Network Engineer Contracts in Dorset

Network Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Dorset is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 21 30
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 16 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.11% 7.02% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 7.55% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 11 1
10th Percentile - £263 -
25th Percentile £400 £363 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £235
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +96.81% -44.71%
75th Percentile £450 £478 £253
90th Percentile - £538 -
South West median daily rate £488 £488 £450
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £55.62 -
25th Percentile - - £41.75
Median hourly rate - £62.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - +39.33% -
75th Percentile - £63.23 £47.25
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £62.62 £54.00
% change year-on-year - +15.95% +35.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 177 212 195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.33% 92.98% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 125 114
10th Percentile £175 £200 £205
25th Percentile £175 £288 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £630 £575 £597
90th Percentile £731 £672 £688
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 52 36
10th Percentile £11.87 £13.25 £19.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £17.44 £43.33
Median hourly rate £18.00 £54.25 £53.70
Median % change year-on-year -66.82% +1.02% -2.07%
75th Percentile £56.49 £60.03 £67.54
90th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £79.64
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
% change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Dorset

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Dorset

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Dorset

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Bournemouth -5 1 - -
Network Engineer
South West

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 20 June 2024, 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 across the Dorset region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Softphone
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Sophos
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Softphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Sophos
1 1 (50.00%) VMware