Network Engineer Contracts in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer daily rate in England is £470 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 153 232
Rank change year-on-year +72 +79 -41
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 978 911 897
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.65% 1.80% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 1.90% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 608 607 585
10th Percentile £300 £275 £269
25th Percentile £350 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +2.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £540
90th Percentile £650 £650 £608
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 26 21
10th Percentile £19.84 £26.32 £17.64
25th Percentile £24.38 £60.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year -36.74% +122.56% -28.98%
75th Percentile £73.75 £76.53 £46.16
90th Percentile £74.35 £80.63 £51.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £34.00
% change year-on-year -36.74% +85.97% -15.00%

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 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 6 months to 27 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
London +101 325 £488 -2.50% 76
South East +31 256 £500 +11.11% 69
North of England +30 139 £433 +15.33% 43
South West +18 113 £488 -2.50% 32
North West +20 107 £437 +9.21% 25
Midlands +22 100 £350 -6.67% 38
West Midlands +35 81 £350 -6.67% 30
East of England -4 29 £300 -7.69% 13
Yorkshire +9 21 £205 -45.33% 15
East Midlands +10 19 £438 +26.81% 8
North East +29 11 £388 -10.40% 5
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 590 (60.33%) Cisco
2 475 (48.57%) Firewall
3 314 (32.11%) Security Cleared
4 310 (31.70%) Cisco Certification
5 225 (23.01%) WAN
6 206 (21.06%) CCNP
7 194 (19.84%) BGP
8 187 (19.12%) VPN
8 187 (19.12%) Data Centre
9 186 (19.02%) Juniper
10 182 (18.61%) LAN
11 177 (18.10%) SC Cleared
12 171 (17.48%) Palo Alto
13 162 (16.56%) CCNA
14 156 (15.95%) Network Security
15 148 (15.13%) F5
15 148 (15.13%) Social Skills
16 147 (15.03%) MPLS
17 139 (14.21%) Fortinet
18 134 (13.70%) Wireless
18 134 (13.70%) OSPF
19 126 (12.88%) Finance
20 125 (12.78%) Cisco Nexus
21 115 (11.76%) CheckPoint
22 114 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
23 111 (11.35%) Public Sector
24 110 (11.25%) Network Design
25 103 (10.53%) IPsec
26 101 (10.33%) Python
27 93 (9.51%) Cisco ASA

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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.02%) Apache
1 10 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.31%) IIS
3 3 (0.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.31%) WordPress
4 2 (0.20%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.20%) nginx
4 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.20%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.43%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Shopify
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 87 (8.90%) Azure
2 72 (7.36%) AWS
3 20 (2.04%) GCP
4 19 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.51%) Akamai
6 5 (0.51%) Cloudflare
6 5 (0.51%) OCI
6 5 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (0.51%) WhatsApp
7 4 (0.41%) BigCommerce
7 4 (0.41%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.31%) AWS Direct Connect
8 3 (0.31%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.31%) GitHub
8 3 (0.31%) Nutanix
8 3 (0.31%) SaaS
9 2 (0.20%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.10%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 475 (48.57%) Firewall
2 225 (23.01%) WAN
3 194 (19.84%) BGP
4 187 (19.12%) VPN
5 182 (18.61%) LAN
6 156 (15.95%) Network Security
7 147 (15.03%) MPLS
8 134 (13.70%) OSPF
8 134 (13.70%) Wireless
9 125 (12.78%) Cisco Nexus
10 103 (10.53%) IPsec
11 93 (9.51%) Cisco ASA
12 84 (8.59%) DNS
13 82 (8.38%) SD-WAN
14 74 (7.57%) Wi-Fi
15 69 (7.06%) DMZ
16 62 (6.34%) EIGRP
17 57 (5.83%) Cisco ISE
18 53 (5.42%) TCP/IP
19 51 (5.21%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.12%) QGIS
2 10 (1.02%) MongoDB
2 10 (1.02%) NoSQL
2 10 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (0.72%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.31%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (1.84%) Git
2 17 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
3 14 (1.43%) JIRA
4 12 (1.23%) GitLab
5 10 (1.02%) Robot Framework
5 10 (1.02%) TestRail
6 1 (0.10%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Postman
General
1 148 (15.13%) Social Skills
2 126 (12.88%) Finance
3 111 (11.35%) Public Sector
4 67 (6.85%) Banking
5 65 (6.65%) Telecoms
6 55 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 22 (2.25%) Marketing
9 17 (1.74%) Legal
10 14 (1.43%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.23%) Electronics
