Network Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £513 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 49 66 120
Rank change year-on-year +17 +54 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 102 85 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.77% 2.90% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.04% 3.08% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 41 26
10th Percentile £317 £303 £223
25th Percentile £400 £431 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +18.74% +9.59%
75th Percentile £519 £550 £500
90th Percentile £677 £580 £534
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 3
10th Percentile £21.95 £27.05 £23.65
25th Percentile £24.38 £49.38 £24.34
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +153.85% +22.35%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £26.75
90th Percentile £75.94 £80.55 £26.90
South East median hourly rate £66.50 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +7.26% +138.46% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,527 2,756 3,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.09% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,441 1,906 2,270
10th Percentile £206 £313 £189
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +5 83 £506 +12.50% 19
Buckinghamshire +27 14 £575 +13.86% 4
Oxfordshire +6 5 £438 -5.41% 1
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (76.47%) Cisco
2 46 (45.10%) Firewall
3 43 (42.16%) Juniper
4 39 (38.24%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (30.39%) CheckPoint
6 28 (27.45%) MPLS
7 27 (26.47%) VPN
8 25 (24.51%) DMZ
8 25 (24.51%) Banking
9 24 (23.53%) BGP
9 24 (23.53%) WAN
10 23 (22.55%) Migration
10 23 (22.55%) Finance
10 23 (22.55%) Security Cleared
11 20 (19.61%) Cisco Nexus
12 19 (18.63%) LAN
13 17 (16.67%) B2B
13 17 (16.67%) Arista
14 16 (15.69%) Python
15 15 (14.71%) High Availability
16 14 (13.73%) Cisco ASA
16 14 (13.73%) Data Centre
16 14 (13.73%) CCNP
16 14 (13.73%) DV Cleared
17 12 (11.76%) CCNA
17 12 (11.76%) Telecoms
18 11 (10.78%) SQL
18 11 (10.78%) Network Security
18 11 (10.78%) Change Control
18 11 (10.78%) Radio Access Network

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (9.80%) Apache
1 10 (9.80%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.92%) AWS
2 2 (1.96%) Azure
3 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.98%) Cloudflare
3 1 (0.98%) GCP
3 1 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (45.10%) Firewall
2 28 (27.45%) MPLS
3 27 (26.47%) VPN
4 25 (24.51%) DMZ
5 24 (23.53%) BGP
5 24 (23.53%) WAN
6 20 (19.61%) Cisco Nexus
7 19 (18.63%) LAN
8 14 (13.73%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (10.78%) Network Security
9 11 (10.78%) Radio Access Network
10 10 (9.80%) Ethernet VPN
11 7 (6.86%) SD-WAN
12 6 (5.88%) EIGRP
12 6 (5.88%) IPsec
12 6 (5.88%) Wireless
13 5 (4.90%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (4.90%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (4.90%) OSPF
14 4 (3.92%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.80%) MongoDB
1 10 (9.80%) NoSQL
1 10 (9.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (9.80%) GitLab
1 10 (9.80%) JIRA
1 10 (9.80%) Robot Framework
1 10 (9.80%) TestRail
2 1 (0.98%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (24.51%) Banking
2 23 (22.55%) Finance
3 12 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.84%) Investment Banking
5 8 (7.84%) Social Skills
6 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.96%) Electronics
7 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.96%) Marketing
7 2 (1.96%) Military
7 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Advertising
8 1 (0.98%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.78%) NETCONF
1 11 (10.78%) YANG
2 10 (9.80%) REST
2 10 (9.80%) RESTCONF
2 10 (9.80%) SOAP
3 1 (0.98%) JSON
3 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.73%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.96%) PKI
4 1 (0.98%) CCTV
4 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.98%) IoT
4 1 (0.98%) Life Science
4 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.94%) Windows
2 2 (1.96%) Linux
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.55%) Migration
2 17 (16.67%) B2B
3 15 (14.71%) High Availability
4 11 (10.78%) Change Control
5 10 (9.80%) Agile
5 10 (9.80%) CI/CD
5 10 (9.80%) Containerisation
5 10 (9.80%) Integration Testing
5 10 (9.80%) Performance Testing
5 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (9.80%) Regression Testing
5 10 (9.80%) Scrum
5 10 (9.80%) Security Testing
5 10 (9.80%) Test Automation
5 10 (9.80%) Unit Testing
5 10 (9.80%) Workflow
6 8 (7.84%) Architectural Patterns
6 8 (7.84%) Availability Management
6 8 (7.84%) Design Patterns
6 8 (7.84%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.69%) Python
2 11 (10.78%) SQL
3 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (38.24%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (22.55%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.73%) CCNP
3 14 (13.73%) DV Cleared
4 12 (11.76%) CCNA
5 7 (6.86%) Degree
5 7 (6.86%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.94%) JNCIA
6 3 (2.94%) JNCIS
7 2 (1.96%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.96%) CCIE
7 2 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.98%) CCDP
8 1 (0.98%) CCIP
8 1 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.98%) HNC
8 1 (0.98%) HP ASE
8 1 (0.98%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) QA
2 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (9.80%) Docker
2 6 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.94%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.98%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (5.88%) Ansible
2 4 (3.92%) Nessus
2 4 (3.92%) Terraform
3 3 (2.94%) Netcool
4 2 (1.96%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.96%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 78 (76.47%) Cisco
2 43 (42.16%) Juniper
3 31 (30.39%) CheckPoint
4 17 (16.67%) Arista
5 10 (9.80%) Fortinet
6 8 (7.84%) Blue Coat
6 8 (7.84%) Nokia
6 8 (7.84%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.88%) VMware
8 5 (4.90%) F5
9 4 (3.92%) ScienceLogic
10 3 (2.94%) Dynatrace
10 3 (2.94%) IBM
10 3 (2.94%) Infoblox
11 2 (1.96%) ADVA
11 2 (1.96%) Meraki
11 2 (1.96%) SAP
11 2 (1.96%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.98%) Tellabs
12 1 (0.98%) Zscaler