Network Engineer Contracts in the North East

Network Engineer
England > North East

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the North East is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 50 52
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 -18
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 12 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 3.63% 0.52% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 0.53% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 4
10th Percentile £335 £212 £157
25th Percentile £363 £293 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £433 £195
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +121.79% -2.99%
75th Percentile £425 £568 £292
90th Percentile - £647 £439
England median daily rate £473 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 300 377 479
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 97.92% 96.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 291 375
10th Percentile £192 £231 £141
25th Percentile £363 £388 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £590 £625 £574
90th Percentile £670 £720 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 2 15
10th Percentile £10.42 £32.98 £12.90
25th Percentile £11.50 £35.56 £14.00
Median hourly rate £13.99 £40.75 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.67% +139.71% +25.93%
75th Percentile £46.09 £45.56 £19.33
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £47.35
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North East

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the North East

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the North East

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Tyne and Wear +24 8 £375 +127.27% 1
Durham +6 4 £425 -39.29%
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 10 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 North East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) Juniper
2 6 (50.00%) High Availability
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (41.67%) Firewall
3 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
4 4 (33.33%) Firmware
4 4 (33.33%) VoIP
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (25.00%) CCNP
5 3 (25.00%) CCNA
5 3 (25.00%) JNCIA
5 3 (25.00%) JNCIS
5 3 (25.00%) MPLS
5 3 (25.00%) OSPF
5 3 (25.00%) BGP
5 3 (25.00%) EIGRP
5 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) VLAN
7 1 (8.33%) HP
7 1 (8.33%) LAN
7 1 (8.33%) WAN
7 1 (8.33%) Data Centre Operations
7 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
7 1 (8.33%) Wireless
7 1 (8.33%) Aruba

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 6 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (33.33%) VoIP
4 3 (25.00%) BGP
4 3 (25.00%) EIGRP
4 3 (25.00%) MPLS
4 3 (25.00%) OSPF
5 2 (16.67%) VLAN
6 1 (8.33%) LAN
6 1 (8.33%) WAN
6 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) High Availability
2 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CCNA
1 3 (25.00%) CCNP
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (25.00%) JNCIA
1 3 (25.00%) JNCIS
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) Juniper
3 1 (8.33%) Aruba
3 1 (8.33%) HP