2nd Line Network Engineer Contracts

Second Line Network Engineer
UK

The median Second Line Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 706 841
Rank change year-on-year +132 +135 -177
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 12 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.016% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.017% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 12
10th Percentile £258 £205 -
25th Percentile £274 £206 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £290 £275
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £375 £350 £323
90th Percentile - £365 £366
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £350 £250
% change year-on-year - +40.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +118 12 £350 +9.38% 10
UK excluding London +75 12 £350 - 9
Midlands +42 10 £350 - 1
West Midlands +36 10 £350 +20.69% 1
Work from Home +123 2 - - 4
North of England +37 2 - - 5
North West +23 2 - - 3

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 2nd Line 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 featuring 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) PKI
1 10 (83.33%) IPsec
1 10 (83.33%) WAN
1 10 (83.33%) Juniper
1 10 (83.33%) MPLS
1 10 (83.33%) BGP
2 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 4 (33.33%) CCNP
3 4 (33.33%) CCNA
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
4 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
4 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (16.67%) SLA
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) Aviation
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Meraki

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (83.33%) BGP
1 10 (83.33%) IPsec
1 10 (83.33%) MPLS
1 10 (83.33%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 2 (16.67%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Change Management
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) CCNA
2 4 (33.33%) CCNP
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Juniper
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Meraki