The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 198 157 207
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +50
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 463 714 525
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.998% 1.224% 0.860%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.083% 1.324% 0.928%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 351 235
Average daily rate £300 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £200 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 40 55
Average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% -28.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £16.50 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £35.00 £47.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -28.43%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK.

Network Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Network Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK.

Network Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Network Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Network Engineer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -45 409 £300 -10.44%
London -73 142 £350 -
South East -5 137 £300 -5.13%
Berkshire -2 48 £304 +1.25%
City of London -35 47 £350 -6.66%
Hampshire +7 46 £288 -17.85%
South West +6 27 £271 -31.11%
Yorkshire +7 23 £325 +8.33%
East of England +12 21 £290 +28.88%
East Midlands +4 21 £275 +15.78%
Scotland -4 20 £330 -4.34%
Wales +23 18 £231 -7.50%
West Midlands -3 18 £233 -7.00%
South Wales +16 17 £225 -10.00%
Oxfordshire +14 16 £300 +84.61%
West Yorkshire +8 14 £300 +26.31%
Leeds +3 14 £300 -8.74%
Oxford - 14 £300 -
Aberdeen +12 13 £330 +10.00%
Bracknell - 12 £165 -
Nottinghamshire +4 11 £350 +47.36%
Southampton +3 11 - -
Cardiff +14 10 £238 +11.76%
Cambridgeshire +14 10 £275 +26.43%
Surrey +10 10 £330 -8.33%
Reading -5 9 £340 +36.00%
North West -14 9 £225 -25.00%
West Sussex +19 8 £325 +132.14%
Nottingham 0 8 £350 +47.36%
Basingstoke -7 8 £288 -36.11%

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Network Engineer in their job title.

1 677 (72.80%) Cisco
2 465 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 417 (44.84%) Firewall
4 300 (32.26%) CCNP
5 296 (31.83%) LAN
6 275 (29.57%) WAN
7 259 (27.85%) CCNA
8 218 (23.44%) VPN
9 185 (19.89%) Juniper
9 185 (19.89%) BGP
10 179 (19.25%) CheckPoint
11 178 (19.14%) MPLS
12 159 (17.10%) Cisco ASA
13 155 (16.67%) Telecoms
14 138 (14.84%) VoIP
15 135 (14.52%) Windows
15 135 (14.52%) Network Security
16 129 (13.87%) OSPF
17 126 (13.55%) TCP/IP
18 123 (13.23%) Security Cleared
19 117 (12.58%) Wireless
20 111 (11.94%) Cisco Nexus
21 101 (10.86%) VLAN
22 100 (10.75%) ITIL
23 99 (10.65%) SC Cleared
24 98 (10.54%) Microsoft
25 94 (10.11%) Network Design
26 84 (9.032%) F5
27 83 (8.925%) CCIE
28 79 (8.495%) VMware

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Network Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (1.183%) Regular Expression
2 10 (1.075%) CSS
3 8 (0.860%) .NET
4 5 (0.538%) WAP
5 4 (0.430%) JSP
5 4 (0.430%) Web Services
5 4 (0.430%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.323%) HTML
6 3 (0.323%) STL
6 3 (0.323%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.215%) COM
8 1 (0.108%) Velocity
8 1 (0.108%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 30 (3.226%) MS Exchange
2 17 (1.828%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (1.613%) IIS
4 11 (1.183%) Apache
5 9 (0.968%) Lync
6 6 (0.645%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.538%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (0.430%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.430%) Windows Azure
