Network Engineer Contracts in England

The median contractor rate for a Network Engineer was £375 per day in advertised job vacancies in England during the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Network Engineer UK / England
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	197	140	155
Rank change year-on-year	-57	+15
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer	563	884	800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	1.31%	1.78%	1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.38%	1.88%	1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted	381	521	498
Median daily rate	£375	£375	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£220	£250	£200
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£370	£350	£314
% change year-on-year	+5.71%	+11.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	22	35	38
Median hourly rate	£22.13	£34.70	£30.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-36.23%	+15.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£15.14	£19.50	£18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£41.50	£48.00	£45.84
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£27.50	£36.00	£33.00
% change year-on-year	-23.61%	+9.09%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles England
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	40770	47086	48496
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	94.72%	95.05%	94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	26583	31109	30993
Median daily rate	£450	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.88%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£263	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£373
% change year-on-year	-	+7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1252	1361	1876
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£17.50	£16.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.50	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£44.00	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.45	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.28%	+9.06%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in England that featured Network Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Network Engineer in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

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 Network Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-44	202	£393	-1.75%	53
South East	-39	146	£388	+3.33%	43
South West	-15	54	£370	+5.71%	6
West Midlands	0	45	£400	+14.28%	16
North West	+1	34	£365	+14.06%	20
East of England	-30	27	£221	-27.45%	13
Yorkshire	+3	24	£430	+22.85%	6
North East	+58	17	£425	+34.92%	1
East Midlands	-7	16	£343	+16.00%	5
Network Engineer UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, Network Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1	925 (75.02%)	Cisco
2	710 (57.58%)	Firewall
3	669 (54.26%)	Cisco Certification
4	487 (39.50%)	CCNP
5	416 (33.74%)	WAN
6	410 (33.25%)	LAN
7	327 (26.52%)	Juniper
8	300 (24.33%)	CheckPoint
9	286 (23.20%)	Wireless
10	275 (22.30%)	CCNA
11	263 (21.33%)	Security Cleared
11	263 (21.33%)	F5
12	260 (21.09%)	Cisco ASA
13	253 (20.52%)	Data Centre
14	242 (19.63%)	Cisco Nexus

15	231 (18.73%)	VPN
16	228 (18.49%)	Network Security
17	220 (17.84%)	BGP
18	216 (17.52%)	MPLS
19	200 (16.22%)	SC Cleared
20	188 (15.25%)	OSPF
21	176 (14.27%)	ITIL
21	176 (14.27%)	Palo Alto
22	172 (13.95%)	CCIE
23	158 (12.81%)	TCP/IP
24	157 (12.73%)	DNS
25	152 (12.33%)	Network Design
26	133 (10.79%)	Fortinet
27	128 (10.38%)	Telecoms
28	121 (9.81%)	VoIP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	18 (1.46%)	Skype for Business
2	15 (1.22%)	SharePoint
3	9 (0.73%)	MS Exchange
4	6 (0.49%)	Confluence
5	4 (0.32%)	CMS
6	3 (0.24%)	IIS
6	3 (0.24%)	nginx
6	3 (0.24%)	OpenStack
7	2 (0.16%)	Apache
7	2 (0.16%)	Exchange Server 2003
7	2 (0.16%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	2 (0.16%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	2 (0.16%)	WebLogic
7	2 (0.16%)	WebSphere
8	1 (0.081%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
8	1 (0.081%)	Exchange Server 2000
8	1 (0.081%)	Hubot
8	1 (0.081%)	Oracle Workflow
8	1 (0.081%)	SharePoint 2010
8	1 (0.081%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	21 (1.70%)	MS Visio
2	19 (1.54%)	Microsoft Excel
3	14 (1.14%)	Microsoft Office
4	1 (0.081%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	9 (0.73%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	3 (0.24%)	Dynamics AX
3	2 (0.16%)	Payment Gateway
4	1 (0.081%)	Dynamics CRM
4	1 (0.081%)	Oracle Receivables
4	1 (0.081%)	Remedy ITSM

Cloud Services
1	46 (3.73%)	Amazon AWS
2	41 (3.33%)	Microsoft Azure
3	13 (1.05%)	Office 365
4	9 (0.73%)	Virtual Private Cloud
5	4 (0.32%)	IaaS
6	3 (0.24%)	Cloud Computing
6	3 (0.24%)	SaaS
7	2 (0.16%)	PaaS
8	1 (0.081%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	1 (0.081%)	Azure Active Directory
8	1 (0.081%)	OneDrive
8	1 (0.081%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	710 (57.58%)	Firewall
2	416 (33.74%)	WAN
3	410 (33.25%)	LAN
4	286 (23.20%)	Wireless
5	260 (21.09%)	Cisco ASA
6	242 (19.63%)	Cisco Nexus
7	231 (18.73%)	VPN
8	228 (18.49%)	Network Security
9	220 (17.84%)	BGP
10	216 (17.52%)	MPLS
11	188 (15.25%)	OSPF
12	158 (12.81%)	TCP/IP
13	157 (12.73%)	DNS
14	121 (9.81%)	VoIP
15	107 (8.68%)	Cisco IOS
15	107 (8.68%)	VLAN
16	98 (7.95%)	Wi-Fi
17	79 (6.41%)	EIGRP
18	70 (5.68%)	DHCP
19	59 (4.79%)	IPsec

