Network Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Network Engineer
England > East of England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 79 97
Rank change year-on-year +5 +18 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 35 43 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.85% 2.05% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.06% 2.23% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 38
10th Percentile £220 £155 £193
25th Percentile £253 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £319
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +1.96% +26.87%
75th Percentile £394 £425 £475
90th Percentile £432 £566 £550
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £14.61 - -
25th Percentile £14.78 - -
Median hourly rate £30.38 - £28.41
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £28.41
% change year-on-year -36.74% +122.56% -31.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,698 1,928 2,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 91.77% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1,177 1,400
10th Percentile £213 £185 £163
25th Percentile £315 £286 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £540
90th Percentile £675 £700 £640
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 305 380
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £33.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.30% +112.90% -3.13%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £36.04
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.00 £22.29
% change year-on-year -18.60% +92.95% -0.60%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the East of England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the East of England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the East of England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the East of England

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the East of England

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Hertfordshire -13 9 £400 +15.11% 8
Suffolk - 9 £215 - 4
Bedfordshire - 6 £325 -
Cambridgeshire +7 4 £255 +12.09% 2
Norfolk +6 4 £284 +89.33%
Essex +1 3 £400 -25.58%
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 April 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 East of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (82.86%) Cisco
2 19 (54.29%) Firewall
3 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (31.43%) Juniper
5 10 (28.57%) VPN
5 10 (28.57%) Network Security
5 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 9 (25.71%) Network Design
6 9 (25.71%) CCNA
7 8 (22.86%) LAN
7 8 (22.86%) Load Balancing
7 8 (22.86%) 4G
7 8 (22.86%) 5G
7 8 (22.86%) Network Virtualisation
8 7 (20.00%) CCNP
9 6 (17.14%) Data Centre
10 5 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (11.43%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (11.43%) Palo Alto
11 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
11 4 (11.43%) Finance
11 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
11 4 (11.43%) TCP/IP
11 4 (11.43%) CheckPoint
11 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (8.57%) CCIE
12 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
12 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (8.57%) VLAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) Firewall
2 10 (28.57%) Network Security
2 10 (28.57%) VPN
3 8 (22.86%) 4G
3 8 (22.86%) 5G
3 8 (22.86%) LAN
4 5 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (11.43%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (11.43%) TCP/IP
5 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (8.57%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (8.57%) VLAN
7 2 (5.71%) DHCP
7 2 (5.71%) DNS
7 2 (5.71%) Intranet
7 2 (5.71%) OSPF
7 2 (5.71%) Spanning Tree
7 2 (5.71%) VoIP
7 2 (5.71%) Wireless
8 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
2 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Digital Health
4 1 (2.86%) Electronics
4 1 (2.86%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (5.71%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.86%) FMCG
3 1 (2.86%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) Network Design
2 8 (22.86%) Load Balancing
2 8 (22.86%) Network Virtualisation
3 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
3 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (8.57%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (5.71%) Cryptography
4 2 (5.71%) Facilities Management
4 2 (5.71%) Information Security
4 2 (5.71%) Project Management
4 2 (5.71%) Time Management
5 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (2.86%) Customer Service
5 1 (2.86%) Decision-Making
5 1 (2.86%) ITIL
5 1 (2.86%) Network Management
5 1 (2.86%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (2.86%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) C
2 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 9 (25.71%) CCNA
4 7 (20.00%) CCNP
5 3 (8.57%) CCIE
5 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.71%) Degree
6 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) CCDA
7 1 (2.86%) CCDP
7 1 (2.86%) MCSE
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Ansible
1 1 (2.86%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (82.86%) Cisco
2 11 (31.43%) Juniper
3 4 (11.43%) CheckPoint
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.43%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.57%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (8.57%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.71%) F5
6 1 (2.86%) Huawei
6 1 (2.86%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (2.86%) Meraki
6 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds