Network Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £350 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 47 56 128
Rank change year-on-year +9 +72 -36
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 69 78 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.55% 3.47% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.88% 3.67% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 40 40
10th Percentile - £263 £172
25th Percentile £263 £306 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £438 £460 £406
90th Percentile £525 £525 £450
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year -35.48% +118.23% +22.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,780 2,124 3,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 94.44% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 1,454 2,485
10th Percentile £250 £258 £232
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +2.56% +14.71%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 59 71
10th Percentile £12.14 £12.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.88 £14.43 £14.75
Median hourly rate £19.77 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.15% +17.65% +13.33%
75th Percentile £40.38 £27.32 £20.00
90th Percentile £56.13 £59.00 £23.75
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the West Midlands

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +10 35 £350 -6.67% 10
Solihull -1 17 £300 -42.31% 3
Warwickshire +5 5 £325 -18.75% 1
Staffordshire +9 4 £200 -27.27% 8
Coventry -7 4 £263 -30.00%
Shropshire -4 2 £320 -8.57%
Worcestershire +3 1 £400 -35.38% 1
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (55.07%) Juniper
2 34 (49.28%) MPLS
2 34 (49.28%) Security Cleared
3 33 (47.83%) WAN
4 30 (43.48%) IPsec
5 28 (40.58%) Cisco
6 23 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 19 (27.54%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (26.09%) CCNA
8 18 (26.09%) BGP
8 18 (26.09%) Firewall
9 14 (20.29%) LAN
10 13 (18.84%) Load Balancing
10 13 (18.84%) VPN
11 11 (15.94%) Junos
12 10 (14.49%) PKI
12 10 (14.49%) Public Sector
13 9 (13.04%) F5
13 9 (13.04%) Aruba
14 8 (11.59%) Wireless
14 8 (11.59%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (11.59%) Social Skills
15 7 (10.14%) FortiGate
15 7 (10.14%) Data Centre
15 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 7 (10.14%) Network Design
16 6 (8.70%) Degree
16 6 (8.70%) Azure
16 6 (8.70%) DNS
17 5 (7.25%) CCNP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (2.90%) IIS
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.90%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) Azure
2 3 (4.35%) AWS
2 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (49.28%) MPLS
2 33 (47.83%) WAN
3 30 (43.48%) IPsec
4 18 (26.09%) BGP
4 18 (26.09%) Firewall
5 14 (20.29%) LAN
6 13 (18.84%) VPN
7 11 (15.94%) Junos
8 8 (11.59%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (11.59%) Wireless
9 6 (8.70%) DNS
10 5 (7.25%) Network Security
10 5 (7.25%) SAN
10 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (5.80%) DHCP
12 3 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (4.35%) Ethernet
12 3 (4.35%) Internet
12 3 (4.35%) VoIP
12 3 (4.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
General
1 10 (14.49%) Public Sector
2 8 (11.59%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Back Office
5 1 (1.45%) Banking
5 1 (1.45%) Finance
5 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) LAMP
2 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) PKI
2 7 (10.14%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (2.90%) Replication
4 1 (1.45%) CMDB
4 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Linux
1 3 (4.35%) Ubuntu
1 3 (4.35%) Windows
1 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.90%) VMS
2 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.45%) CentOS
3 1 (1.45%) Debian
3 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (18.84%) Load Balancing
2 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (10.14%) Network Design
3 5 (7.25%) Agile
4 4 (5.80%) Computer Science
5 3 (4.35%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.35%) ITIL
5 3 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 3 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (4.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (2.90%) Architectural Design
6 2 (2.90%) Capacity Management
6 2 (2.90%) Change Management
6 2 (2.90%) High Availability
6 2 (2.90%) Migration
6 2 (2.90%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (2.90%) Software Engineering
6 2 (2.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (2.90%) Validation
6 2 (2.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (49.28%) Security Cleared
2 23 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 19 (27.54%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (26.09%) CCNA
5 6 (8.70%) Degree
6 5 (7.25%) CCNP
7 2 (2.90%) CCIE
7 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.45%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (1.45%) CCSA
8 1 (1.45%) CISSP
8 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.45%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.90%) vSphere
3 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.35%) Ansible
2 3 (4.35%) OpenView
2 3 (4.35%) Terraform
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (55.07%) Juniper
2 28 (40.58%) Cisco
3 9 (13.04%) Aruba
3 9 (13.04%) F5
4 5 (7.25%) CheckPoint
5 4 (5.80%) Microsoft
5 4 (5.80%) VMware
6 3 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.90%) HP
7 2 (2.90%) ProCurve
7 2 (2.90%) Synology
7 2 (2.90%) Veeam
7 2 (2.90%) Zerto
8 1 (1.45%) AlgoSec
8 1 (1.45%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.45%) Mitel
8 1 (1.45%) Red Hat