Senior Network Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 124 164
Rank change year-on-year +14 +40 -31
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 33 22 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.25% 0.78% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.82% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 9 3
10th Percentile £443 £428 £428
25th Percentile £506 £431 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.02% -6.60% +29.97%
75th Percentile £519 £520 £534
90th Percentile £541 £575 -
South East median daily rate £513 £475 £481
% change year-on-year +7.89% -1.30% +26.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.75 - -
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% - -
75th Percentile £76.12 - -
90th Percentile £76.64 - -
South East median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -

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 2,451 2,669 3,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.54% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,412 1,849 2,251
10th Percentile £205 £304 £200
25th Percentile £363 £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 £493
% change year-on-year - +1.42% +9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 77 98
10th Percentile £15.63 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £23.25
90th Percentile £85.49 £79.19 £55.71
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -19.19%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire -3 27 £513 +5.02% 2
Oxfordshire +10 5 £438 +2.94% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £550 - 1
Senior Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (93.94%) Cisco
2 19 (57.58%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (54.55%) CheckPoint
3 18 (54.55%) Finance
4 17 (51.52%) Migration
4 17 (51.52%) Banking
4 17 (51.52%) B2B
4 17 (51.52%) DMZ
4 17 (51.52%) Arista
5 13 (39.39%) Firewall
5 13 (39.39%) LAN
5 13 (39.39%) WAN
6 10 (30.30%) Juniper
7 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
8 7 (21.21%) Availability Management
9 5 (15.15%) Line Management
9 5 (15.15%) DV Cleared
10 4 (12.12%) AWS
10 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
10 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (9.09%) Military
12 2 (6.06%) Capacity Planning
12 2 (6.06%) Network Security
12 2 (6.06%) Windows
12 2 (6.06%) Linux
12 2 (6.06%) CCNP
12 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (3.03%) Infoblox
13 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) GCP
2 1 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (51.52%) DMZ
2 13 (39.39%) Firewall
2 13 (39.39%) LAN
2 13 (39.39%) WAN
3 2 (6.06%) Network Security
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.03%) NX-OS
4 1 (3.03%) VPN
4 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.03%) Wireless
General
1 18 (54.55%) Finance
2 17 (51.52%) Banking
3 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.09%) Military
5 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.03%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) B2B
1 17 (51.52%) Migration
2 7 (21.21%) Availability Management
3 5 (15.15%) Line Management
4 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.06%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.03%) High Availability
6 1 (3.03%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) CCNP
5 1 (3.03%) CCIE
5 1 (3.03%) CCNA
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) Degree
5 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Ansible
1 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
1 1 (3.03%) Netcool
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (93.94%) Cisco
2 18 (54.55%) CheckPoint
3 17 (51.52%) Arista
4 10 (30.30%) Juniper
5 1 (3.03%) Dynatrace
5 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.03%) Nokia
5 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto