Network Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Network Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 69 121
Rank change year-on-year +27 +52 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 101 105 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.68% 3.07% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 3.24% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 64 65
10th Percentile £263 £263 £180
25th Percentile £291 £313 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £363 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £484 £475 £431
90th Percentile £625 £538 £489
England median daily rate £475 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +4.51% +1.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.63 -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £28.41
% change year-on-year -36.74% +122.56% -28.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,525 3,237 4,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 94.65% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,706 2,279 3,531
10th Percentile £213 £220 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £462
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.93% +15.38%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 127 170
10th Percentile £11.86 £12.30 £10.69
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.37
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +14.42% +15.08%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.08
90th Percentile £52.56 £60.50 £34.55
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands +25 82 £350 - 26
East Midlands +11 19 £438 +25.00% 10
Network Engineer
England

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

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

1 51 (50.50%) Juniper
2 49 (48.51%) Security Cleared
3 45 (44.55%) WAN
4 43 (42.57%) MPLS
5 40 (39.60%) Cisco
6 39 (38.61%) IPsec
7 33 (32.67%) SC Cleared
8 31 (30.69%) Firewall
9 29 (28.71%) BGP
9 29 (28.71%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (26.73%) CCNA
11 20 (19.80%) PKI
12 19 (18.81%) VPN
13 17 (16.83%) LAN
14 15 (14.85%) Public Sector
15 14 (13.86%) F5
15 14 (13.86%) Load Balancing
16 13 (12.87%) DNS
16 13 (12.87%) Wireless
16 13 (12.87%) Cisco Nexus
17 12 (11.88%) Aruba
17 12 (11.88%) Data Centre
17 12 (11.88%) Social Skills
17 12 (11.88%) CCNP
18 11 (10.89%) Junos
18 11 (10.89%) FortiGate
19 10 (9.90%) DHCP
20 9 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
21 8 (7.92%) Degree
21 8 (7.92%) Fortinet

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (1.98%) IIS
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
1 2 (1.98%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.95%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.92%) Azure
2 4 (3.96%) AWS
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (44.55%) WAN
2 43 (42.57%) MPLS
3 39 (38.61%) IPsec
4 31 (30.69%) Firewall
5 29 (28.71%) BGP
6 19 (18.81%) VPN
7 17 (16.83%) LAN
8 13 (12.87%) Cisco Nexus
8 13 (12.87%) DNS
8 13 (12.87%) Wireless
9 11 (10.89%) Junos
10 10 (9.90%) DHCP
11 9 (8.91%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (5.94%) Network Security
13 5 (4.95%) Ethereal
13 5 (4.95%) Ethernet
13 5 (4.95%) SAN
13 5 (4.95%) TCP/IP
13 5 (4.95%) Wireshark
14 4 (3.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.98%) JIRA
General
1 15 (14.85%) Public Sector
2 12 (11.88%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.93%) Telecoms
4 5 (4.95%) Legal
5 2 (1.98%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.98%) Aviation
5 2 (1.98%) Law
6 1 (0.99%) Back Office
6 1 (0.99%) Banking
6 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.99%) Finance
6 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.98%) LAMP
2 1 (0.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.80%) PKI
2 12 (11.88%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (1.98%) Replication
4 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.97%) Linux
1 3 (2.97%) Ubuntu
1 3 (2.97%) Windows
1 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.98%) VMS
2 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.99%) CentOS
3 1 (0.99%) Debian
3 1 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (13.86%) Load Balancing
2 8 (7.92%) Network Design
3 7 (6.93%) Network Architecture
4 6 (5.94%) Computer Science
4 6 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (4.95%) Agile
5 5 (4.95%) Change Management
5 5 (4.95%) Data Protection
5 5 (4.95%) ITIL
5 5 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (2.97%) High Availability
6 3 (2.97%) Incident Management
6 3 (2.97%) Project Delivery
6 3 (2.97%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (2.97%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (2.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (1.98%) Capacity Management
7 2 (1.98%) Kanban
7 2 (1.98%) Software Engineering
7 2 (1.98%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (48.51%) Security Cleared
2 33 (32.67%) SC Cleared
3 29 (28.71%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (26.73%) CCNA
5 12 (11.88%) CCNP
6 8 (7.92%) Degree
7 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.98%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.98%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.99%) CCIE
8 1 (0.99%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (0.99%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.98%) vSphere
3 1 (0.99%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.99%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (10.89%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.95%) OpenView
3 4 (3.96%) Ansible
3 4 (3.96%) Terraform
4 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.98%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (50.50%) Juniper
2 40 (39.60%) Cisco
3 14 (13.86%) F5
4 12 (11.88%) Aruba
5 8 (7.92%) Fortinet
5 8 (7.92%) Palo Alto
6 7 (6.93%) SolarWinds
7 5 (4.95%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.96%) HP
8 4 (3.96%) Microsoft
8 4 (3.96%) VMware
9 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.98%) ProCurve
10 2 (1.98%) Synology
10 2 (1.98%) Veeam
10 2 (1.98%) Zerto
11 1 (0.99%) Blue Coat
11 1 (0.99%) Brocade
11 1 (0.99%) Mitel
11 1 (0.99%) Red Hat