Network Engineer Contracts in Cheltenham

Network Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Cheltenham is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 3.09% - 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.42% - 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £640 £550 £300
% change year-on-year +16.36% +83.33% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 146 160 115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 96.97% 90.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 117 97
10th Percentile £363 £344 £176
25th Percentile £468 £506 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +14.56% +10.75%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £588
90th Percentile £751 £725 £668
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £31.85 £67.10 £12.08
25th Percentile £56.38 £67.25 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.25 £81.00 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +535.29% -74.50%
75th Percentile £74.06 £96.00 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.63 £96.90 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.00 £73.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -54.79% +289.33% -62.50%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Cheltenham

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Cheltenham

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Cheltenham

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 18 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 Cheltenham region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (40.00%) MPLS
5 1 (20.00%) Firewall
5 1 (20.00%) IPsec
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) SSH
5 1 (20.00%) Network Design
5 1 (20.00%) CMDB
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (20.00%) CCNP
5 1 (20.00%) CCNA
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Juniper
5 1 (20.00%) Internet
5 1 (20.00%) WLAN
5 1 (20.00%) WAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (40.00%) MPLS
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) IPsec
4 1 (20.00%) SSH
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CMDB
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Network Design
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper