Network Engineer Contracts in Hampshire

Network Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 37 87
Rank change year-on-year +15 +50 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 102 77 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 6.38% 5.45% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.09% 5.79% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 58 27
10th Percentile £412 £368 £398
25th Percentile £463 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +31.25%
75th Percentile £650 £534 £575
90th Percentile £717 £575 £635
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £62.00 -
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
Hampshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,438 1,331 2,012
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.99% 94.13% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 869 1,213
10th Percentile £363 £231 £250
25th Percentile £450 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £618 £600
90th Percentile £738 £695 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 105 163
10th Percentile £13.40 £18.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £33.75 £22.51 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +138.64% -22.81%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.50 £44.48
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £62.15
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Basingstoke +15 39 £450 -2.70% 11
Farnborough +12 18 £420 -13.85% 6
Fleet - 8 - -
Southampton +1 6 £590 +17.90% 2
Portsmouth -29 5 £550 +31.74% 2
Winchester - 3 £569 - 1
Havant +8 1 £715 +58.89%
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Hampshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 79 (77.45%) Security Cleared
2 75 (73.53%) Firewall
3 74 (72.55%) Cisco
4 49 (48.04%) Fortinet
5 35 (34.31%) SC Cleared
5 35 (34.31%) Network Design
6 32 (31.37%) Juniper
7 28 (27.45%) Customer Requirements
8 21 (20.59%) Cisco Nexus
9 20 (19.61%) VPN
10 19 (18.63%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (18.63%) DV Cleared
11 17 (16.67%) F5
12 15 (14.71%) OSPF
12 15 (14.71%) BGP
13 14 (13.73%) CheckPoint
13 14 (13.73%) Cisco ASA
14 13 (12.75%) Data Centre
14 13 (12.75%) FortiGate
14 13 (12.75%) CCNP
14 13 (12.75%) LAN
15 12 (11.76%) Blue Coat
15 12 (11.76%) Palo Alto
15 12 (11.76%) Public Sector
16 11 (10.78%) SolarWinds
16 11 (10.78%) Network Architecture
17 10 (9.80%) CCNA
17 10 (9.80%) EIGRP
18 9 (8.82%) ITSM
19 8 (7.84%) Investment Banking

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (1.96%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.84%) AWS
2 2 (1.96%) Azure
3 1 (0.98%) Cloudflare
3 1 (0.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 75 (73.53%) Firewall
2 21 (20.59%) Cisco Nexus
3 20 (19.61%) VPN
4 15 (14.71%) BGP
4 15 (14.71%) OSPF
5 14 (13.73%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (12.75%) LAN
7 10 (9.80%) EIGRP
8 8 (7.84%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (7.84%) DMZ
8 8 (7.84%) Network Security
9 7 (6.86%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (6.86%) IPsec
9 7 (6.86%) WAN
9 7 (6.86%) Wireless
10 6 (5.88%) DMVPN
11 5 (4.90%) VLAN
12 3 (2.94%) HSRP
12 3 (2.94%) Spanning Tree
13 2 (1.96%) Skype
General
1 12 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 8 (7.84%) Banking
2 8 (7.84%) Investment Banking
2 8 (7.84%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.96%) Law
5 1 (0.98%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.90%) HTML
2 3 (2.94%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.75%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.96%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.31%) Network Design
2 28 (27.45%) Customer Requirements
3 11 (10.78%) Network Architecture
4 9 (8.82%) ITSM
5 8 (7.84%) Architectural Patterns
5 8 (7.84%) Change Control
5 8 (7.84%) Design Patterns
5 8 (7.84%) High Availability
6 7 (6.86%) Network Management
7 6 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (5.88%) Requirements Management
7 6 (5.88%) Service Management
7 6 (5.88%) SIEM
8 4 (3.92%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.92%) Migration
8 4 (3.92%) Network Virtualisation
9 3 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (2.94%) Incident Management
9 3 (2.94%) ITIL
9 3 (2.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.90%) Java
1 5 (4.90%) PHP
2 1 (0.98%) C
2 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 79 (77.45%) Security Cleared
2 35 (34.31%) SC Cleared
3 19 (18.63%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (18.63%) DV Cleared
4 13 (12.75%) CCNP
5 10 (9.80%) CCNA
6 6 (5.88%) JNCIA
7 4 (3.92%) Degree
8 3 (2.94%) CCIE
8 3 (2.94%) CCSA
9 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) SLA
2 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (4.90%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (12.75%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.98%) Ansible
2 1 (0.98%) Iperf
Vendors
1 74 (72.55%) Cisco
2 49 (48.04%) Fortinet
3 32 (31.37%) Juniper
4 17 (16.67%) F5
5 14 (13.73%) CheckPoint
6 12 (11.76%) Blue Coat
6 12 (11.76%) Palo Alto
7 11 (10.78%) SolarWinds
8 6 (5.88%) VMware
9 4 (3.92%) Dell
10 3 (2.94%) QinetiQ
11 1 (0.98%) Aruba
11 1 (0.98%) Citrix
11 1 (0.98%) Fujitsu
11 1 (0.98%) Zscaler