Network Engineer Contracts in London

Network Engineer
England > London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 230 261
Rank change year-on-year +85 +31 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 312 283 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.79% 1.10% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.16% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 183 267
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £551 £615 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £725
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 7
10th Percentile £28.50 - £21.60
25th Percentile £35.38 £30.38 £25.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.38 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.60% +76.75% -53.47%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £43.46
90th Percentile - - £47.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £62.62 £28.50
% change year-on-year -36.12% +119.70% -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,270 24,463 36,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,767 17,781 26,982
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 283 436
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.97
Median hourly rate £27.25 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% +2.86% +14.01%
75th Percentile £44.00 £63.22 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.52 £82.50 £67.08
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +5.80%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in London

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London +27 31 £500 +3.90% 17
West London +11 5 £375 -23.08% 6
East London - 5 £173 - 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 176 (56.41%) Cisco
2 164 (52.56%) Firewall
3 112 (35.90%) Cisco Certification
4 89 (28.53%) CCNP
5 82 (26.28%) BGP
5 82 (26.28%) Palo Alto
6 72 (23.08%) WAN
7 68 (21.79%) F5
8 64 (20.51%) Social Skills
8 64 (20.51%) OSPF
8 64 (20.51%) Network Security
9 62 (19.87%) LAN
10 58 (18.59%) Data Centre
11 57 (18.27%) Security Cleared
12 55 (17.63%) Finance
13 50 (16.03%) Fortinet
14 48 (15.38%) MPLS
14 48 (15.38%) VPN
15 47 (15.06%) Python
16 46 (14.74%) CCNA
16 46 (14.74%) Wireless
16 46 (14.74%) Cisco Nexus
17 40 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
18 39 (12.50%) Juniper
18 39 (12.50%) DNS
19 37 (11.86%) CheckPoint
19 37 (11.86%) Network Design
20 36 (11.54%) AWS
21 35 (11.22%) SD-WAN
22 33 (10.58%) DV Cleared

