Network Operations Engineer Contracts in England

Network Operations Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Operations Engineer daily rate in England is £398 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 637 759
Rank change year-on-year +125 +122 -143
Contract jobs requiring a Network Operations Engineer 33 22 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.043% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.046% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 6
10th Percentile £335 £295 £473
25th Percentile £342 £400 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 £450 £543
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% -17.05% +4.58%
75th Percentile £672 £525 £589
90th Percentile £700 £580 £619
UK median daily rate £398 £455 £543
% change year-on-year -12.39% -16.22% +4.58%

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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £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 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Network Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Operations Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Operations Engineer in England

Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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 +128 22 £675 +35.00% 5
South East +19 8 £375 -16.67% 1
North of England - 6 £375 - 2
North East - 5 £375 -
North West - 1 £416 - 2
Network Operations Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (84.85%) Firewall
2 15 (45.45%) DV Cleared
2 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 15 (45.45%) Cisco
3 11 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 10 (30.30%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (30.30%) Service Delivery
5 9 (27.27%) Juniper
5 9 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 9 (27.27%) Public Sector
6 8 (24.24%) High Availability
7 7 (21.21%) CCNP
7 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (18.18%) CCNA
8 6 (18.18%) JNCIA
9 5 (15.15%) JNCIS
9 5 (15.15%) MPLS
9 5 (15.15%) OSPF
9 5 (15.15%) BGP
9 5 (15.15%) EIGRP
9 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
10 4 (12.12%) Palo Alto
10 4 (12.12%) Change Management
11 3 (9.09%) LAN
11 3 (9.09%) WAN
11 3 (9.09%) Wireless
12 2 (6.06%) Incident Management
12 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
12 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (6.06%) Cisco IOS

Network Operations 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 28 (84.85%) Firewall
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (15.15%) BGP
4 5 (15.15%) EIGRP
4 5 (15.15%) MPLS
4 5 (15.15%) OSPF
5 3 (9.09%) LAN
5 3 (9.09%) WAN
5 3 (9.09%) Wireless
6 2 (6.06%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (6.06%) Network Security
7 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (3.03%) DMZ
7 1 (3.03%) IP Telephony
7 1 (3.03%) NX-OS
7 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
7 1 (3.03%) VPN
General
1 9 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Banking
2 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.03%) Finance
2 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
2 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) CMDB
2 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 10 (30.30%) Service Delivery
3 8 (24.24%) High Availability
4 4 (12.12%) Change Management
5 2 (6.06%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.03%) Agile
6 1 (3.03%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.03%) Incident Response
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.03%) ITSM
6 1 (3.03%) Problem Management
6 1 (3.03%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) DV Cleared
1 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) CCNP
2 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (18.18%) CCNA
3 6 (18.18%) JNCIA
4 5 (15.15%) JNCIS
5 1 (3.03%) CCSA
5 1 (3.03%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Cisco
2 9 (27.27%) Juniper
3 4 (12.12%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.03%) Blue Coat
5 1 (3.03%) F5