8 4 (0.430%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.323%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.108%) GroupWise
10 1 (0.108%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.108%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 34 (3.656%) MS Excel
2 27 (2.903%) MS Office
3 14 (1.505%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.215%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.108%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.108%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (0.645%) SAP CCM
1 6 (0.645%) SAP GTS
1 6 (0.645%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.215%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 417 (44.84%) Firewall
2 296 (31.83%) LAN
3 275 (29.57%) WAN
4 218 (23.44%) VPN
5 185 (19.89%) BGP
6 178 (19.14%) MPLS
7 159 (17.10%) Cisco ASA
8 138 (14.84%) VoIP
9 135 (14.52%) Network Security
10 129 (13.87%) OSPF
11 126 (13.55%) TCP/IP
12 117 (12.58%) Wireless
13 111 (11.94%) Cisco Nexus
14 101 (10.86%) VLAN
15 75 (8.065%) Ethernet
16 73 (7.849%) Internet
17 64 (6.882%) SNMP
18 62 (6.667%) DNS
18 62 (6.667%) IPsec
19 54 (5.806%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (1.290%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.538%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (0.215%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.215%) MS Access
3 2 (0.215%) MySQL
4 1 (0.108%) GIS
4 1 (0.108%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 9 (0.968%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 3 (0.323%) Subversion
2 3 (0.323%) GCC
2 3 (0.323%) GDB
2 3 (0.323%) Trac
3 1 (0.108%) ClearQuest
General
1 155 (16.67%) Telecoms
2 74 (7.957%) Finance
3 25 (2.688%) Banking
4 18 (1.935%) Retail
5 12 (1.290%) Investment Banking
6 9 (0.968%) French Language
7 8 (0.860%) Military
8 7 (0.753%) Games
8 7 (0.753%) Manufacturing
9 6 (0.645%) Law
9 6 (0.645%) Back Office
10 5 (0.538%) German Language
10 5 (0.538%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.430%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.430%) Billing
12 3 (0.323%) Local Government
13 2 (0.215%) Electronics
13 2 (0.215%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.215%) Dutch Language
13 2 (0.215%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 18 (1.935%) Video Conferencing
2 17 (1.828%) Open Source
3 12 (1.290%) Management Information System
4 9 (0.968%) Computer Science
5 8 (0.860%) CCTV
6 7 (0.753%) NHS
7 6 (0.645%) Firmware
7 6 (0.645%) Online Games
7 6 (0.645%) IVR
7 6 (0.645%) SecurID
8 5 (0.538%) Handset
8 5 (0.538%) Fat Client
8 5 (0.538%) SCADA
8 5 (0.538%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.430%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.430%) Blackberry
9 4 (0.430%) e-Health
10 3 (0.323%) Replication
10 3 (0.323%) iPhone
10 3 (0.323%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 135 (14.52%) Windows
2 75 (8.065%) Linux
3 41 (4.409%) UNIX
4 35 (3.763%) Windows Server 2008
5 21 (2.258%) Windows 7
6 18 (1.935%) Windows Server 2003
7 12 (1.290%) Solaris
8 10 (1.075%) Windows XP
9 8 (0.860%) VMS
10 6 (0.645%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.538%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.538%) HPUX
12 4 (0.430%) NetWare
13 3 (0.323%) CentOS
13 3 (0.323%) Android
14 2 (0.215%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.215%) Debian
14 2 (0.215%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.108%) Windows 2000 Server
15 1 (0.108%) OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (10.75%) ITIL
2 94 (10.11%) Network Design
3 65 (6.989%) Load Balancing
4 64 (6.882%) Network Management
5 62 (6.667%) Migration
6 45 (4.839%) Change Management
7 32 (3.441%) Incident Management
8 27 (2.903%) E-Commerce
