Network Engineer Contracts in Leicester

Network Engineer
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Leicester is £600 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 12 21 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 7.08% 5.26% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.62% 5.45% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £460 £343 £319
25th Percentile £531 £356 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £380 £356
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £652 £400 £380
90th Percentile £659 £423 £389
Leicestershire median daily rate £600 £380 £408
% change year-on-year +57.89% -6.75% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 105 110 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 96.49% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 93 146
10th Percentile £138 £263 £273
25th Percentile £319 £326 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £415 £400
Median % change year-on-year +20.24% +3.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £450 £485
90th Percentile £625 £563 £575
Leicestershire median daily rate £375 £395 £400
% change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 £14.17
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.91
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +16.91% +9.38%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £45.84
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.67
Leicestershire median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
% change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Leicester

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Leicester

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Leicester

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Leicester

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

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 Leicester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SolarWinds
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
3 6 (75.00%) Network Architecture
3 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (62.50%) F5
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
5 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco
5 3 (37.50%) Juniper
6 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (12.50%) Service Management
7 1 (12.50%) Change Management
7 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
7 1 (12.50%) Biometrics
7 1 (12.50%) HP
7 1 (12.50%) DHCP
7 1 (12.50%) VPN
7 1 (12.50%) DNS
7 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (12.50%) Aruba
7 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (12.50%) Wireless
7 1 (12.50%) Law

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Biometrics
2 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) SolarWinds
2 5 (62.50%) F5
3 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
3 3 (37.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Aruba
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) HP