Network Engineer Contracts in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the South East is £506, 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 40 65 152
Rank change year-on-year +25 +87 -52
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 246 180 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.28% 3.18% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.64% 3.36% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 113 66
10th Percentile £331 £273 £255
25th Percentile £405 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +15.76%
75th Percentile £555 £525 £534
90th Percentile £700 £575 £575
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 2
10th Percentile £20.90 £22.65 £20.55
25th Percentile £24.50 £60.75 £21.38
Median hourly rate £73.50 £64.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.84% +178.26% -34.52%
75th Percentile £75.24 £77.81 £24.88
90th Percentile £76.29 £80.25 £25.85
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,301 5,353 7,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 94.53% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,132 3,704 5,019
10th Percentile £243 £213 £211
25th Percentile £400 £387 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £594
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 234 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.33 £12.55
25th Percentile £18.82 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%
75th Percentile £66.74 £66.21 £47.44
90th Percentile £79.88 £75.00 £63.25
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Hampshire +13 105 £550 +22.22% 23
Thames Valley +11 93 £513 +13.89% 25
Berkshire -6 78 £513 +5.67% 16
Surrey +39 40 £506 +19.12% 3
Kent +21 18 £338 +3.85% 7
Buckinghamshire +25 9 £800 +66.67% 4
Oxfordshire +2 6 £438 -2.78% 5
East Sussex +7 5 £400 -11.11% 3
West Sussex - 5 £425 -
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 186 (75.61%) Cisco
2 124 (50.41%) Firewall
3 102 (41.46%) Security Cleared
4 76 (30.89%) Cisco Certification
5 72 (29.27%) Juniper
6 58 (23.58%) Fortinet
7 56 (22.76%) CheckPoint
8 47 (19.11%) Migration
9 43 (17.48%) LAN
10 39 (15.85%) WAN
10 39 (15.85%) Finance
10 39 (15.85%) Network Design
10 39 (15.85%) SC Cleared
11 38 (15.45%) VPN
12 37 (15.04%) F5
13 36 (14.63%) Data Centre
13 36 (14.63%) DMZ
13 36 (14.63%) Banking
14 35 (14.23%) CCNP
15 33 (13.41%) DV Cleared
16 32 (13.01%) BGP
17 31 (12.60%) Cisco Nexus
17 31 (12.60%) Public Sector
18 30 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
18 30 (12.20%) Palo Alto
18 30 (12.20%) Cisco ASA
19 29 (11.79%) CCNA
20 25 (10.16%) Network Security
20 25 (10.16%) B2B
20 25 (10.16%) Arista

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (2.03%) Apache
1 5 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.81%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.88%) AWS
2 5 (2.03%) Azure
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.81%) Cloudflare
4 2 (0.81%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.41%) GCP
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 124 (50.41%) Firewall
2 43 (17.48%) LAN
3 39 (15.85%) WAN
4 38 (15.45%) VPN
5 36 (14.63%) DMZ
6 32 (13.01%) BGP
7 31 (12.60%) Cisco Nexus
8 30 (12.20%) Cisco ASA
9 25 (10.16%) Network Security
10 20 (8.13%) MPLS
11 17 (6.91%) Wireless
12 16 (6.50%) Cisco ISE
13 15 (6.10%) OSPF
14 14 (5.69%) Cisco Firepower
14 14 (5.69%) IPsec
15 13 (5.28%) EIGRP
16 10 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (3.25%) DNS
18 7 (2.85%) Cisco IOS
18 7 (2.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.03%) MongoDB
1 5 (2.03%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.22%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.03%) GitLab
1 5 (2.03%) JIRA
1 5 (2.03%) Robot Framework
1 5 (2.03%) TestRail
2 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (15.85%) Finance
2 36 (14.63%) Banking
3 31 (12.60%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.94%) Social Skills
5 19 (7.72%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.47%) Investment Banking
7 8 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (2.85%) Electronics
8 7 (2.85%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.85%) Marketing
9 4 (1.63%) Law
10 3 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Military
11 2 (0.81%) Advertising
11 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.81%) Legal
11 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.25%) REST
1 8 (3.25%) YANG
2 5 (2.03%) HTML
2 5 (2.03%) NETCONF
2 5 (2.03%) RESTCONF
2 5 (2.03%) SOAP
3 3 (1.22%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.22%) Django
3 3 (1.22%) JSON
3 3 (1.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.63%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.47%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.03%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.63%) NHS
6 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.22%) PKI
7 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.41%) CCTV
8 1 (0.41%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) IoT
8 1 (0.41%) Life Science
8 1 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.25%) Linux
2 3 (1.22%) Windows
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.11%) Migration
2 39 (15.85%) Network Design
3 30 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
4 25 (10.16%) B2B
5 20 (8.13%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (7.32%) High Availability
7 14 (5.69%) Network Architecture
8 13 (5.28%) Change Control
9 12 (4.88%) Agile
10 11 (4.47%) Architectural Patterns
10 11 (4.47%) Design Patterns
10 11 (4.47%) ITSM
11 8 (3.25%) Availability Management
11 8 (3.25%) Capacity Planning
11 8 (3.25%) CI/CD
11 8 (3.25%) Network Management
11 8 (3.25%) Project Delivery
11 8 (3.25%) Service Delivery
12 7 (2.85%) Computer Science
12 7 (2.85%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.10%) Python
2 9 (3.66%) SQL
3 8 (3.25%) Java
4 5 (2.03%) Bash
4 5 (2.03%) PHP
5 3 (1.22%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.41%) C
6 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 102 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 76 (30.89%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (15.85%) SC Cleared
4 35 (14.23%) CCNP
5 33 (13.41%) DV Cleared
6 29 (11.79%) CCNA
7 14 (5.69%) Degree
8 8 (3.25%) CCIE
9 7 (2.85%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.22%) CCSA
12 2 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.41%) CCDP
13 1 (0.41%) CCIP
13 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.41%) HP ASE
13 1 (0.41%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.41%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) SLA
2 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (2.85%) VMware NSX
3 5 (2.03%) Docker
4 4 (1.63%) ProxySG
5 3 (1.22%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.81%) KVM
6 2 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.88%) FortiGate
2 9 (3.66%) Ansible
3 6 (2.44%) Endace
4 4 (1.63%) Nessus
4 4 (1.63%) Terraform
5 3 (1.22%) Netcool
6 2 (0.81%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.41%) Iperf
7 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 186 (75.61%) Cisco
2 72 (29.27%) Juniper
3 58 (23.58%) Fortinet
4 56 (22.76%) CheckPoint
5 37 (15.04%) F5
6 30 (12.20%) Palo Alto
7 25 (10.16%) Arista
8 22 (8.94%) SolarWinds
9 19 (7.72%) Blue Coat
10 17 (6.91%) VMware
11 11 (4.47%) Aruba
12 9 (3.66%) Dell
12 9 (3.66%) Meraki
13 8 (3.25%) HP
14 7 (2.85%) SAP
15 5 (2.03%) Nokia
16 4 (1.63%) ScienceLogic
17 3 (1.22%) Citrix
17 3 (1.22%) IBM
17 3 (1.22%) TOWER Software