Network Engineer Contracts in Bedfordshire

Network Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Bedfordshire is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - -17
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 2.39% - 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.68% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £373
25th Percentile £295 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +132.88%
75th Percentile £384 - £463
90th Percentile £388 - £478
East of England median daily rate £350 £325 £356
% change year-on-year +7.69% -8.77% +48.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 224 180 279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.24% 97.83% 97.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 130 144
10th Percentile £263 £175 £263
25th Percentile £363 £281 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £470 £490
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% -4.08% +18.79%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £538
90th Percentile £625 £625 £621
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 6 20
10th Percentile £15.29 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £31.80 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.12% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £87.50 £61.31
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.40 £15.50
% change year-on-year +21.47% +128.39% -5.62%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bedfordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Bedfordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Bedfordshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Dunstable - 5 £300 -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £350 -
Network Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) CCNA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (33.33%) F5
3 2 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) OSPF
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Meraki
4 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN

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

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) OSPF
2 2 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNA
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) F5
2 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds