Network Support Engineer Contracts

Network Support Engineer
UK

The median Network Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £285 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 543 647 789
Rank change year-on-year +104 +142 -133
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 39 56 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.097% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.10% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 25
10th Percentile £193 £213 £196
25th Percentile £200 £288 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £285 £375 £340
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% +10.29% -15.00%
75th Percentile £320 £500 £388
90th Percentile £381 £590 £510
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £350 £363
% change year-on-year -21.43% -3.45% -13.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £47.50 -

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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer within the UK 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
England +86 38 £276 -21.29% 21
UK excluding London +55 32 £275 -21.43% 20
Midlands +30 17 £298 -15.00% 4
West Midlands +21 14 £320 - 3
North of England +30 10 £205 -39.26% 9
Work from Home +109 8 £250 -28.57% 5
North West +18 6 £295 -15.71% 5
London +82 5 £375 -21.05% 3
Yorkshire +20 4 £203 -10.00% 4
South East +19 4 £287 -43.77% 6
East Midlands +23 3 £275 -21.43% 1
South West - 3 £295 - 1

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Network Support 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 Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (56.41%) Cisco
2 17 (43.59%) Firewall
3 15 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 13 (33.33%) Juniper
5 12 (30.77%) CCNA
5 12 (30.77%) BGP
5 12 (30.77%) WAN
5 12 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
6 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
6 11 (28.21%) IPsec
7 9 (23.08%) LAN
7 9 (23.08%) VPN
8 8 (20.51%) MPLS
8 8 (20.51%) Wireless
8 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
8 8 (20.51%) Data Centre
9 7 (17.95%) PKI
9 7 (17.95%) CCNP
9 7 (17.95%) DNS
10 6 (15.38%) DHCP
10 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
10 6 (15.38%) Junos
11 5 (12.82%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
11 5 (12.82%) SD-WAN
11 5 (12.82%) Ethereal
11 5 (12.82%) Degree
11 5 (12.82%) Wireshark
11 5 (12.82%) Ethernet

Network Support 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:

Applications
1 5 (12.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Azure
1 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 17 (43.59%) Firewall
2 12 (30.77%) BGP
2 12 (30.77%) Cisco Nexus
2 12 (30.77%) WAN
3 11 (28.21%) IPsec
4 9 (23.08%) LAN
4 9 (23.08%) VPN
5 8 (20.51%) MPLS
5 8 (20.51%) Wireless
6 7 (17.95%) DNS
7 6 (15.38%) DHCP
7 6 (15.38%) Junos
8 5 (12.82%) Ethereal
8 5 (12.82%) Ethernet
8 5 (12.82%) SD-WAN
8 5 (12.82%) Wireshark
9 4 (10.26%) OSPF
10 3 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (7.69%) Internet
10 3 (7.69%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.13%) Legal
5 1 (2.56%) Advertising
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Data Centre
2 7 (17.95%) PKI
3 1 (2.56%) CCTV
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
1 5 (12.82%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (10.26%) ITIL
3 3 (7.69%) Load Balancing
4 2 (5.13%) Data Protection
4 2 (5.13%) Incident Response
4 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.13%) Network Design
4 2 (5.13%) Network Management
4 2 (5.13%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (2.56%) Change Control
5 1 (2.56%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (2.56%) Customer Service
5 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (2.56%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (2.56%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (2.56%) Patch Management
5 1 (2.56%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (30.77%) CCNA
3 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
4 7 (17.95%) CCNP
5 5 (12.82%) Degree
6 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Firmware
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) OpenView
2 2 (5.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Cisco
2 13 (33.33%) Juniper
3 3 (7.69%) F5
3 3 (7.69%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.13%) Aruba
4 2 (5.13%) Citrix
4 2 (5.13%) HP
4 2 (5.13%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.56%) Broadcom
5 1 (2.56%) Brocade
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.56%) VMware
5 1 (2.56%) Zscaler