9 24 (2.581%) Service Management
9 24 (2.581%) Project Management
10 23 (2.473%) Network Architecture
11 22 (2.366%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (2.043%) Change Control
12 19 (2.043%) Capacity Planning
13 18 (1.935%) Configuration Management
14 17 (1.828%) Scrum
15 15 (1.613%) Capacity Management
16 14 (1.505%) Problem Management
17 13 (1.398%) Project Planning
17 13 (1.398%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 25 (2.688%) SQL
2 19 (2.043%) Perl
3 18 (1.935%) C
4 17 (1.828%) C++
5 8 (0.860%) Python
6 7 (0.753%) C#
7 6 (0.645%) Shell Script
7 6 (0.645%) Ruby
8 4 (0.430%) Bash shell
8 4 (0.430%) Java
8 4 (0.430%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.430%) VB
9 3 (0.323%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.323%) PHP
9 3 (0.323%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.108%) Korn
10 1 (0.108%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 465 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 300 (32.26%) CCNP
3 259 (27.85%) CCNA
4 123 (13.23%) Security Cleared
5 99 (10.65%) SC Cleared
6 83 (8.925%) CCIE
7 41 (4.409%) Degree
8 30 (3.226%) DV Cleared
9 25 (2.688%) CCDP
9 25 (2.688%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (2.258%) CCIP
11 19 (2.043%) CCSA
12 18 (1.935%) ITIL Certification
13 17 (1.828%) CCSP
14 16 (1.720%) MCSE
15 15 (1.613%) MCITP
16 14 (1.505%) CCVP
17 12 (1.290%) CISSP
17 12 (1.290%) CCSE
18 10 (1.075%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.301%) SLA
2 23 (2.473%) PCI DSS
3 11 (1.183%) JSP 440
4 4 (0.430%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.430%) TickIT
4 4 (0.430%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.430%) QA
5 2 (0.215%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 2 (0.215%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.108%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.108%) GCP
System Software
1 42 (4.516%) Active Directory
2 40 (4.301%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (1.613%) ProxySG
4 14 (1.505%) XenServer
5 12 (1.290%) Forefront TMG
6 8 (0.860%) UAG
6 8 (0.860%) ISA Server
6 8 (0.860%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.753%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.645%) vSphere
9 3 (0.323%) Snort
9 3 (0.323%) VMware ESX
9 3 (0.323%) MetaFrame
10 2 (0.215%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.215%) XenApp
11 1 (0.108%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.108%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
11 1 (0.108%) NDS
Systems Management
1 20 (2.151%) Cisco CUCM
2 18 (1.935%) Nagios
3 16 (1.720%) Cacti
3 16 (1.720%) FortiGate
4 13 (1.398%) OpenView
5 11 (1.183%) WhatsUp Gold
5 11 (1.183%) Cisco UCCX
6 10 (1.075%) SCOM
7 7 (0.753%) Cisco UCCE
8 6 (0.645%) CiscoWorks
9 5 (0.538%) SolarWinds Orion
9 5 (0.538%) SCCM
10 4 (0.430%) Tivoli
10 4 (0.430%) WSUS
11 3 (0.323%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 2 (0.215%) Nessus
13 1 (0.108%) Backup Exec
13 1 (0.108%) EMC Navisphere
13 1 (0.108%) ZENworks
13 1 (0.108%) MOM
Vendors
1 677 (72.80%) Cisco
2 185 (19.89%) Juniper
3 179 (19.25%) CheckPoint
4 98 (10.54%) Microsoft
5 84 (9.032%) F5
6 79 (8.495%) VMware
7 72 (7.742%) HP
8 64 (6.882%) Citrix
9 46 (4.946%) Blue Coat
10 39 (4.194%) Nokia
11 38 (4.086%) Avaya
12 31 (3.333%) Fortinet
13 30 (3.226%) SolarWinds
14 29 (3.118%) Nortel
15 28 (3.011%) Riverbed
16 25 (2.688%) Sourcefire
17 19 (2.043%) Mitel
17 19 (2.043%) Remedy
18 17 (1.828%) BT
19 14 (1.505%) Oracle
Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Kit wise they are primarily Cisco using 1800 series routers and 2960, 3560 and 3750 switches. They are using 2100 and 2500 series wireless LAN controllers and 1040...
