Network Engineer Contracts in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the South East is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 68 152
Rank change year-on-year +34 +84 -53
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 260 177 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.71% 3.11% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.11% 3.28% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 116 63
10th Percentile £331 £275 £253
25th Percentile £400 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +18.26%
75th Percentile £556 £525 £536
90th Percentile £700 £575 £575
England median daily rate £473 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 2
10th Percentile £21.38 £55.85 £20.55
25th Percentile £24.31 £61.00 £21.38
Median hourly rate £49.25 £64.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% +178.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £75.24 £76.69 £24.88
90th Percentile £76.12 £80.33 £25.85
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.62 £28.41
% change year-on-year -36.12% +120.40% -9.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,092 5,390 7,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.71% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,070 3,758 4,976
10th Percentile £213 £220 £201
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
75th Percentile £619 £605 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 243 323
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.57 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.44 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +137.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £41.13
90th Percentile £77.40 £75.00 £57.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +23 106 £513 +13.89% 28
Hampshire +16 105 £550 +22.22% 24
Berkshire +10 88 £513 +9.63% 19
Surrey +36 39 £506 +19.12% 5
Kent +17 19 £338 +3.85% 2
Buckinghamshire +27 12 £550 +7.84% 4
Oxfordshire +6 6 £438 -2.78% 5
East Sussex +6 5 £400 -11.11%
West Sussex - 5 £425 - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 196 (75.38%) Cisco
2 137 (52.69%) Firewall
3 107 (41.15%) Security Cleared
4 85 (32.69%) Cisco Certification
5 75 (28.85%) Juniper
6 59 (22.69%) Fortinet
7 56 (21.54%) CheckPoint
8 50 (19.23%) Migration
9 46 (17.69%) LAN
10 45 (17.31%) VPN
11 44 (16.92%) WAN
11 44 (16.92%) SC Cleared
12 42 (16.15%) BGP
13 41 (15.77%) F5
14 40 (15.38%) Network Design
15 39 (15.00%) CCNP
15 39 (15.00%) Data Centre
16 38 (14.62%) Cisco Nexus
17 37 (14.23%) Cisco ASA
17 37 (14.23%) Finance
18 36 (13.85%) CCNA
19 35 (13.46%) DMZ
19 35 (13.46%) Banking
20 33 (12.69%) DV Cleared
21 32 (12.31%) Palo Alto
22 30 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
22 30 (11.54%) Public Sector
23 28 (10.77%) Social Skills
23 28 (10.77%) MPLS
24 27 (10.38%) Network Security

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

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.46%) Apache
1 9 (3.46%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.77%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.62%) AWS
2 7 (2.69%) Azure
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.77%) Cloudflare
4 2 (0.77%) GCP
4 2 (0.77%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 137 (52.69%) Firewall
2 46 (17.69%) LAN
3 45 (17.31%) VPN
4 44 (16.92%) WAN
5 42 (16.15%) BGP
6 38 (14.62%) Cisco Nexus
7 37 (14.23%) Cisco ASA
8 35 (13.46%) DMZ
9 28 (10.77%) MPLS
10 27 (10.38%) Network Security
11 21 (8.08%) OSPF
12 20 (7.69%) Wireless
13 18 (6.92%) Cisco ISE
14 16 (6.15%) EIGRP
15 15 (5.77%) Cisco Firepower
15 15 (5.77%) IPsec
16 11 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (3.85%) DNS
17 10 (3.85%) Radio Access Network
18 9 (3.46%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.46%) MongoDB
1 9 (3.46%) NoSQL
1 9 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.15%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.46%) GitLab
1 9 (3.46%) JIRA
1 9 (3.46%) Robot Framework
1 9 (3.46%) TestRail
2 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (14.23%) Finance
2 35 (13.46%) Banking
3 30 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 28 (10.77%) Social Skills
5 18 (6.92%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.85%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.54%) Electronics
8 4 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.54%) Marketing
9 3 (1.15%) Law
9 3 (1.15%) Military
10 2 (0.77%) Advertising
10 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.77%) Legal
10 2 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.62%) REST
1 12 (4.62%) YANG
2 9 (3.46%) NETCONF
2 9 (3.46%) RESTCONF
2 9 (3.46%) SOAP
3 5 (1.92%) HTML
4 3 (1.15%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.15%) Django
4 3 (1.15%) JSON
4 3 (1.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.23%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.31%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.54%) NHS
5 4 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.15%) PKI
7 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.38%) CCTV
8 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.38%) IoT
8 1 (0.38%) Life Science
8 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.08%) Linux
2 3 (1.15%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Unix
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (19.23%) Migration
2 40 (15.38%) Network Design
3 30 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
4 25 (9.62%) B2B
5 23 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (7.31%) High Availability
7 18 (6.92%) Network Architecture
8 15 (5.77%) Agile
9 13 (5.00%) Change Control
10 12 (4.62%) CI/CD
11 11 (4.23%) Computer Science
11 11 (4.23%) ITSM
12 10 (3.85%) Architectural Patterns
12 10 (3.85%) Design Patterns
12 10 (3.85%) Load Balancing
13 9 (3.46%) Containerisation
13 9 (3.46%) Performance Testing
13 9 (3.46%) Security Testing
13 9 (3.46%) Test Automation
13 9 (3.46%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.31%) Python
2 13 (5.00%) SQL
3 8 (3.08%) Java
4 5 (1.92%) Bash
4 5 (1.92%) PHP
5 3 (1.15%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.15%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.38%) C
6 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 107 (41.15%) Security Cleared
2 85 (32.69%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (16.92%) SC Cleared
4 39 (15.00%) CCNP
5 36 (13.85%) CCNA
6 33 (12.69%) DV Cleared
7 18 (6.92%) Degree
8 9 (3.46%) JNCIA
9 8 (3.08%) CCIE
10 6 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.15%) CCSA
11 3 (1.15%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.77%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.38%) CCDP
13 1 (0.38%) CCIP
13 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.38%) HNC
13 1 (0.38%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.69%) SLA
2 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.15%) QA
4 2 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
1 12 (4.62%) VMware NSX
2 9 (3.46%) Docker
3 4 (1.54%) ProxySG
4 3 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.77%) KVM
5 2 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (5.77%) FortiGate
2 9 (3.46%) Ansible
3 5 (1.92%) Endace
4 4 (1.54%) Nessus
4 4 (1.54%) Terraform
5 3 (1.15%) Netcool
6 2 (0.77%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.38%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.38%) Iperf
7 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 196 (75.38%) Cisco
2 75 (28.85%) Juniper
3 59 (22.69%) Fortinet
4 56 (21.54%) CheckPoint
5 41 (15.77%) F5
6 32 (12.31%) Palo Alto
7 25 (9.62%) Arista
7 25 (9.62%) SolarWinds
8 22 (8.46%) VMware
9 18 (6.92%) Blue Coat
10 11 (4.23%) Meraki
11 9 (3.46%) Aruba
11 9 (3.46%) Dell
12 8 (3.08%) HP
13 7 (2.69%) Nokia
14 4 (1.54%) Citrix
14 4 (1.54%) SAP
14 4 (1.54%) ScienceLogic
15 3 (1.15%) Dynatrace
15 3 (1.15%) QinetiQ