12 9 (0.92%) Financial Institution
12 9 (0.92%) Retail
13 6 (0.61%) Law
14 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.41%) Military
15 4 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.31%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (2.86%) YANG
2 27 (2.76%) NETCONF
3 22 (2.25%) JSON
4 18 (1.84%) 802.1X
5 16 (1.64%) XML
6 13 (1.33%) REST
7 12 (1.23%) Jinja
8 10 (1.02%) RESTCONF
8 10 (1.02%) SOAP
9 7 (0.72%) HTML
10 3 (0.31%) Django
10 3 (0.31%) LAMP
10 3 (0.31%) RESTful
10 3 (0.31%) VML
11 2 (0.20%) .NET
11 2 (0.20%) Regular Expression
12 1 (0.10%) LDAP
12 1 (0.10%) SPML
12 1 (0.10%) Web Services
12 1 (0.10%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 187 (19.12%) Data Centre
2 33 (3.37%) PKI
3 18 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (1.84%) Driving Licence
3 18 (1.84%) Private Cloud
4 13 (1.33%) NHS
5 11 (1.12%) Replication
5 11 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
6 10 (1.02%) Public Cloud
7 8 (0.82%) Management Information System
8 7 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
8 7 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (0.51%) Clustering
9 5 (0.51%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.51%) Social Media
10 4 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (4.70%) Linux
2 36 (3.68%) Windows
3 20 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.23%) Unix
5 6 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.31%) CentOS
7 3 (0.31%) VMS
7 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.20%) Debian
9 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (11.25%) Network Design
3 88 (9.00%) Migration
4 73 (7.46%) Load Balancing
5 64 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 59 (6.03%) ITIL
7 53 (5.42%) Change Management
8 49 (5.01%) High Availability
9 46 (4.70%) Network Architecture
10 44 (4.50%) ITSM
11 42 (4.29%) Computer Science
12 40 (4.09%) Roadmaps
13 37 (3.78%) Agile
13 37 (3.78%) Network Management
14 35 (3.58%) DevOps
15 34 (3.48%) Network Monitoring
16 31 (3.17%) Customer Requirements
17 29 (2.97%) B2B
18 27 (2.76%) Data Protection
19 26 (2.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.33%) Python
2 21 (2.15%) SQL
3 18 (1.84%) Perl
4 13 (1.33%) Bash
5 12 (1.23%) Java
5 12 (1.23%) Tcl
6 11 (1.12%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.61%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.51%) C
8 5 (0.51%) PHP
9 4 (0.41%) C#
10 3 (0.31%) C++
10 3 (0.31%) Go
10 3 (0.31%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.20%) Ruby
12 1 (0.10%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 314 (32.11%) Security Cleared
2 310 (31.70%) Cisco Certification
3 206 (21.06%) CCNP
4 177 (18.10%) SC Cleared
5 162 (16.56%) CCNA
6 89 (9.10%) DV Cleared
7 62 (6.34%) CCIE
8 56 (5.73%) Degree
9 25 (2.56%) JNCIA
10 22 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.02%) JNCIS
12 8 (0.82%) CCDP
13 7 (0.72%) AWS Certification
14 6 (0.61%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.61%) JNCIP
15 5 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.51%) CISSP
15 5 (0.51%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.45%) SLA
2 7 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (0.72%) QA
3 2 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (5.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (3.17%) VMware NSX
3 25 (2.56%) vSphere
4 23 (2.35%) Firmware
5 15 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 12 (1.23%) Docker
7 10 (1.02%) Active Directory
8 9 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.51%) KVM
10 4 (0.41%) ProxySG
11 2 (0.20%) Squid
12 1 (0.10%) PowerDNS
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.10%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 67 (6.85%) Ansible
2 58 (5.93%) FortiGate
3 29 (2.97%) Terraform
4 22 (2.25%) vCenter Server
5 7 (0.72%) SolarWinds Orion
6 5 (0.51%) OpenView
7 4 (0.41%) Nessus
7 4 (0.41%) SCCM
8 3 (0.31%) Kibana
8 3 (0.31%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.31%) Netcool
8 3 (0.31%) Stealthwatch
9 2 (0.20%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.20%) Cisco Prime
9 2 (0.20%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.20%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.20%) Nmap
9 2 (0.20%) Puppet
9 2 (0.20%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 590 (60.33%) Cisco
2 186 (19.02%) Juniper
3 171 (17.48%) Palo Alto
4 148 (15.13%) F5
5 139 (14.21%) Fortinet
6 115 (11.76%) CheckPoint
7 82 (8.38%) VMware
8 80 (8.18%) SolarWinds
9 59 (6.03%) Aruba
10 49 (5.01%) Arista
10 49 (5.01%) Microsoft
11 47 (4.81%) Meraki
12 39 (3.99%) Nokia
13 27 (2.76%) Citrix
14 25 (2.56%) Infoblox
15 24 (2.45%) Blue Coat
15 24 (2.45%) Dell
16 23 (2.35%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.53%) HP
17 15 (1.53%) SAP