3rd Line Network Engineer Contracts in England

Third Line Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Third Line Network Engineer daily rate in England is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 634 777
Rank change year-on-year +120 +143 -160
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 24 14 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.028% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.030% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 7
10th Percentile £271 £381 £222
25th Percentile £292 £425 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +66.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £375 £556 £450
90th Percentile £383 £688 £465
UK median daily rate £350 £500 £300
% change year-on-year -30.00% +66.67% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Network Engineer in England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Midlands +31 10 £288 - 1
West Midlands +27 9 £300 - 1
North of England - 6 - -
North West - 6 - -
London +104 5 £375 -37.50% 3
South East +21 2 £298 -40.40% 3
East Midlands +23 1 £275 -
East of England +10 1 £350 -6.67%
3rd Line Network Engineer
UK

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 3rd Line 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 England region featuring 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (70.83%) BGP
2 15 (62.50%) MPLS
2 15 (62.50%) VPN
3 13 (54.17%) WAN
4 12 (50.00%) CCNP
4 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (45.83%) Juniper
5 11 (45.83%) IPsec
6 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
6 10 (41.67%) Junos
7 9 (37.50%) VLAN
7 9 (37.50%) OSPF
7 9 (37.50%) Cisco
8 8 (33.33%) Load Balancing
8 8 (33.33%) PKI
9 6 (25.00%) SolarWinds
9 6 (25.00%) Degree
9 6 (25.00%) Firewall
9 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (20.83%) CCIE
10 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
10 5 (20.83%) Azure
11 4 (16.67%) AWS
11 4 (16.67%) VCAP
11 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (16.67%) Wireshark
11 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
11 4 (16.67%) Change Management
11 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 4 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) BGP
2 15 (62.50%) MPLS
2 15 (62.50%) VPN
3 13 (54.17%) WAN
4 11 (45.83%) IPsec
5 10 (41.67%) Junos
6 9 (37.50%) OSPF
6 9 (37.50%) VLAN
7 6 (25.00%) Firewall
8 5 (20.83%) TCP/IP
9 4 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (16.67%) SD-WAN
9 4 (16.67%) Value-Added Service
9 4 (16.67%) Wireshark
10 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (12.50%) EIGRP
10 3 (12.50%) LAN
11 2 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (8.33%) HSRP
11 2 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.17%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (16.67%) Change Management
3 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.33%) Network Design
5 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.17%) Network Management
5 1 (4.17%) Patch Management
5 1 (4.17%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) CCNP
1 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
4 5 (20.83%) CCIE
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (16.67%) VCAP
6 2 (8.33%) CCNA
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) JNCIA
7 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) Juniper
2 9 (37.50%) Cisco
3 6 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (16.67%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (8.33%) Citrix
6 2 (8.33%) F5
6 2 (8.33%) Meraki
7 1 (4.17%) Brocade
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.17%) Zscaler