Network Engineer Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £255 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 55 67
Rank change year-on-year +7 +12 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.81% 0.68% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.79% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 10
10th Percentile - £205 £262
25th Percentile £250 £213 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £228 £300
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% -24.17% +57.89%
75th Percentile £314 £430 £461
90th Percentile £403 £551 £488
East of England median daily rate £300 £331 £375
% change year-on-year -9.43% -11.67% +62.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 427 508 759
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.26% 86.54% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 309 399
10th Percentile £208 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £281 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £563 £538 £525
90th Percentile £649 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 102 203
10th Percentile - £13.29 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +13.47% +1.19%
75th Percentile £27.50 £20.07 £15.75
90th Percentile £60.05 £26.55 £20.50
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -11.43%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Cambridge +5 2 £250 +9.89% 3
Peterborough -2 1 £425 +112.50%
Network Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) InfiniBand
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (25.00%) PBX
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) InfiniBand
2 1 (25.00%) NAS
2 1 (25.00%) PBX
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft