11 3 (9.38%) WAN
11 3 (9.38%) Wireless
12 2 (6.25%) Incident Management
12 2 (6.25%) CheckPoint
12 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (6.25%) Cisco IOS

Network Operations 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 28 (87.50%) Firewall
2 10 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (28.13%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (15.63%) BGP
4 5 (15.63%) EIGRP
4 5 (15.63%) MPLS
4 5 (15.63%) OSPF
5 3 (9.38%) LAN
5 3 (9.38%) WAN
5 3 (9.38%) Wireless
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (6.25%) Network Security
7 1 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.13%) DMZ
7 1 (3.13%) IP Telephony
7 1 (3.13%) NX-OS
7 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.13%) VPN
General
1 9 (28.13%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Banking
2 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Finance
2 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
2 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) CMDB
2 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Roadmaps
2 10 (31.25%) Service Delivery
3 8 (25.00%) High Availability
4 4 (12.50%) Change Management
5 2 (6.25%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.13%) Agile
6 1 (3.13%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.13%) Incident Response
6 1 (3.13%) ITSM
6 1 (3.13%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) DV Cleared
1 15 (46.88%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.88%) CCNP
2 7 (21.88%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.75%) CCNA
3 6 (18.75%) JNCIA
4 5 (15.63%) JNCIS
5 1 (3.13%) CCSA
5 1 (3.13%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Cisco
2 9 (28.13%) Juniper
3 4 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.13%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.13%) F5