Network Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Network Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £375 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 102 102 122
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 26 65 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.19% 2.31% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 2.43% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 44 28
10th Percentile £240 £327 £334
25th Percentile £290 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £453
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +4.97% +35.07%
75th Percentile £435 £500 £538
90th Percentile £461 £538 £614
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £22.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £39.50
% change year-on-year -36.74% +60.08% -1.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,070 2,677 3,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 95.30% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,920 2,387
10th Percentile £200 £232 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.26 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +1 13 £423 -0.59% 6
Highlands 0 4 £200 -32.20%
Edinburgh +15 3 £240 -52.00% 5
West Lothian +1 2 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 £314 -
Lanarkshire 0 1 £330 -30.53% 3
Network Engineer
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (65.38%) Cisco
2 7 (26.92%) Unix
2 7 (26.92%) Linux
2 7 (26.92%) Python
2 7 (26.92%) Firewall
3 6 (23.08%) Fortinet
3 6 (23.08%) OO
3 6 (23.08%) Perl
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 6 (23.08%) Platform Engineering
4 4 (15.38%) VPN
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL
4 4 (15.38%) Windows
4 4 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (15.38%) FortiGate
4 4 (15.38%) SolarWinds
5 3 (11.54%) Network Security
5 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (11.54%) WAN
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.54%) CCNP
5 3 (11.54%) CCNA
5 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
5 3 (11.54%) MPLS
5 3 (11.54%) BGP
5 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.69%) Firmware
6 2 (7.69%) Migration

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (3.85%) IBM HTTP Server
1 1 (3.85%) WebSphere
1 1 (3.85%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (3.85%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) Firewall
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (15.38%) VPN
3 3 (11.54%) BGP
3 3 (11.54%) MPLS
3 3 (11.54%) Network Security
3 3 (11.54%) WAN
4 2 (7.69%) DHCP
4 2 (7.69%) DNS
4 2 (7.69%) LAN
4 2 (7.69%) OSPF
4 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.85%) 5G
5 1 (3.85%) EIGRP
5 1 (3.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (3.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (3.85%) HTTP
5 1 (3.85%) Internet
5 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) Hudson
1 1 (3.85%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) J2EE
1 1 (3.85%) JSON
1 1 (3.85%) Middleware
1 1 (3.85%) NETCONF
1 1 (3.85%) XML
1 1 (3.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.85%) CMDB
2 1 (3.85%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Linux
1 7 (26.92%) Unix
2 4 (15.38%) Windows
3 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.69%) Windows 7
3 2 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.85%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) OO
1 6 (23.08%) Platform Engineering
2 4 (15.38%) ITIL
3 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.69%) Break/Fix
4 2 (7.69%) Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.85%) Application Packaging
5 1 (3.85%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.85%) Change Control
5 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.85%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (3.85%) ITSM
5 1 (3.85%) Kanban
5 1 (3.85%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (3.85%) Network Optimisation
5 1 (3.85%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.85%) Project Management
5 1 (3.85%) Server Management
5 1 (3.85%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Python
2 6 (23.08%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (11.54%) CCNA
2 3 (11.54%) CCNP
3 2 (7.69%) A+ Certification
3 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.69%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) FortiGate
2 2 (7.69%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) Observium
Vendors
1 17 (65.38%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) Fortinet
3 4 (15.38%) SolarWinds
4 3 (11.54%) CheckPoint
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
5 2 (7.69%) Avaya
5 2 (7.69%) BMC
5 2 (7.69%) Palo Alto
5 2 (7.69%) VMware
6 1 (3.85%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.85%) F5
6 1 (3.85%) IBM
6 1 (3.85%) Meraki
6 1 (3.85%) Nokia
6 1 (3.85%) Oracle
6 1 (3.85%) Zscaler