Network Engineer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 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
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 46 79
Rank change year-on-year +6 +33 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 11 14 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.57% 2.44% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.69% 2.59% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 11
10th Percentile £395 - £438
25th Percentile £463 £195 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £200 £550
Median % change year-on-year +162.50% -63.64% +57.14%
75th Percentile £550 £515 £594
90th Percentile £556 £584 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £200 £550
% change year-on-year +162.50% -63.64% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 298 541 973
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.75% 94.42% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 422 812
10th Percentile £252 £247 £305
25th Percentile £374 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £550 £606 £583
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 10
10th Percentile £14.58 £13.16 £10.77
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.27 £11.14
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +22.03% +13.64%
75th Percentile £36.00 £23.44 £19.13
90th Percentile £37.00 £28.20 £20.40
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.70 £19.75 £15.50
% change year-on-year -5.32% +27.42% +17.07%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) LAN
1 6 (54.55%) WAN
2 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) Network Security
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) JIRA
3 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
3 4 (36.36%) GPON
3 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
3 4 (36.36%) Splunk
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) Ansible
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) Broadband
3 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Ethernet
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) IPv4
3 4 (36.36%) IPv6
3 4 (36.36%) Nokia
3 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
3 4 (36.36%) DWDM

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) LAN
1 6 (54.55%) WAN
2 5 (45.45%) Network Security
3 4 (36.36%) Broadband
3 4 (36.36%) DWDM
3 4 (36.36%) Ethernet
3 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) GPON
3 4 (36.36%) IPv4
3 4 (36.36%) IPv6
3 4 (36.36%) MPLS
4 3 (27.27%) BGP
4 3 (27.27%) OSPF
4 3 (27.27%) Sourcefire
4 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
4 3 (27.27%) VPN
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (18.18%) NetScreen
5 2 (18.18%) TACACS
5 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 3 (27.27%) Spanish Language
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
3 3 (27.27%) Architectural Design
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Fault Management
3 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
3 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (18.18%) Network Management
5 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CCSE
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
1 4 (36.36%) Nokia
1 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
1 4 (36.36%) Splunk
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Juniper
3 2 (18.18%) McAfee
4 1 (9.09%) Blue Coat
4 1 (9.09%) SonicWALL