Network Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 35 59
Rank change year-on-year -35 +24 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 37 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.60% 4.71% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 5.12% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 10
10th Percentile £263 - £316
25th Percentile £319 £273 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -33.33% +8.43%
75th Percentile £406 £388 £547
90th Percentile £418 £550 £560
East of England median daily rate £300 £338 £375
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +57.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 747 722 727
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 91.86% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 388 451
10th Percentile £239 £210 £156
25th Percentile £315 £362 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £701 £750 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 146 83
10th Percentile £37.91 £20.75 £16.49
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £76.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.80 £15.53
% change year-on-year +20.11% +130.52% -11.26%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Hertfordshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
St Albans - 2 £325 -
Hemel Hempstead +7 1 £400 -28.89%
Welwyn Garden City +6 1 - -
Stevenage -23 1 £350 +27.27% 2
Network Engineer
East of England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 5 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) FMCG

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet