Network Engineer Contracts in Reading

Network Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Reading is £445 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 56 69
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 -22
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 44 31 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.72% 2.98% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.97% 3.11% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 12
10th Percentile £225 £425 £376
25th Percentile £363 £463 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £411
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% +21.77% +9.49%
75th Percentile £519 £548 £455
90th Percentile - £570 £497
Berkshire median daily rate £506 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% +12.49% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £76.99 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.65% +153.85% -
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £49.25 £66.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.38% +153.85% +22.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,107 996 1,290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.68% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 664 875
10th Percentile £213 £363 £182
25th Percentile £413 £453 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £651 £596
90th Percentile £688 £721 £652
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Reading

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Reading

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Reading

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Reading region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (72.73%) Cisco
2 20 (45.45%) MPLS
3 19 (43.18%) Firewall
4 17 (38.64%) BGP
5 16 (36.36%) Juniper
6 13 (29.55%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (27.27%) VPN
8 11 (25.00%) Python
9 10 (22.73%) SQL
9 10 (22.73%) SOAP
9 10 (22.73%) Apache
9 10 (22.73%) WAN
9 10 (22.73%) CheckPoint
9 10 (22.73%) Workflow
9 10 (22.73%) Regression Testing
9 10 (22.73%) Migration
9 10 (22.73%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (22.73%) Scrum
9 10 (22.73%) Agile
9 10 (22.73%) JIRA
9 10 (22.73%) Performance Testing
9 10 (22.73%) Security Testing
9 10 (22.73%) Unit Testing
9 10 (22.73%) Integration Testing
9 10 (22.73%) NETCONF
9 10 (22.73%) YANG
9 10 (22.73%) RESTCONF
9 10 (22.73%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
9 10 (22.73%) Containerisation

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (22.73%) Apache
1 10 (22.73%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.27%) Azure
1 1 (2.27%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 20 (45.45%) MPLS
2 19 (43.18%) Firewall
3 17 (38.64%) BGP
4 12 (27.27%) VPN
5 10 (22.73%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (22.73%) Radio Access Network
5 10 (22.73%) WAN
6 9 (20.45%) DMZ
7 8 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
7 8 (18.18%) LAN
8 7 (15.91%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (9.09%) HSRP
10 3 (6.82%) EIGRP
10 3 (6.82%) GLBP
10 3 (6.82%) IPsec
10 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
10 3 (6.82%) SNMP
10 3 (6.82%) SSL
10 3 (6.82%) VRRP
10 3 (6.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.73%) MongoDB
1 10 (22.73%) NoSQL
1 10 (22.73%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (22.73%) GitLab
1 10 (22.73%) JIRA
1 10 (22.73%) Robot Framework
1 10 (22.73%) TestRail
General
1 9 (20.45%) Banking
1 9 (20.45%) Finance
2 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.73%) NETCONF
1 10 (22.73%) REST
1 10 (22.73%) RESTCONF
1 10 (22.73%) SOAP
1 10 (22.73%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.73%) Agile
1 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
1 10 (22.73%) Containerisation
1 10 (22.73%) Integration Testing
1 10 (22.73%) Migration
1 10 (22.73%) Performance Testing
1 10 (22.73%) Regression Testing
1 10 (22.73%) Scrum
1 10 (22.73%) Security Testing
1 10 (22.73%) Test Automation
1 10 (22.73%) Unit Testing
1 10 (22.73%) Workflow
2 9 (20.45%) B2B
3 6 (13.64%) Availability Management
4 5 (11.36%) High Availability
5 4 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 4 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.82%) Change Management
6 3 (6.82%) Line Management
6 3 (6.82%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.00%) Python
2 10 (22.73%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) CCNA
4 2 (4.55%) CCNP
4 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) JNCIA
4 2 (4.55%) JNCIS
4 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) CCIE
5 1 (2.27%) HP ASE
5 1 (2.27%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (22.73%) Docker
2 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (72.73%) Cisco
2 16 (36.36%) Juniper
3 10 (22.73%) CheckPoint
4 9 (20.45%) Arista
5 3 (6.82%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.55%) F5
7 1 (2.27%) Dell
7 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.27%) VMware
7 1 (2.27%) Zscaler