Network Engineer Contracts in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.17% 2.81% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.55% 3.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 0
10th Percentile £414 £431 -
25th Percentile £417 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -
75th Percentile £467 £488 -
90th Percentile £487 £513 -
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 196 230 262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.22% 92.37% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 154 214
10th Percentile £132 £240 £161
25th Percentile £180 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £500 £550 £572
90th Percentile £550 £638 £637
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.88% +9.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 17 20
10th Percentile £13.00 - £12.50
25th Percentile £14.47 £18.08 £16.82
Median hourly rate £19.50 £25.95 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% +29.75% -8.62%
75th Percentile £28.25 £32.30 £20.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £51.20 £23.78
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Oxford +6 2 £463 +2.78%
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (20.00%) High Availability
1 1 (20.00%) Information Security
1 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto