Network Engineer Contracts in South Wales

Network Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Network Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £450 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 41 20 53
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 41 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.59% 7.84% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 8.23% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 29 12
10th Percentile - £273 £169
25th Percentile £425 £363 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £295
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +44.07% +5.83%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £475
90th Percentile - £555 £585
Wales median daily rate £450 £425 £295
% change year-on-year +5.88% +44.07% +5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £46.63 -
25th Percentile - £47.19 £45.63
Median hourly rate - £48.75 £47.40
Median % change year-on-year - +2.85% +12.86%
75th Percentile - £49.69 -
90th Percentile - £49.88 -
Wales median hourly rate - £48.75 £47.40
% change year-on-year - +2.85% +12.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 303 498 875
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.12% 95.22% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 386 650
10th Percentile £173 £173 £200
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £571 £575
90th Percentile £644 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.85 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.60 £11.97
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £26.06
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.25 £47.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales 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
Newport -14 1 £450 +21.62%
Network Engineer
Wales

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

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 Wales region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) DMVPN
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DMVPN
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet