Network Engineer Contracts in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Staffordshire is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 20 21
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 4.63% 3.25% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.15% 3.52% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £275 £350
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £250 £288 £400
90th Percentile £280 £333 £430
West Midlands median daily rate £350 £350 £350
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 97 142 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 92.21% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 104 130
10th Percentile £213 £161 £150
25th Percentile £313 £263 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £475 £566 £500
90th Percentile £538 £692 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +16.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile - £19.50 £13.43
25th Percentile £14.71 £21.58 £16.65
Median hourly rate £26.60 £22.41 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year +18.71% +17.64% +27.00%
75th Percentile £42.50 £51.63 £19.77
90th Percentile £51.25 £52.50 £20.37
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.14
% change year-on-year +12.82% +13.77% +7.13%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Stoke-on-Trent +4 2 £300 -7.69% 5
Stafford - 2 £200 - 1
Network Engineer
West Midlands

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire

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

1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) BGP
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Debian
4 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CentOS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) OSPF
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) CentOS
1 1 (20.00%) Debian
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat