Network Engineer Contracts in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the South East is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 64 137
Rank change year-on-year +27 +73 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 258 191 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.64% 3.27% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.01% 3.47% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 122 83
10th Percentile £331 £313 £281
25th Percentile £400 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £538
90th Percentile £700 £575 £575
England median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 3
10th Percentile £22.53 £32.75 £23.65
25th Percentile £24.44 £60.50 £24.34
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.26% +138.46% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75.24 £73.13 £26.75
90th Percentile £75.77 £80.25 £26.90
England median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £28.41
% change year-on-year -36.74% +122.56% -28.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Hampshire +18 104 £544 +14.47% 25
Thames Valley +17 102 £513 +7.89% 23
Berkshire +5 83 £506 +12.50% 18
Surrey +36 37 £506 +26.17% 8
Kent +17 19 £338 -8.16% 3
Buckinghamshire +27 14 £575 +13.86% 4
West Sussex - 6 £425 - 4
East Sussex +9 5 £400 -11.11%
Oxfordshire +6 5 £438 -5.41% 1
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 198 (76.74%) Cisco
2 137 (53.10%) Firewall
3 103 (39.92%) Security Cleared
4 87 (33.72%) Cisco Certification
5 71 (27.52%) Juniper
6 58 (22.48%) Fortinet
7 55 (21.32%) CheckPoint
8 49 (18.99%) LAN
9 46 (17.83%) WAN
9 46 (17.83%) VPN
9 46 (17.83%) Migration
9 46 (17.83%) BGP
10 43 (16.67%) Data Centre
11 42 (16.28%) CCNP
11 42 (16.28%) SC Cleared
12 39 (15.12%) Finance
13 38 (14.73%) Network Design
13 38 (14.73%) Cisco Nexus
14 37 (14.34%) F5
14 37 (14.34%) Cisco ASA
15 34 (13.18%) DV Cleared
15 34 (13.18%) CCNA
15 34 (13.18%) DMZ
16 33 (12.79%) Banking
17 32 (12.40%) MPLS
17 32 (12.40%) Palo Alto
18 29 (11.24%) Customer Requirements
19 28 (10.85%) Public Sector
19 28 (10.85%) Social Skills
20 26 (10.08%) SolarWinds

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.88%) Apache
1 10 (3.88%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.78%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.65%) AWS
2 7 (2.71%) Azure
3 5 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (0.78%) Cloudflare
4 2 (0.78%) GCP
4 2 (0.78%) Nutanix
5 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 137 (53.10%) Firewall
2 49 (18.99%) LAN
3 46 (17.83%) BGP
3 46 (17.83%) VPN
3 46 (17.83%) WAN
4 38 (14.73%) Cisco Nexus
5 37 (14.34%) Cisco ASA
6 34 (13.18%) DMZ
7 32 (12.40%) MPLS
8 25 (9.69%) Network Security
9 23 (8.91%) OSPF
10 22 (8.53%) Wireless
11 18 (6.98%) Cisco ISE
12 17 (6.59%) EIGRP
13 16 (6.20%) IPsec
14 12 (4.65%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (4.26%) DNS
15 11 (4.26%) Radio Access Network
15 11 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
16 10 (3.88%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.88%) MongoDB
1 10 (3.88%) NoSQL
1 10 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.16%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (3.88%) GitLab
1 10 (3.88%) JIRA
1 10 (3.88%) Robot Framework
1 10 (3.88%) TestRail
2 1 (0.39%) Git
2 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (15.12%) Finance
2 33 (12.79%) Banking
3 28 (10.85%) Public Sector
3 28 (10.85%) Social Skills
4 18 (6.98%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.10%) Investment Banking
7 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.94%) Electronics
8 5 (1.94%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.94%) Marketing
9 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.78%) Law
9 2 (0.78%) Legal
9 2 (0.78%) Military
9 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.43%) YANG
2 13 (5.04%) REST
3 11 (4.26%) NETCONF
4 10 (3.88%) RESTCONF
4 10 (3.88%) SOAP
5 5 (1.94%) HTML
6 4 (1.55%) JSON
7 3 (1.16%) 802.1X
7 3 (1.16%) Django
7 3 (1.16%) RESTful
8 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.26%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.55%) NHS
6 4 (1.55%) PKI
7 3 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.39%) CCTV
9 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) IoT
9 1 (0.39%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.49%) Linux
2 3 (1.16%) Windows
3 2 (0.78%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (17.83%) Migration
2 38 (14.73%) Network Design
3 29 (11.24%) Customer Requirements
4 25 (9.69%) B2B
5 21 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (6.98%) High Availability
7 17 (6.59%) Network Architecture
8 14 (5.43%) Agile
9 13 (5.04%) CI/CD
10 11 (4.26%) Change Control
10 11 (4.26%) Computer Science
10 11 (4.26%) Load Balancing
11 10 (3.88%) Integration Testing
11 10 (3.88%) Network Management
11 10 (3.88%) Performance Testing
11 10 (3.88%) Regression Testing
11 10 (3.88%) Scrum
11 10 (3.88%) Security Testing
11 10 (3.88%) Unit Testing
11 10 (3.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.53%) Python
2 14 (5.43%) SQL
3 8 (3.10%) Java
4 5 (1.94%) Bash
4 5 (1.94%) PHP
5 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.16%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.39%) C
6 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 103 (39.92%) Security Cleared
2 87 (33.72%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (16.28%) CCNP
3 42 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 34 (13.18%) CCNA
4 34 (13.18%) DV Cleared
5 18 (6.98%) Degree
6 9 (3.49%) CCIE
6 9 (3.49%) JNCIA
7 5 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.16%) CCSA
8 3 (1.16%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.78%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.39%) CCDP
10 1 (0.39%) CCIP
10 1 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.39%) HNC
10 1 (0.39%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.33%) SLA
2 4 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.16%) QA
4 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 15 (5.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (4.26%) VMware NSX
3 10 (3.88%) Docker
4 4 (1.55%) ProxySG
5 3 (1.16%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.78%) KVM
6 2 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.20%) FortiGate
2 10 (3.88%) Ansible
3 4 (1.55%) Nessus
3 4 (1.55%) Terraform
4 3 (1.16%) Netcool
5 2 (0.78%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (0.78%) Rundeck
5 2 (0.78%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.39%) Iperf
Vendors
1 198 (76.74%) Cisco
2 71 (27.52%) Juniper
3 58 (22.48%) Fortinet
4 55 (21.32%) CheckPoint
5 37 (14.34%) F5
6 32 (12.40%) Palo Alto
7 26 (10.08%) SolarWinds
8 25 (9.69%) Arista
8 25 (9.69%) VMware
9 16 (6.20%) Blue Coat
10 12 (4.65%) Meraki
11 9 (3.49%) Aruba
11 9 (3.49%) Dell
12 8 (3.10%) Nokia
13 7 (2.71%) HP
14 5 (1.94%) SAP
15 4 (1.55%) Citrix
15 4 (1.55%) ScienceLogic
16 3 (1.16%) Dynatrace
16 3 (1.16%) QinetiQ