Network Engineer Contracts in Bristol

Network Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 65 81
Rank change year-on-year +13 +16 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 30 30 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.86% 2.38% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 2.63% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 10
10th Percentile £333 £325 £398
25th Percentile £440 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.82% +5.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £541 £558 £484
90th Percentile £621 £627 £493
South West median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £78.10 -
South West median hourly rate - £63.23 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +25.21% +1.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 997 1,139 1,361
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 90.25% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 805 925
10th Percentile £236 £300 £272
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £716 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 146 113
10th Percentile £36.25 £32.76 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £74.27 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.13 £65.60
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Bristol region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (53.33%) Firewall
2 13 (43.33%) Cisco
3 10 (33.33%) QGIS
4 9 (30.00%) Palo Alto
4 9 (30.00%) WAN
4 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 8 (26.67%) VMware
5 8 (26.67%) ITIL
5 8 (26.67%) VMware NSX
6 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
6 7 (23.33%) vCenter Server
6 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
6 7 (23.33%) Windows
6 7 (23.33%) LAN
6 7 (23.33%) VPN
6 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
6 7 (23.33%) Replication
6 7 (23.33%) Veeam
6 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
6 7 (23.33%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (20.00%) Azure
7 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
7 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
7 6 (20.00%) SAN
7 6 (20.00%) Change Management
7 6 (20.00%) CheckPoint
7 6 (20.00%) FTP
7 6 (20.00%) Linux
8 5 (16.67%) SAP

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

Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) Firewall
2 9 (30.00%) WAN
3 7 (23.33%) LAN
3 7 (23.33%) VPN
4 6 (20.00%) FTP
4 6 (20.00%) SAN
5 4 (13.33%) Network Security
6 3 (10.00%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (10.00%) Wireless
7 2 (6.67%) BGP
7 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (6.67%) DHCP
7 2 (6.67%) DNS
7 2 (6.67%) OSPF
7 2 (6.67%) SNMP
8 1 (3.33%) 4G
8 1 (3.33%) HTTP
8 1 (3.33%) SIGTRAN
8 1 (3.33%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) QGIS
General
1 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
2 6 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (16.67%) Electronics
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 5 (16.67%) Marketing
4 4 (13.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.33%) SPML
2 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Replication
2 3 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.00%) NHS
3 2 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Windows
1 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
2 6 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (3.33%) Solaris
3 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) ITIL
2 6 (20.00%) Change Management
3 5 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 5 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 3 (10.00%) High Availability
5 2 (6.67%) Network Management
5 2 (6.67%) Server Management
5 2 (6.67%) Storage Management
6 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.33%) Log Correlation
6 1 (3.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.33%) Security Architecture
6 1 (3.33%) SIEM
6 1 (3.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) CCNP
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) VMware NSX
2 7 (23.33%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) vCenter Server
2 3 (10.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (6.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Cisco
2 9 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (26.67%) VMware
4 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (23.33%) Veeam
5 6 (20.00%) CheckPoint
6 5 (16.67%) SAP
6 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 4 (13.33%) Dell
7 4 (13.33%) F5
8 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
9 1 (3.33%) Nokia