Network Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Network Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £506 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 48 97
Rank change year-on-year +5 +49 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 83 67 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.16% 3.68% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.41% 3.89% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 30 22
10th Percentile £335 £275 £313
25th Percentile £372 £358 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +12.49% +6.67%
75th Percentile £519 £559 £493
90th Percentile - £576 £525
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £21.38 £27.05 -
25th Percentile £24.31 £49.38 £25.50
Median hourly rate £49.25 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +153.85% +22.35%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £76.12 £80.55 -
South East median hourly rate £66.50 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +7.26% +138.46% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,882 1,722 2,298
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 94.67% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 1,101 1,478
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £378 £425 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 58 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.38 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £21.99 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.90 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £80.25 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 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
Reading -1 44 £445 -11.00% 6
Bracknell +5 16 £513 - 8
Ascot - 8 - -
Maidenhead - 4 £375 -
Newbury -12 2 - - 2
Windsor - 1 £438 -
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Berkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (78.31%) Cisco
2 39 (46.99%) Juniper
3 36 (43.37%) Firewall
4 26 (31.33%) CheckPoint
4 26 (31.33%) MPLS
4 26 (31.33%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (30.12%) DMZ
5 25 (30.12%) Banking
6 23 (27.71%) Migration
6 23 (27.71%) VPN
7 22 (26.51%) BGP
8 20 (24.10%) WAN
9 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
10 17 (20.48%) B2B
10 17 (20.48%) Finance
10 17 (20.48%) Arista
11 16 (19.28%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (18.07%) LAN
13 14 (16.87%) High Availability
14 11 (13.25%) SQL
14 11 (13.25%) Python
14 11 (13.25%) Radio Access Network
14 11 (13.25%) Data Centre
15 10 (12.05%) GitLab
15 10 (12.05%) Robot Framework
15 10 (12.05%) Change Control
15 10 (12.05%) Docker
15 10 (12.05%) Apache Airflow
15 10 (12.05%) TestRail
15 10 (12.05%) Ethernet VPN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 10 (12.05%) Apache
1 10 (12.05%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.20%) Azure
1 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (1.20%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 36 (43.37%) Firewall
2 26 (31.33%) MPLS
3 25 (30.12%) DMZ
4 23 (27.71%) VPN
5 22 (26.51%) BGP
6 20 (24.10%) WAN
7 16 (19.28%) Cisco Nexus
8 15 (18.07%) LAN
9 11 (13.25%) Radio Access Network
10 10 (12.05%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (10.84%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (7.23%) EIGRP
13 5 (6.02%) IPsec
13 5 (6.02%) Network Security
13 5 (6.02%) OSPF
14 4 (4.82%) HSRP
14 4 (4.82%) Internet
14 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
14 4 (4.82%) SNMP
14 4 (4.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.05%) MongoDB
1 10 (12.05%) NoSQL
1 10 (12.05%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (12.05%) GitLab
1 10 (12.05%) JIRA
1 10 (12.05%) Robot Framework
1 10 (12.05%) TestRail
General
1 25 (30.12%) Banking
2 17 (20.48%) Finance
3 9 (10.84%) Telecoms
4 8 (9.64%) Investment Banking
5 7 (8.43%) Social Skills
6 6 (7.23%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.41%) Military
9 1 (1.20%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.05%) NETCONF
1 10 (12.05%) REST
1 10 (12.05%) RESTCONF
1 10 (12.05%) SOAP
1 10 (12.05%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.25%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.20%) CCTV
3 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.20%) IoT
3 1 (1.20%) PKI
3 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Windows
1 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.71%) Migration
2 17 (20.48%) B2B
3 14 (16.87%) High Availability
4 10 (12.05%) Agile
4 10 (12.05%) Change Control
4 10 (12.05%) CI/CD
4 10 (12.05%) Containerisation
4 10 (12.05%) Integration Testing
4 10 (12.05%) Performance Testing
4 10 (12.05%) Regression Testing
4 10 (12.05%) Scrum
4 10 (12.05%) Security Testing
4 10 (12.05%) Test Automation
4 10 (12.05%) Unit Testing
4 10 (12.05%) Workflow
5 9 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.64%) Architectural Patterns
6 8 (9.64%) Availability Management
6 8 (9.64%) Design Patterns
6 8 (9.64%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.25%) Python
1 11 (13.25%) SQL
2 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (21.69%) Security Cleared
3 10 (12.05%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.43%) CCNA
5 6 (7.23%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.02%) CCNP
7 4 (4.82%) Degree
8 3 (3.61%) JNCIA
8 3 (3.61%) JNCIS
9 2 (2.41%) BC Cleared
9 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.20%) CCDP
10 1 (1.20%) CCIP
10 1 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.20%) HNC
10 1 (1.20%) HP ASE
10 1 (1.20%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (12.05%) Docker
2 6 (7.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.61%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Ansible
Vendors
1 65 (78.31%) Cisco
2 39 (46.99%) Juniper
3 26 (31.33%) CheckPoint
4 17 (20.48%) Arista
5 9 (10.84%) Fortinet
6 8 (9.64%) Blue Coat
7 6 (7.23%) VMware
8 3 (3.61%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.41%) ADVA
9 2 (2.41%) F5
9 2 (2.41%) Nokia
10 1 (1.20%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.20%) Dell
10 1 (1.20%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (1.20%) Meraki
10 1 (1.20%) Microsoft
10 1 (1.20%) Nokia Networks
10 1 (1.20%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (1.20%) Tellabs
10 1 (1.20%) Zscaler