Switch Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Switch Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Switch Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £295, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Switch Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £293 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £295 - -
75th Percentile £298 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £295 £350 £210
% change year-on-year -15.71% +66.67% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,514 2,071 2,645
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 91.39% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 1,184 1,794
10th Percentile £270 £261 £263
25th Percentile £400 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £615
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 116 89
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.61 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.56 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.43 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -56.96% +20.73% +154.74%
75th Percentile £58.62 £70.73 £66.00
90th Percentile £83.85 £88.75 £74.83
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Switch Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Switch Engineer in the Thames Valley

Switch Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Switch Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Switch Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Switch Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Switch Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Switch Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Switch Engineer
DemandTrendContract 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 Switch Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 1 £295 - 1
Switch Engineer
South East

Switch Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Switch 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 Switch Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) RFC 2544
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics

Switch 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco