Network Engineer Contracts

The median contractor rate for a Network Engineer was £375 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Network Engineer UK
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	179	137	154
Rank change year-on-year	-42	+17
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer	641	978	872
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.39%	1.82%	1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.46%	1.92%	1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	420	562	527
Median daily rate	£375	£363	£338
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+3.44%	+7.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£210	£250	£195
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£500	£500	£450
UK excluding London median daily rate	£370	£350	£315
% change year-on-year	+5.71%	+11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted	34	53	43
Median hourly rate	£27.50	£36.00	£33.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-23.61%	+9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£16.60	£19.65	£18.83
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£45.00	£47.83	£49.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£28.25	£36.00	£34.25
% change year-on-year	-21.52%	+5.10%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in contract job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract IT Job Roles UK
Contract job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	43829	51011	53185
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	94.75%	94.87%	94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	28353	33254	33375
Median daily rate	£438	£425	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.94%	+6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£275	£260	£245
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£570
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£400	£370
% change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1353	1511	2053
Median hourly rate	£18.00	£17.50	£16.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.50	£11.00	£11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.50	£44.00	£40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£17.48	£16.00
% change year-on-year	+0.14%	+9.21%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Network Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Network Engineer.

Contractor daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Network Engineer over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Network Engineer over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Top 30 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-52	558	£375	-	154
London	-41	201	£391	-2.25%	50
South East	-29	147	£388	+3.33%	39
Hampshire	-2	62	£385	+2.66%	9
Scotland	+35	53	£225	-27.41%	2
South West	-20	53	£370	+5.71%	7
West Midlands	+3	44	£400	+14.28%	14
Berkshire	-21	39	£338	-10.00%	9
North West	-2	34	£365	+12.30%	21
City of London	-19	32	£400	-3.03%	9
Edinburgh	+39	31	£225	-11.76%	1
East of England	-33	26	£221	-28.62%	14
Yorkshire	-7	22	£430	+22.85%	4
Bristol	+11	19	£370	+5.71%	3
Reading	-15	19	£406	+3.17%	5
Surrey	+3	18	£500	+31.57%	9
Wales	-1	18	£250	-28.57%
North East	+59	17	£425	+34.92%	1
West Yorkshire	+10	17	£430	+7.50%	4
South Wales	0	17	£250	-28.57%
Cardiff	+9	16	£250	-23.07%
Birmingham	+3	16	£394	+12.50%	5
Basingstoke	-3	16	£385	+65.94%	3
Aberdeen	-	16	£375	-	1
Manchester	+6	15	£338	+18.42%	11
East Midlands	-5	15	£368	+24.47%	4
Leeds	+7	14	£430	+10.25%	2
Wiltshire	-18	14	£394	+12.50%	1
Tyne and Wear	+69	11	£425	+25.00%	1
Buckinghamshire	-9	11	£352	-19.65%	6

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, Network Engineer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1	1092 (76.58%)	Cisco
2	831 (58.27%)	Firewall
3	770 (54.00%)	Cisco Certification
4	558 (39.13%)	CCNP
5	516 (36.19%)	WAN
6	509 (35.69%)	LAN
7	375 (26.30%)	Juniper
8	354 (24.82%)	CheckPoint
9	351 (24.61%)	Wireless
10	319 (22.37%)	F5
11	315 (22.09%)	CCNA
12	314 (22.02%)	Security Cleared
13	298 (20.90%)	Data Centre
14	291 (20.41%)	Cisco ASA
15	265 (18.58%)	Cisco Nexus

16	257 (18.02%)	BGP
17	255 (17.88%)	VPN
18	245 (17.18%)	Network Security
19	242 (16.97%)	SC Cleared
20	239 (16.76%)	MPLS
21	223 (15.64%)	ITIL
22	219 (15.36%)	OSPF
23	201 (14.10%)	CCIE
24	199 (13.96%)	Network Design
25	185 (12.97%)	Palo Alto
26	178 (12.48%)	TCP/IP
27	164 (11.50%)	Fortinet
28	162 (11.36%)	DNS
29	154 (10.80%)	HP
30	151 (10.59%)	Telecoms

