Network Engineer Contracts in the South West

Network Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the South West is £488 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 71 104
Rank change year-on-year +14 +33 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 101 112 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.18% 3.16% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 3.42% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 83 43
10th Percentile £333 £353 £295
25th Percentile £413 £413 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £518
90th Percentile £625 £674 £538
England median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.44% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 3
10th Percentile - £56.68 £43.25
25th Percentile - £62.00 £45.50
Median hourly rate - £62.62 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +23.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile - £63.23 £53.25
90th Percentile - £73.49 £54.15
England median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £28.41
% change year-on-year -36.74% +122.56% -28.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,958 3,279 3,528
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 92.42% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,879 2,449 2,526
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £398 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +5.00% +9.14%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £718 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 263 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.02 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £49.84 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +36.84% +11.76%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.68
90th Percentile £77.50 £84.75 £69.13
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Wiltshire +8 34 £508 -21.92% 6
Bristol +12 27 £500 +5.26% 10
Devon +7 18 £425 +6.25% 3
Somerset +1 13 £354 -11.56% 4
Gloucestershire +7 8 £470 -14.55% 3
Dorset -9 1 £425 -8.11%
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 South West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (65.35%) Firewall
2 51 (50.50%) Cisco
2 51 (50.50%) Security Cleared
3 31 (30.69%) Data Centre
4 30 (29.70%) VMware
5 29 (28.71%) SC Cleared
6 28 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 22 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (21.78%) VMware Infrastructure
8 21 (20.79%) DV Cleared
8 21 (20.79%) vCenter Server
9 19 (18.81%) Public Sector
9 19 (18.81%) VPN
9 19 (18.81%) Network Security
10 17 (16.83%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (16.83%) WAN
10 17 (16.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 16 (15.84%) Resource Management
11 16 (15.84%) Private Cloud
11 16 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (15.84%) vSphere
12 15 (14.85%) ITIL
12 15 (14.85%) CCNP
12 15 (14.85%) CCNA
13 14 (13.86%) Microsoft
13 14 (13.86%) LAN
13 14 (13.86%) Penetration Testing
14 13 (12.87%) Dell
15 12 (11.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 12 (11.88%) Palo Alto

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (2.97%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.93%) Azure
1 7 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.97%) BigCommerce
3 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 66 (65.35%) Firewall
2 19 (18.81%) Network Security
2 19 (18.81%) VPN
3 17 (16.83%) WAN
4 14 (13.86%) LAN
5 10 (9.90%) DNS
6 8 (7.92%) SD-WAN
7 7 (6.93%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (5.94%) FTP
8 6 (5.94%) SAN
8 6 (5.94%) VoIP
9 5 (4.95%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (3.96%) BGP
10 4 (3.96%) TCP/IP
10 4 (3.96%) Wireless
11 3 (2.97%) NGFW
11 3 (2.97%) OSPF
11 3 (2.97%) SNMP
11 3 (2.97%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.92%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (18.81%) Public Sector
2 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.92%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.93%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.93%) Marketing
4 7 (6.93%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.96%) Electronics
5 4 (3.96%) Finance
5 4 (3.96%) Legal
6 3 (2.97%) Retail
7 2 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) VML
2 2 (1.98%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.99%) SPML
3 1 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (30.69%) Data Centre
2 16 (15.84%) Private Cloud
3 7 (6.93%) Replication
4 4 (3.96%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.98%) NHS
5 2 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.99%) CMDB
6 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.93%) Windows
1 7 (6.93%) Windows Server
2 6 (5.94%) Linux
3 1 (0.99%) Solaris
3 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 16 (15.84%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (15.84%) Resource Management
5 15 (14.85%) ITIL
6 14 (13.86%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (11.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 11 (10.89%) Load Balancing
9 9 (8.91%) Migration
10 7 (6.93%) Mentoring
11 6 (5.94%) Change Management
12 5 (4.95%) Data Protection
12 5 (4.95%) Network Management
13 4 (3.96%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (3.96%) Digital Marketing
13 4 (3.96%) Programme Management
14 3 (2.97%) B2B
14 3 (2.97%) Network Design
14 3 (2.97%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 51 (50.50%) Security Cleared
2 29 (28.71%) SC Cleared
3 21 (20.79%) DV Cleared
4 17 (16.83%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (14.85%) CCNA
5 15 (14.85%) CCNP
6 3 (2.97%) CCIE
7 2 (1.98%) JNCIA
7 2 (1.98%) JNCIP
7 2 (1.98%) JNCIS
System Software
1 22 (21.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (15.84%) vSphere
3 11 (10.89%) VMware NSX
4 7 (6.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (20.79%) vCenter Server
2 6 (5.94%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.96%) Ansible
Vendors
1 51 (50.50%) Cisco
2 30 (29.70%) VMware
3 14 (13.86%) Microsoft
4 13 (12.87%) Dell
5 12 (11.88%) Palo Alto
6 11 (10.89%) Fortinet
7 9 (8.91%) CheckPoint
8 8 (7.92%) F5
9 7 (6.93%) SAP
9 7 (6.93%) Veeam
10 5 (4.95%) SolarWinds
11 4 (3.96%) Aruba
11 4 (3.96%) Juniper
11 4 (3.96%) Meraki
12 3 (2.97%) Adobe
12 3 (2.97%) Intel
12 3 (2.97%) Nokia
12 3 (2.97%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.97%) Sitecore
13 1 (0.99%) Splunk