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (0.64%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.64%) IIS
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.64%) nginx
2 1 (0.32%) Confluence
2 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.32%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.54%) AWS
2 31 (9.94%) Azure
3 10 (3.21%) GCP
4 8 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (1.92%) WhatsApp
6 5 (1.60%) OCI
7 3 (0.96%) Akamai
7 3 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.64%) GitHub
8 2 (0.64%) IaaS
9 1 (0.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.32%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.32%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.32%) SaaS
9 1 (0.32%) Vertex AI
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 164 (52.56%) Firewall
2 82 (26.28%) BGP
3 72 (23.08%) WAN
4 64 (20.51%) Network Security
4 64 (20.51%) OSPF
5 62 (19.87%) LAN
6 48 (15.38%) MPLS
6 48 (15.38%) VPN
7 46 (14.74%) Cisco Nexus
7 46 (14.74%) Wireless
8 39 (12.50%) DNS
9 35 (11.22%) SD-WAN
10 30 (9.62%) Cisco ASA
11 29 (9.29%) IPsec
12 26 (8.33%) EIGRP
13 25 (8.01%) Internet
13 25 (8.01%) TCP/IP
14 23 (7.37%) DHCP
15 17 (5.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 16 (5.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.96%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.32%) QGIS
2 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (4.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 12 (3.85%) Git
3 2 (0.64%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.32%) JIRA
4 1 (0.32%) Postman
General
1 64 (20.51%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.63%) Finance
3 29 (9.29%) Banking
3 29 (9.29%) Public Sector
4 23 (7.37%) Telecoms
5 20 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.53%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.88%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.56%) Marketing
9 6 (1.92%) Retail
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.96%) Legal
10 3 (0.96%) Military
10 3 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Advertising
12 1 (0.32%) Aviation
12 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.53%) NETCONF
2 10 (3.21%) JSON
3 9 (2.88%) 802.1X
3 9 (2.88%) XML
3 9 (2.88%) YANG
4 2 (0.64%) .NET
4 2 (0.64%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.32%) gRPC
5 1 (0.32%) HTML
5 1 (0.32%) LAMP
5 1 (0.32%) LDAP
5 1 (0.32%) OAuth
5 1 (0.32%) OpenID
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) SAML
5 1 (0.32%) WebSockets
5 1 (0.32%) XMPP
5 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (18.59%) Data Centre
2 9 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 7 (2.24%) Hedge funds
4 6 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
4 6 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.60%) Clustering
5 5 (1.60%) PKI
5 5 (1.60%) Social Media
6 4 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.28%) NHS
7 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.96%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.64%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.64%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.64%) Replication
8 2 (0.64%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.73%) Linux
2 15 (4.81%) Windows
3 13 (4.17%) Unix
4 10 (3.21%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.32%) CentOS
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (11.86%) Network Design
3 28 (8.97%) Load Balancing
3 28 (8.97%) Roadmaps
4 25 (8.01%) Change Management
5 23 (7.37%) DevOps
6 20 (6.41%) Migration
7 19 (6.09%) Computer Science
7 19 (6.09%) Service Delivery
8 17 (5.45%) Agile
9 16 (5.13%) Configuration Management
10 15 (4.81%) High Availability
10 15 (4.81%) Network Monitoring
11 14 (4.49%) Low Latency
12 13 (4.17%) Customer Service
12 13 (4.17%) ITIL
13 12 (3.85%) ITSM
13 12 (3.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 10 (3.21%) Incident Management
14 10 (3.21%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.06%) Python
2 8 (2.56%) Bash
3 6 (1.92%) SQL
4 5 (1.60%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.96%) C#
5 3 (0.96%) Go
5 3 (0.96%) Perl
6 2 (0.64%) Java
6 2 (0.64%) Ruby
7 1 (0.32%) C
7 1 (0.32%) C++
7 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 112 (35.90%) Cisco Certification
2 89 (28.53%) CCNP
3 57 (18.27%) Security Cleared
4 46 (14.74%) CCNA
5 33 (10.58%) DV Cleared
6 32 (10.26%) CCIE
7 26 (8.33%) SC Cleared
8 21 (6.73%) Degree
9 14 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.85%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.56%) JNCIA
12 6 (1.92%) CCDP
13 5 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.60%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.60%) CISSP
14 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.64%) CISM
14 2 (0.64%) JNCIS
14 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.17%) SLA
2 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 8 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (1.92%) Firmware
2 6 (1.92%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.60%) vSphere
4 4 (1.28%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.96%) Docker
6 2 (0.64%) KVM
6 2 (0.64%) Squid
7 1 (0.32%) PowerDNS
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 28 (8.97%) Ansible
2 17 (5.45%) FortiGate
3 11 (3.53%) Terraform
4 7 (2.24%) Puppet
5 6 (1.92%) SolarWinds Orion
6 3 (0.96%) Kibana
6 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.64%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.64%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.64%) Nmap
7 2 (0.64%) OpenNMS
7 2 (0.64%) Stealthwatch
7 2 (0.64%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.32%) CASB
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.32%) Grafana
8 1 (0.32%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.32%) NetMRI
8 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.32%) SCCM
Vendors
1 176 (56.41%) Cisco
2 82 (26.28%) Palo Alto
3 68 (21.79%) F5
4 50 (16.03%) Fortinet
5 39 (12.50%) Juniper
6 37 (11.86%) CheckPoint
7 24 (7.69%) Nokia
7 24 (7.69%) SolarWinds
8 23 (7.37%) Microsoft
9 21 (6.73%) Infoblox
10 20 (6.41%) Arista
11 18 (5.77%) Aruba
12 14 (4.49%) VMware
13 10 (3.21%) Meraki
14 9 (2.88%) Zscaler
15 7 (2.24%) Google
15 7 (2.24%) Riverbed
16 6 (1.92%) Blue Coat
17 5 (1.60%) Citrix
17 5 (1.60%) Splunk