Network Engineer Contracts in Merseyside

Network Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £295 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 25 37
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 22 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 3.54% 6.61% 3.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.72% 6.85% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 11
10th Percentile - £200 £300
25th Percentile £273 £247 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year -15.71% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £575 £449 £381
90th Percentile £590 £519 £538
North West median daily rate £437 £375 £405
% change year-on-year +16.49% -7.41% +29.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 215 321 349
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 96.40% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 233 247
10th Percentile £149 £235 £165
25th Percentile £233 £394 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% +16.22%
75th Percentile £494 £550 £538
90th Percentile £588 £650 £638
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 14 16
10th Percentile - £10.09 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.26 £12.03
Median hourly rate £19.97 £16.94 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% +12.90% -6.25%
75th Percentile £34.80 £22.50 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.09 £26.24 £35.80
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.47%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 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
Liverpool 0 8 £295 -30.59% 2
Network Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Merseyside region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (37.50%) Broadband
3 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 3 (37.50%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (25.00%) Python
4 2 (25.00%) Ansible
4 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 2 (25.00%) Legal
4 2 (25.00%) CCIE
4 2 (25.00%) CCNP
4 2 (25.00%) CCNA
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
5 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (12.50%) Juniper
5 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
5 1 (12.50%) DMZ

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (62.50%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (37.50%) Broadband
2 3 (37.50%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) DMZ
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Internet
4 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
2 1 (12.50%) High Availability
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) ITSM
2 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
2 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCIE
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
2 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper