Network Engineer Contracts in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 138 226
Rank change year-on-year +54 +88 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 940 926 916
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.55% 1.94% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 2.05% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 614 625
10th Percentile £300 £273 £279
25th Percentile £375 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £544 £556 £550
90th Percentile £650 £638 £616
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 29 15
10th Percentile £18.50 £21.51 £22.20
25th Percentile £24.50 £41.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +118.23% +22.19%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £47.92
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.40 £55.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £62.62 £45.38
% change year-on-year -36.12% +37.99% +44.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,255 45,148 67,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 32,138 48,275
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,311 1,778
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +96 318 £500 - 84
South East +30 255 £500 +11.11% 61
North of England +9 134 £433 +4.85% 28
North West +6 105 £440 +3.53% 19
South West +5 99 £488 - 23
Midlands +13 94 £350 -6.67% 34
West Midlands +9 69 £350 -6.67% 26
East Midlands +10 25 £438 +25.00% 8
East of England -30 24 £300 -9.43% 12
Yorkshire +5 19 £205 -47.10% 8
North East +19 10 £388 +93.75% 2
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 582 (61.91%) Cisco
2 460 (48.94%) Firewall
3 306 (32.55%) Cisco Certification
4 301 (32.02%) Security Cleared
5 205 (21.81%) WAN
6 202 (21.49%) CCNP
7 187 (19.89%) Palo Alto
8 178 (18.94%) Juniper
9 173 (18.40%) BGP
10 171 (18.19%) CCNA
11 170 (18.09%) LAN
12 165 (17.55%) SC Cleared
13 163 (17.34%) F5
14 162 (17.23%) Data Centre
15 150 (15.96%) VPN
16 147 (15.64%) Social Skills
17 140 (14.89%) Fortinet
18 136 (14.47%) Network Security
19 132 (14.04%) Finance
20 130 (13.83%) Cisco Nexus
21 128 (13.62%) CheckPoint
22 125 (13.30%) OSPF
23 123 (13.09%) Wireless
24 120 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
25 119 (12.66%) MPLS
26 107 (11.38%) Public Sector
27 105 (11.17%) Network Design
28 93 (9.89%) SD-WAN
29 92 (9.79%) Cisco ASA
30 90 (9.57%) DV Cleared

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

Application Platforms
1 6 (0.64%) Apache
1 6 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
2 3 (0.32%) IIS
2 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.21%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.21%) nginx
3 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.21%) WordPress
4 1 (0.11%) Confluence
4 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.49%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (8.09%) Azure
2 72 (7.66%) AWS
3 18 (1.91%) GCP
4 16 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (0.64%) WhatsApp
7 5 (0.53%) Cloudflare
7 5 (0.53%) OCI
8 4 (0.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.32%) BigCommerce
9 3 (0.32%) Nutanix
9 3 (0.32%) SaaS
10 2 (0.21%) Akamai
10 2 (0.21%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.21%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.21%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.21%) GitHub
10 2 (0.21%) IaaS
10 2 (0.21%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 460 (48.94%) Firewall
2 205 (21.81%) WAN
3 173 (18.40%) BGP
4 170 (18.09%) LAN
5 150 (15.96%) VPN
6 136 (14.47%) Network Security
7 130 (13.83%) Cisco Nexus
8 125 (13.30%) OSPF
9 123 (13.09%) Wireless
10 119 (12.66%) MPLS
11 93 (9.89%) SD-WAN
12 92 (9.79%) Cisco ASA
13 90 (9.57%) IPsec
14 78 (8.30%) DNS
15 65 (6.91%) Wi-Fi
16 64 (6.81%) EIGRP
17 62 (6.60%) DMZ
18 58 (6.17%) Cisco ISE
19 57 (6.06%) DHCP
20 49 (5.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.74%) QGIS
2 6 (0.64%) MongoDB
2 6 (0.64%) NoSQL
2 6 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (0.64%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
3 3 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (2.02%) Sonatype Nexus
2 11 (1.17%) JIRA
3 9 (0.96%) Git
4 8 (0.85%) GitLab
5 6 (0.64%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.64%) TestRail
6 1 (0.11%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.11%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
General
1 147 (15.64%) Social Skills
2 132 (14.04%) Finance
3 107 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 77 (8.19%) Banking
5 61 (6.49%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (6.49%) Telecoms
6 32 (3.40%) Manufacturing
7 21 (2.23%) Marketing
8 18 (1.91%) Legal
9 16 (1.70%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.17%) Retail
