Network Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Network Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 7 15 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 5.04% 7.39% 7.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.69% 8.02% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 13
10th Percentile £363 £245 £328
25th Percentile £438 £273 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £295 £425
Median % change year-on-year +77.97% -30.59% -1.45%
75th Percentile £538 £419 £463
90th Percentile - £454 £506
South West median daily rate £473 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -4.30% -1.25% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 123 187 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.49% 92.12% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 113 156
10th Percentile £263 £164 £196
25th Percentile £413 £250 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £675 £578 £650
90th Percentile £724 £605 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 16
10th Percentile £13.66 £12.28 £17.38
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.23 £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £19.76 £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile £20.51 £48.00 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 -1 7 £525 +48.41%
Network Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) BGP
2 6 (85.71%) MPLS
3 4 (57.14%) OSPF
3 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 4 (57.14%) IPv6
3 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Multicast
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Nokia
5 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (28.57%) CCIE
5 2 (28.57%) CCNP
5 2 (28.57%) CCNA
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Broadband
5 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 2 (28.57%) Nagios
5 2 (28.57%) GPON
5 2 (28.57%) IOS XR
5 2 (28.57%) ZABBIX
5 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
6 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
6 1 (14.29%) F5
6 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus

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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) BGP
1 6 (85.71%) MPLS
2 4 (57.14%) IPv6
2 4 (57.14%) OSPF
3 3 (42.86%) Multicast
4 2 (28.57%) Broadband
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (28.57%) GPON
4 2 (28.57%) IOS XR
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (14.29%) IGMP
5 1 (14.29%) LAN
5 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) CCIE
2 2 (28.57%) CCNA
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Nagios
1 2 (28.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
3 2 (28.57%) Nokia
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) F5
4 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto