Network Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £433, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 73 121
Rank change year-on-year +7 +48 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 135 153 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.79% 2.81% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 2.95% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 105 91
10th Percentile £286 £263 £230
25th Percentile £350 £319 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £425 £405
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +4.94% +24.62%
75th Percentile £515 £488 £498
90th Percentile £547 £528 £550
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £46.00 - -
25th Percentile £71.25 £41.50 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £43.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.60% -38.57% +104.38%
75th Percentile £73.75 £44.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year -35.48% +118.23% -28.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,496 5,185 6,867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 95.28% 96.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,630 5,013
10th Percentile £263 £263 £206
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £663 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 165 268
10th Percentile £11.12 £14.10 £11.28
25th Percentile £13.19 £17.50 £14.82
Median hourly rate £23.48 £27.20 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.69% +36.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47.63 £43.75 £33.96
90th Percentile £66.61 £57.06 £63.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North West +11 106 £437 +2.79% 15
Yorkshire +4 21 £205 -51.76% 8
North East +14 8 £388 +93.75% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 North of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 84 (62.22%) Cisco
2 57 (42.22%) Cisco Certification
3 46 (34.07%) CCNP
3 46 (34.07%) CCNA
4 45 (33.33%) Firewall
5 41 (30.37%) Security Cleared
6 40 (29.63%) SC Cleared
7 36 (26.67%) Wireless
8 35 (25.93%) Palo Alto
9 31 (22.96%) OSPF
9 31 (22.96%) WAN
10 29 (21.48%) Finance
10 29 (21.48%) Cisco Nexus
10 29 (21.48%) SD-WAN
11 27 (20.00%) ITSM
12 25 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
13 24 (17.78%) LAN
13 24 (17.78%) F5
13 24 (17.78%) Data Centre
14 22 (16.30%) Social Skills
14 22 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (16.30%) BGP
14 22 (16.30%) SolarWinds
15 21 (15.56%) Change Management
16 20 (14.81%) VPN
16 20 (14.81%) Citrix
16 20 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
16 20 (14.81%) Network Management
17 19 (14.07%) Juniper
18 18 (13.33%) DMZ

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.37%) AWS
1 14 (10.37%) Azure
2 5 (3.70%) GCP
3 2 (1.48%) SaaS
4 1 (0.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 45 (33.33%) Firewall
2 36 (26.67%) Wireless
3 31 (22.96%) OSPF
3 31 (22.96%) WAN
4 29 (21.48%) Cisco Nexus
4 29 (21.48%) SD-WAN
5 25 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
6 24 (17.78%) LAN
7 22 (16.30%) BGP
8 20 (14.81%) Cisco ASA
8 20 (14.81%) VPN
9 18 (13.33%) DMZ
10 17 (12.59%) EIGRP
11 16 (11.85%) Cisco ISE
11 16 (11.85%) NetScaler
12 15 (11.11%) IPsec
13 14 (10.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (10.37%) HSRP
14 13 (9.63%) Cisco IOS
14 13 (9.63%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 29 (21.48%) Finance
2 22 (16.30%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.93%) Financial Institution
6 5 (3.70%) Banking
6 5 (3.70%) Legal
7 2 (1.48%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.74%) Police
8 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.89%) Jinja
2 2 (1.48%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.74%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.78%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.93%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.44%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.74%) CCTV
5 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.93%) Linux
1 8 (5.93%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) CentOS
2 1 (0.74%) Debian
2 1 (0.74%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (20.00%) ITSM
2 22 (16.30%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (15.56%) Change Management
4 20 (14.81%) Network Management
5 17 (12.59%) ITIL
6 13 (9.63%) Network Monitoring
7 12 (8.89%) DevOps
8 11 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (5.19%) Customer Service
10 6 (4.44%) Break/Fix
10 6 (4.44%) Computer Science
10 6 (4.44%) High Availability
10 6 (4.44%) Migration
10 6 (4.44%) Network Design
11 5 (3.70%) Load Balancing
12 4 (2.96%) Incident Response
12 4 (2.96%) Network Virtualisation
13 3 (2.22%) Data Centre Operations
13 3 (2.22%) Performance Management
13 3 (2.22%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.59%) Python
2 12 (8.89%) Perl
2 12 (8.89%) Tcl
3 1 (0.74%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.74%) Java
3 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 57 (42.22%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (34.07%) CCNA
2 46 (34.07%) CCNP
3 41 (30.37%) Security Cleared
4 40 (29.63%) SC Cleared
5 11 (8.15%) CCIE
6 6 (4.44%) Degree
7 4 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.96%) JNCIA
7 4 (2.96%) VCAP
8 3 (2.22%) JNCIS
9 2 (1.48%) CCSA
9 2 (1.48%) CISSP
9 2 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.48%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.74%) CCDA
10 1 (0.74%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.19%) SLA
2 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (11.11%) Firmware
2 7 (5.19%) Hyper-V
2 7 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (12.59%) Ansible
2 4 (2.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (62.22%) Cisco
2 35 (25.93%) Palo Alto
3 24 (17.78%) F5
4 22 (16.30%) SolarWinds
5 20 (14.81%) Citrix
6 19 (14.07%) Juniper
7 16 (11.85%) Meraki
8 12 (8.89%) Aruba
9 8 (5.93%) Brocade
9 8 (5.93%) Fortinet
9 8 (5.93%) VMware
10 6 (4.44%) 3Com
10 6 (4.44%) LogicMonitor
11 5 (3.70%) CheckPoint
12 4 (2.96%) Microsoft
12 4 (2.96%) Zscaler
13 3 (2.22%) AlgoSec
14 2 (1.48%) Tufin
15 1 (0.74%) Blue Coat
15 1 (0.74%) WatchGuard