Network Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Network Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £354 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 15 17 33
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 14 16 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 6.76% 7.80% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.33% 7.92% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 3
10th Percentile £273 £328 £352
25th Percentile £273 £363 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £354 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.76% +6.25% +21.21%
75th Percentile £419 £463 £447
90th Percentile £463 £506 £475
South West median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 191 202 196
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 98.54% 97.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 153 136
10th Percentile £172 £201 £225
25th Percentile £273 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £427
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +14.17% -5.90%
75th Percentile £580 £650 £525
90th Percentile £609 £723 £590
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 17 10
10th Percentile £12.28 £17.60 £38.81
25th Percentile £15.23 £32.40 £47.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +14.37%
75th Percentile £40.00 £60.13 £54.69
90th Percentile £48.00 £75.70 £58.96
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.25
% change year-on-year -15.38% +37.57% +11.18%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Somerset

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Somerset

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Somerset

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Somerset

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Street - 6 £354 - 3
Bath -3 2 £488 -
Yeovil - 1 £275 -
Network Engineer
South West

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

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 Somerset region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Cisco
2 7 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) VoIP
4 5 (35.71%) F5
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (28.57%) Shopify
5 4 (28.57%) Meraki
5 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
5 4 (28.57%) Customer Acquisition
5 4 (28.57%) B2B
5 4 (28.57%) Retail
5 4 (28.57%) Load Balancing
5 4 (28.57%) Sitecore
5 4 (28.57%) Aruba
5 4 (28.57%) SAP
5 4 (28.57%) Adobe
5 4 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (28.57%) Dell
5 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 4 (28.57%) Salesforce
5 4 (28.57%) BigCommerce
5 4 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
6 3 (21.43%) Intel
6 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
6 3 (21.43%) VML
6 3 (21.43%) Marketing
6 3 (21.43%) Global Marketing

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

Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) VoIP
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (14.29%) Broadband
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security
4 2 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (7.14%) BGP
5 1 (7.14%) DHCP
5 1 (7.14%) DNS
5 1 (7.14%) OSPF
5 1 (7.14%) SNMP
5 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.14%) VPN
5 1 (7.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Retail
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) B2B
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Acquisition
2 4 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 4 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
3 3 (21.43%) Global Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Network Architecture
5 1 (7.14%) Network Management
5 1 (7.14%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CCIE
1 2 (14.29%) CCNA
1 2 (14.29%) CCNP
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (14.29%) JNCIA
1 2 (14.29%) JNCIS
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
1 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) F5
3 4 (28.57%) Adobe
3 4 (28.57%) Aruba
3 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 4 (28.57%) Dell
3 4 (28.57%) Meraki
3 4 (28.57%) Salesforce
3 4 (28.57%) SAP
3 4 (28.57%) Sitecore
4 3 (21.43%) Intel
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 2 (14.29%) Juniper
5 2 (14.29%) Nokia
6 1 (7.14%) Fortinet