Senior Network Engineer Contracts

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 541 695
Rank change year-on-year +100 +154 -78
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 144 152 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.28% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 94 90
10th Percentile £342 £413 £313
25th Percentile £488 £458 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +3.59% +7.26%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £549
90th Percentile £700 £624 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +5.02% +2.74% +12.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £43.92 - -
25th Percentile £61.81 - £49.25
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +30.69% -17.55%
75th Percentile £75.68 - £51.75
90th Percentile £76.47 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% +30.69% -

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 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
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 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network 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 Senior Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +129 138 £513 +2.50% 57
UK excluding London +66 73 £513 +5.02% 46
London +116 66 £525 - 18
South East +41 50 £513 +7.89% 13
Work from Home +77 32 £575 +16.46% 26
North of England +26 18 £514 +4.05% 10
North West +28 17 £514 +4.05% 6
Scotland +40 2 £550 +4.76% 6
East of England -8 2 - -
Midlands +29 1 - - 9
Yorkshire +22 1 - - 3
West Midlands +21 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (68.06%) Cisco
2 72 (50.00%) Firewall
3 64 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 35 (24.31%) CheckPoint
6 34 (23.61%) CCNP
6 34 (23.61%) WAN
6 34 (23.61%) Banking
7 31 (21.53%) Finance
7 31 (21.53%) Migration
8 30 (20.83%) LAN
8 30 (20.83%) DMZ
9 29 (20.14%) Palo Alto
9 29 (20.14%) Arista
10 26 (18.06%) BGP
11 25 (17.36%) B2B
11 25 (17.36%) Network Security
12 24 (16.67%) OSPF
12 24 (16.67%) CCNA
13 21 (14.58%) IPsec
14 19 (13.19%) Data Centre
14 19 (13.19%) Public Sector
15 18 (12.50%) SolarWinds
15 18 (12.50%) Wireless
15 18 (12.50%) Change Management
15 18 (12.50%) VPN
16 17 (11.81%) Juniper
16 17 (11.81%) EIGRP
16 17 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
16 17 (11.81%) DV Cleared

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.39%) nginx
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.11%) AWS
2 11 (7.64%) Azure
3 5 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (3.47%) OCI
4 4 (2.78%) GCP
5 2 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (1.39%) Cloudflare
5 2 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) GitHub
6 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (50.00%) Firewall
2 34 (23.61%) WAN
3 30 (20.83%) DMZ
3 30 (20.83%) LAN
4 26 (18.06%) BGP
5 25 (17.36%) Network Security
6 24 (16.67%) OSPF
7 21 (14.58%) IPsec
8 18 (12.50%) VPN
8 18 (12.50%) Wireless
9 17 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
9 17 (11.81%) EIGRP
10 15 (10.42%) HSRP
11 13 (9.03%) DNS
12 12 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (8.33%) MPLS
12 12 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (6.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.08%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 34 (23.61%) Banking
2 31 (21.53%) Finance
3 19 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.72%) Social Skills
5 7 (4.86%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.08%) Military
8 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.39%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (0.69%) German Language
9 1 (0.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.56%) Jinja
2 5 (3.47%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.39%) HTML
4 1 (0.69%) JSON
4 1 (0.69%) Web Services
4 1 (0.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.19%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.47%) PKI
3 3 (2.08%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.39%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.69%) CMDB
5 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.69%) Life Science
5 1 (0.69%) NHS
5 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.78%) Linux
2 3 (2.08%) Windows
3 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.53%) Migration
2 25 (17.36%) B2B
3 18 (12.50%) Change Management
4 14 (9.72%) Network Management
4 14 (9.72%) Service Delivery
5 13 (9.03%) DevOps
5 13 (9.03%) Network Design
6 12 (8.33%) ITIL
6 12 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 9 (6.25%) ITSM
7 9 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (5.56%) Availability Management
8 8 (5.56%) Computer Science
8 8 (5.56%) Low Latency
9 7 (4.86%) Line Management
9 7 (4.86%) Network Architecture
10 6 (4.17%) Impact Analysis
10 6 (4.17%) Load Balancing
11 5 (3.47%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (3.47%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.11%) Python
2 8 (5.56%) Perl
2 8 (5.56%) Tcl
3 2 (1.39%) C#
3 2 (1.39%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 34 (23.61%) CCNP
4 24 (16.67%) CCNA
5 17 (11.81%) DV Cleared
6 14 (9.72%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.86%) CCIE
8 6 (4.17%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.47%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.47%) Degree
10 1 (0.69%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.69%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.69%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (6.94%) Firmware
2 2 (1.39%) Squid
2 2 (1.39%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.64%) Ansible
2 8 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.56%) Terraform
3 6 (4.17%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.39%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.39%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.69%) Netcool
Vendors
1 98 (68.06%) Cisco
2 35 (24.31%) CheckPoint
3 29 (20.14%) Arista
3 29 (20.14%) Palo Alto
4 18 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 17 (11.81%) Juniper
6 13 (9.03%) F5
6 13 (9.03%) Fortinet
7 10 (6.94%) Citrix
7 10 (6.94%) Microsoft
8 7 (4.86%) Google
8 7 (4.86%) Infoblox
9 2 (1.39%) Blue Coat
9 2 (1.39%) Dell
9 2 (1.39%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.39%) HP
9 2 (1.39%) Meraki
9 2 (1.39%) Splunk
9 2 (1.39%) VMware
10 1 (0.69%) IBM
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