Switch Engineer Contracts in Bath

Switch Engineer
Somerset > Bath

The median Switch Engineer daily rate in Bath is £633, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Switch Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bath 2.99% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £616 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 - -
75th Percentile £649 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £633 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bath

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bath. 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 Bath with a recognized job title 65 59 57
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 93.65% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 45 51
10th Percentile £225 £345 £163
25th Percentile £394 £406 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £675 £525 £472
90th Percentile - £588 £525
Somerset median daily rate £525 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +11.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £12.25 -
Somerset median hourly rate £19.76 £25.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -20.96% -50.00% -

Switch Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

Job vacancy trend for Switch Engineer in Bath

Switch Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Switch 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 Bath region featuring Switch Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Switch Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bath 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 2 (100.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 2 (100.00%) NsoIT
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VMware