Network Support Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Network Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Support Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £320 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 121 154 191
Rank change year-on-year +33 +37 -49
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 16 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.58% 0.32% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.34% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £236 - £242
25th Percentile £290 - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £350 £325
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +7.69% +34.02%
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - £448
England median daily rate £295 £363 £345
% change year-on-year -18.62% +5.07% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate - £17.15 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,524 3,265 4,866
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.64% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,296 3,558
10th Percentile £213 £223 £205
25th Percentile £326 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +13.75%
75th Percentile £588 £576 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in the Midlands

Network Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Support Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Network Support Engineer in the Midlands

Network Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Support Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Network Support Engineer in the Midlands

Network Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
West Midlands +36 14 £320 - 1
East Midlands +22 2 - - 1
Network Support Engineer
England

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network Support 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 Midlands region featuring Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) WAN
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) CCNA
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (43.75%) Juniper
3 6 (37.50%) LAN
3 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
4 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
4 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
4 5 (31.25%) DNS
4 5 (31.25%) MS Visio
4 5 (31.25%) DHCP
4 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
4 5 (31.25%) MPLS
4 5 (31.25%) BGP
4 5 (31.25%) OpenView
4 5 (31.25%) PKI
4 5 (31.25%) Ethereal
4 5 (31.25%) Degree
4 5 (31.25%) Wireshark
4 5 (31.25%) Wireless
4 5 (31.25%) IPsec
4 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
5 3 (18.75%) Aruba
5 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
5 3 (18.75%) Legal
5 3 (18.75%) HP

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) WAN
2 6 (37.50%) LAN
3 5 (31.25%) BGP
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (31.25%) DHCP
3 5 (31.25%) DNS
3 5 (31.25%) Ethereal
3 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
3 5 (31.25%) IPsec
3 5 (31.25%) MPLS
3 5 (31.25%) Wireless
3 5 (31.25%) Wireshark
4 1 (6.25%) Firewall
4 1 (6.25%) Junos
4 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
1 5 (31.25%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
2 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (6.25%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CCNA
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) OpenView
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco
1 7 (43.75%) Juniper
2 3 (18.75%) Aruba
2 3 (18.75%) HP