serocor solution
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 seperate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Designl...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
CISCO, Network, Networking, Network Engineer, WAN, LAN, VoIP, My client is looking for an experienced Network Support Engineer to join their IT team- The successful candidate will be...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP270 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Midlands
Network Specialist required to assist in 3 separate projects to "future-proof" a high traffic eCommerce platform: Essentials: - Juniper routing, including: Routing-instances; QoS design & implementation; Network Design;...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Berkshire
Cisco - CCNP - Checkpoint - R&S - Load Balancing - Juniper - F5 - BAU - Project - Troubleshooting - PCI Compliance... This is a really exciting and URGENT opportunity for a Cisco Network and Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxfordshire
You will be a minimum of CCNP qualified having a strong understanding of support in both a LAN and WAN environments. You will be security focused also have...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Scotland
Key Skills: Experience of installation, configuration, administration and support of: Voice VOIP, WLAN, Routers & Switches. Cisco Applications Installation and Troubleshooting WAN Networking technologies Qualifications HNC in Electronic Engineering,...
Computer Futures
Posted: 16 May 2013
Suffolk
Network Specialist - LAN / WAN, Cisco, Windows Server. My client is in urgent need of a Network Specialist with an excellent knowledge of LAN & WAN, Cisco, Firewalls, Routers, IP,...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £180 - £250 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Central London / West End
Wireless Networks, Routing, F5 Load Balancing, VoIP, Cisco, Switching etc are a bonus but not essential... To be successful in the post, the 1st, 2nd & 3rd line Network...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £260 - 270 Per Day Ltd Co basis
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Network Engineer, IT Telecommunication,London, £260pd My client is a Cisco Gold Partnership who is currently looking for a Network Engineer with Nortel/Ciena skills to join theirLondonoffice...
Orgtel
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
The requirement is for a resource to build and configure Checkpoint and ASA firewall possibly Blue Coats as per Client requirement i.e... Skills: Firewalls. Checkpoint. Cisco. McAfee...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cumbria
Network Engineer - CCNP / CCDP, Switches / Routers, LAN / WAN, Windows 2008, Exchange, Hyper-V, Juniper - Cumbria... Previous experience with Cisco, Switches / Routers, LAN / WAN will be needed along with...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £20 - £28 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Docklands, London
Arista 7124s/7148sBlade Network Technology 10GE switchesNiksun, Corvil, Observium or comparable network tool suites.Conducts latency optimisation testing identifying breakages and recommends solutions.The successful candidate must have...
Rate: £500 - £540 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Cisco - 3750, 3800, 7200, 6500, Nexus: - EIGRP, BGP, OSPF (desirable). - VLANs. - HSRP/VRRP. - MPLS (managed VPN)... - Firewall rule management... - SSL VPN... - Load Balancers (Foundry ServerIron, F5). Network Engineer (...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Technically you will have strong working experience and knowledge of Cisco, routing and switching, LAN, WAN, MAN, WLAN, Cisco FWSM, ASA, Fortinet, Firewalls, Cisco PIX and Juniper NetScreen...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Cisco routers and switches (IOS, IOS XE and CatOS), utilising IP,EIGRP,BGP and Multicast. Checkpoint and Nokia firewalls. VPN... Network Management (SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA, Latency monitoring).
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £350 - £425 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
West London
ITIL Service Management... Scrum and KanBan Methodology experience... MPLS, IPSEC VPN, Firewalls and TACACS authentication. Wireless, VOIP and Security technologies... Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)... Citrix Netscalers. Juniper...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Cisco routers and switches (IOS, IOS XE and CatOS), utilising IP,EIGRP,BGP and Multicast. Checkpoint and Nokia firewalls. VPN... Network Management (SNMP, Netflow, IP SLA, Latency monitoring).
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Roc Search / Network Engineer / - OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS Core Networking, CCNP, CCDP, BCNE / Contract / London... Essential Skills: 3+ years in a technical operations or engineering role within...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
The Network Engineer must be familiar with general WAN and LAN support, but also have a strong understanding of WiFi and security... * WAN/LAN/WiFi. * Network Security. * HP...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £300 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013