12 10 (1.06%) Electronics
13 6 (0.64%) Law
13 6 (0.64%) Military
14 5 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.21%) Advertising
16 2 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.91%) YANG
2 17 (1.81%) 802.1X
2 17 (1.81%) NETCONF
3 15 (1.60%) JSON
4 12 (1.28%) Jinja
5 10 (1.06%) XML
6 9 (0.96%) REST
7 6 (0.64%) HTML
7 6 (0.64%) RESTCONF
7 6 (0.64%) SOAP
8 3 (0.32%) Django
8 3 (0.32%) RESTful
8 3 (0.32%) VML
9 2 (0.21%) .NET
9 2 (0.21%) LAMP
9 2 (0.21%) Regular Expression
10 1 (0.11%) LDAP
10 1 (0.11%) SAML
10 1 (0.11%) Web Services
10 1 (0.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 162 (17.23%) Data Centre
2 19 (2.02%) PKI
3 18 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (1.91%) Private Cloud
4 17 (1.81%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.06%) Replication
6 9 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (0.96%) NHS
6 9 (0.96%) Public Cloud
6 9 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (0.74%) Hedge funds
7 7 (0.74%) Management Information System
8 6 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
8 6 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.53%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.53%) Security Posture
9 5 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.57%) Linux
2 35 (3.72%) Windows
3 20 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.28%) Unix
5 7 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.32%) CentOS
9 2 (0.21%) Debian
9 2 (0.21%) VMS
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (11.17%) Network Design
3 90 (9.57%) Migration
4 62 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 61 (6.49%) Change Management
6 59 (6.28%) Load Balancing
7 52 (5.53%) ITSM
8 45 (4.79%) High Availability
8 45 (4.79%) ITIL
9 43 (4.57%) Network Management
10 42 (4.47%) Network Monitoring
11 40 (4.26%) Computer Science
12 39 (4.15%) Agile
12 39 (4.15%) Network Architecture
13 35 (3.72%) Customer Requirements
14 34 (3.62%) DevOps
15 33 (3.51%) Roadmaps
16 28 (2.98%) B2B
16 28 (2.98%) Service Delivery
17 25 (2.66%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 84 (8.94%) Python
2 13 (1.38%) SQL
3 12 (1.28%) Bash
3 12 (1.28%) Perl
3 12 (1.28%) Tcl
4 11 (1.17%) Java
5 8 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.53%) PHP
7 4 (0.43%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.32%) C#
8 3 (0.32%) Go
8 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.21%) Ruby
10 1 (0.11%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.11%) C
10 1 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 306 (32.55%) Cisco Certification
2 301 (32.02%) Security Cleared
3 202 (21.49%) CCNP
4 171 (18.19%) CCNA
5 165 (17.55%) SC Cleared
6 90 (9.57%) DV Cleared
7 63 (6.70%) CCIE
8 50 (5.32%) Degree
9 28 (2.98%) JNCIA
10 26 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (1.38%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.28%) JNCIS
13 9 (0.96%) CISSP
14 8 (0.85%) CCDP
15 7 (0.74%) CCSA
16 6 (0.64%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.64%) JNCIP
17 5 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.30%) SLA
2 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.53%) QA
4 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (2.77%) VMware NSX
3 24 (2.55%) vSphere
4 23 (2.45%) Firmware
5 15 (1.60%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.96%) Docker
6 9 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.85%) Active Directory
7 8 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.43%) KVM
8 4 (0.43%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.21%) Squid
10 1 (0.11%) PowerDNS
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 63 (6.70%) Ansible
2 51 (5.43%) FortiGate
3 24 (2.55%) Terraform
4 22 (2.34%) vCenter Server
5 8 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
6 7 (0.74%) Puppet
7 6 (0.64%) Endace
8 5 (0.53%) OpenView
9 4 (0.43%) Nessus
10 3 (0.32%) Kibana
10 3 (0.32%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.32%) Netcool
10 3 (0.32%) SCCM
11 2 (0.21%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.21%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.21%) Nmap
11 2 (0.21%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.21%) Rundeck
11 2 (0.21%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 582 (61.91%) Cisco
2 187 (19.89%) Palo Alto
3 178 (18.94%) Juniper
4 163 (17.34%) F5
5 140 (14.89%) Fortinet
6 128 (13.62%) CheckPoint
7 87 (9.26%) SolarWinds
8 74 (7.87%) VMware
9 58 (6.17%) Aruba
10 52 (5.53%) Microsoft
11 47 (5.00%) Arista
12 45 (4.79%) Meraki
13 34 (3.62%) Nokia
14 32 (3.40%) Citrix
15 26 (2.77%) Blue Coat
16 25 (2.66%) Infoblox
17 23 (2.45%) Dell
17 23 (2.45%) Zscaler
18 14 (1.49%) HP
19 13 (1.38%) SAP