Database & Business Intelligence
1	20 (1.62%)	SQL Server
2	6 (0.49%)	BusinessObjects
3	4 (0.32%)	Oracle Database
3	4 (0.32%)	Oracle Database 11g
3	4 (0.32%)	PostgreSQL
4	2 (0.16%)	Big Data
4	2 (0.16%)	MySQL
4	2 (0.16%)	SQL Server 2008
5	1 (0.081%)	Hadoop
5	1 (0.081%)	Informix
5	1 (0.081%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	22 (1.78%)	VSS/SourceSafe
2	9 (0.73%)	Git (software)
3	8 (0.65%)	JIRA
4	6 (0.49%)	Jenkins
4	6 (0.49%)	Sonatype Nexus
5	4 (0.32%)	Rational DOORS
5	4 (0.32%)	Vagrant
6	2 (0.16%)	StarTeam
7	1 (0.081%)	Bugzilla
7	1 (0.081%)	GDB
7	1 (0.081%)	Rational Rhapsody
7	1 (0.081%)	Rational Rose
7	1 (0.081%)	Redmine
7	1 (0.081%)	Subversion
7	1 (0.081%)	Trac
7	1 (0.081%)	Travis CI
7	1 (0.081%)	Visual Studio

General
1	128 (10.38%)	Telecoms
2	120 (9.73%)	Finance
3	54 (4.38%)	Banking
4	22 (1.78%)	Manufacturing
5	18 (1.46%)	Retail
6	13 (1.05%)	Investment Banking
7	11 (0.89%)	Electronics
8	9 (0.73%)	Marketing
9	8 (0.65%)	Law
10	7 (0.57%)	Multimedia
11	5 (0.41%)	Billing
11	5 (0.41%)	Local Government
12	4 (0.32%)	French Language
12	4 (0.32%)	Games
12	4 (0.32%)	Publishing
13	3 (0.24%)	Advertising
13	3 (0.24%)	Aerospace
13	3 (0.24%)	Back Office
13	3 (0.24%)	Financial Institution
14	2 (0.16%)	Legal

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	58 (4.70%)	802.1X
2	8 (0.65%)	Regular Expression
3	7 (0.57%)	CSS
4	6 (0.49%)	Web Services
5	4 (0.32%)	Software Packaging
6	3 (0.24%)	.NET
6	3 (0.24%)	SOAP
6	3 (0.24%)	XMPP
7	2 (0.16%)	REST
7	2 (0.16%)	RFC 2544
7	2 (0.16%)	RFC 2547
8	1 (0.081%)	CGI
8	1 (0.081%)	FIX Protocol
8	1 (0.081%)	Middleware
8	1 (0.081%)	Node.js
8	1 (0.081%)	RESTful
8	1 (0.081%)	WAP
8	1 (0.081%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	253 (20.52%)	Data Centre
2	58 (4.70%)	Analytical Skills
3	33 (2.68%)	Computer Science
4	24 (1.95%)	Video Conferencing
5	21 (1.70%)	Driving Licence
6	15 (1.22%)	Management Information System
6	15 (1.22%)	NHS
7	14 (1.14%)	PKI
8	13 (1.05%)	Clustering
9	11 (0.89%)	BYOD
10	8 (0.65%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
10	8 (0.65%)	Greenfield Project
11	7 (0.57%)	BBC
11	7 (0.57%)	Linux Command Line
12	5 (0.41%)	Virtual Team
12	5 (0.41%)	Wiki
13	4 (0.32%)	CESG
13	4 (0.32%)	Client/Server
13	4 (0.32%)	Smart Meter
14	3 (0.24%)	Streaming Video

Operating Systems
1	106 (8.60%)	Windows
2	88 (7.14%)	Linux
3	46 (3.73%)	Windows Server
4	29 (2.35%)	Unix
5	21 (1.70%)	Windows Server 2008
6	19 (1.54%)	Windows Server 2012
7	16 (1.30%)	Windows 7
8	11 (0.89%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	9 (0.73%)	Windows 10
10	8 (0.65%)	Windows Server 2003
11	5 (0.41%)	CentOS
11	5 (0.41%)	Mac OS X
11	5 (0.41%)	Windows 8
12	4 (0.32%)	AIX
12	4 (0.32%)	Android
12	4 (0.32%)	Ubuntu
12	4 (0.32%)	Windows XP
13	3 (0.24%)	Solaris
14	2 (0.16%)	VMS
14	2 (0.16%)	Windows 2000

Processes & Methodologies
1	176 (14.27%)	ITIL
2	152 (12.33%)	Network Design
3	113 (9.16%)	Migration
4	100 (8.11%)	Load Balancing
5	73 (5.92%)	Network Management
6	61 (4.95%)	Service Management
7	55 (4.46%)	High Availability
8	47 (3.81%)	Change Management
9	43 (3.49%)	Network Monitoring
10	39 (3.16%)	ITSM
11	38 (3.08%)	Project Management
12	34 (2.76%)	Kalman Filter
13	32 (2.60%)	Configuration Management
14	22 (1.78%)	Mentoring
15	20 (1.62%)	Disaster Recovery
15	20 (1.62%)	ITIL V3
16	19 (1.54%)	Change Control
16	19 (1.54%)	Continuous Improvement
16	19 (1.54%)	Problem Management
16	19 (1.54%)	Service Delivery

Programming Languages
1	20 (1.62%)	Perl
2	19 (1.54%)	C
3	16 (1.30%)	Python
4	14 (1.14%)	PowerShell
5	13 (1.05%)	SQL
6	9 (0.73%)	Bash Shell
7	8 (0.65%)	Java
8	5 (0.41%)	Ruby
8	5 (0.41%)	Shell Script
9	4 (0.32%)	C++
10	3 (0.24%)	Lisp
10	3 (0.24%)	PHP
11	2 (0.16%)	C#
11	2 (0.16%)	Embedded C
11	2 (0.16%)	Go
11	2 (0.16%)	VBScript
12	1 (0.081%)	CoffeeScript
12	1 (0.081%)	VB
12	1 (0.081%)	VBA
12	1 (0.081%)	VC++

Qualifications
1	669 (54.26%)	Cisco Certification
2	487 (39.50%)	CCNP
3	275 (22.30%)	CCNA
4	263 (21.33%)	Security Cleared
5	200 (16.22%)	SC Cleared
6	172 (13.95%)	CCIE
7	74 (6.00%)	CCDP
8	69 (5.60%)	JNCIA
9	64 (5.19%)	Degree
10	56 (4.54%)	DV Cleared
11	55 (4.46%)	CCSE
12	50 (4.06%)	CCSA
13	43 (3.49%)	CCIP
13	43 (3.49%)	JNCIE
14	29 (2.35%)	Computer Science Degree
15	28 (2.27%)	HP ASE
15	28 (2.27%)	JNCIS
16	27 (2.19%)	CCSP
17	25 (2.03%)	HP MASE
18	17 (1.38%)	JNCIP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	30 (2.43%)	SLA
2	13 (1.05%)	PCI DSS
3	9 (0.73%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	6 (0.49%)	QA
5	5 (0.41%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	4 (0.32%)	HIPAA
7	3 (0.24%)	ISO/IEC 20000
8	2 (0.16%)	PMO

System Software
1	50 (4.06%)	Active Directory
2	37 (3.00%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	22 (1.78%)	ProxySG
4	20 (1.62%)	Hyper-V
5	18 (1.46%)	vSphere
6	14 (1.14%)	VMware ESXi
7	7 (0.57%)	Virtual Machines
8	5 (0.41%)	Virtual Servers
9	4 (0.32%)	Firmware
9	4 (0.32%)	vCloud
10	3 (0.24%)	ISA Server
10	3 (0.24%)	NFS
10	3 (0.24%)	VMware Server
10	3 (0.24%)	XenApp
11	2 (0.16%)	Docker
11	2 (0.16%)	Terminal Services
12	1 (0.081%)	iptables
12	1 (0.081%)	KVM
12	1 (0.081%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
12	1 (0.081%)	Oracle RAC

Systems Management
1	95 (7.70%)	FortiGate
2	58 (4.70%)	Cisco Prime
3	34 (2.76%)	Cisco CUCM
4	17 (1.38%)	Nagios
5	15 (1.22%)	Cisco UCCX
6	11 (0.89%)	Cacti
7	9 (0.73%)	Puppet
8	8 (0.65%)	Cisco UCCE
9	7 (0.57%)	ZABBIX
10	6 (0.49%)	Ansible
10	6 (0.49%)	OpenView
10	6 (0.49%)	SolarWinds Orion
11	5 (0.41%)	Opscode Chef
11	5 (0.41%)	QRadar
11	5 (0.41%)	SCCM
11	5 (0.41%)	SCOM
11	5 (0.41%)	Stealthwatch
12	4 (0.32%)	Forum Sentry
13	3 (0.24%)	McAfee ePO
14	2 (0.16%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	925 (75.02%)	Cisco
2	327 (26.52%)	Juniper
3	300 (24.33%)	CheckPoint
4	263 (21.33%)	F5
5	176 (14.27%)	Palo Alto
6	133 (10.79%)	Fortinet
7	102 (8.27%)	HP
8	100 (8.11%)	VMware
9	95 (7.70%)	SolarWinds
10	80 (6.49%)	Riverbed
11	77 (6.24%)	Microsoft
12	73 (5.92%)	Citrix
13	66 (5.35%)	Blue Coat
14	64 (5.19%)	Aruba
15	26 (2.11%)	Brocade
15	26 (2.11%)	Meraki
16	24 (1.95%)	Dell
17	22 (1.78%)	Nokia
18	21 (1.70%)	Infoblox
19	18 (1.46%)	Arista