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	22 (1.54%)	Skype for Business
2	17 (1.19%)	MS Exchange
3	15 (1.05%)	SharePoint
4	6 (0.42%)	Confluence
5	4 (0.28%)	CMS
6	3 (0.21%)	IIS
6	3 (0.21%)	nginx
6	3 (0.21%)	OpenStack
7	2 (0.14%)	Apache
7	2 (0.14%)	Exchange Server 2003
7	2 (0.14%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	2 (0.14%)	Exchange Server 2013
7	2 (0.14%)	Oracle Workflow
7	2 (0.14%)	WebLogic
7	2 (0.14%)	WebSphere
8	1 (0.070%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
8	1 (0.070%)	Exchange Server 2000
8	1 (0.070%)	Hubot
8	1 (0.070%)	SharePoint 2010
8	1 (0.070%)	SharePoint 2013

Applications
1	29 (2.03%)	MS Visio
2	21 (1.47%)	Microsoft Excel
3	17 (1.19%)	Microsoft Office
4	1 (0.070%)	Microsoft PowerPoint

Business Applications
1	9 (0.63%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	3 (0.21%)	Dynamics AX
3	2 (0.14%)	assyst
3	2 (0.14%)	Payment Gateway
3	2 (0.14%)	Remedy ITSM
4	1 (0.070%)	Dynamics CRM
4	1 (0.070%)	Oracle Receivables

Cloud Services
1	50 (3.51%)	Amazon AWS
2	45 (3.16%)	Microsoft Azure
3	13 (0.91%)	Office 365
4	11 (0.77%)	Virtual Private Cloud
5	6 (0.42%)	IaaS
6	4 (0.28%)	SaaS
7	3 (0.21%)	Cloud Computing
8	2 (0.14%)	PaaS
9	1 (0.070%)	AWS CloudFormation
9	1 (0.070%)	Azure Active Directory
9	1 (0.070%)	OneDrive
9	1 (0.070%)	Yammer

Communications & Networking
1	831 (58.27%)	Firewall
2	516 (36.19%)	WAN
3	509 (35.69%)	LAN
4	351 (24.61%)	Wireless
5	291 (20.41%)	Cisco ASA
6	265 (18.58%)	Cisco Nexus
7	257 (18.02%)	BGP
8	255 (17.88%)	VPN
9	245 (17.18%)	Network Security
10	239 (16.76%)	MPLS
11	219 (15.36%)	OSPF
12	178 (12.48%)	TCP/IP
13	162 (11.36%)	DNS
14	132 (9.26%)	VoIP
15	130 (9.12%)	Cisco IOS
16	115 (8.06%)	VLAN
17	103 (7.22%)	Wi-Fi
18	102 (7.15%)	EIGRP
19	77 (5.40%)	BIG-IP
20	74 (5.19%)	DHCP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	21 (1.47%)	SQL Server
2	6 (0.42%)	BusinessObjects
3	4 (0.28%)	Oracle Database
3	4 (0.28%)	Oracle Database 11g
3	4 (0.28%)	PostgreSQL
4	2 (0.14%)	Big Data
4	2 (0.14%)	MySQL
4	2 (0.14%)	SQL Server 2008
5	1 (0.070%)	Hadoop
5	1 (0.070%)	Informix
5	1 (0.070%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	22 (1.54%)	VSS/SourceSafe
2	9 (0.63%)	Git (software)
3	8 (0.56%)	JIRA
4	7 (0.49%)	Sonatype Nexus
5	6 (0.42%)	Jenkins
6	5 (0.35%)	Rational DOORS
7	4 (0.28%)	Vagrant
8	2 (0.14%)	StarTeam
9	1 (0.070%)	Bugzilla
9	1 (0.070%)	GDB
9	1 (0.070%)	Rational Rhapsody
9	1 (0.070%)	Rational Rose
9	1 (0.070%)	Redmine
9	1 (0.070%)	Subversion
9	1 (0.070%)	Trac
9	1 (0.070%)	Travis CI
9	1 (0.070%)	Visual Studio

General
1	151 (10.59%)	Telecoms
2	146 (10.24%)	Finance
3	59 (4.14%)	Banking
4	21 (1.47%)	Manufacturing
4	21 (1.47%)	Retail
5	13 (0.91%)	Investment Banking
6	11 (0.77%)	Electronics
6	11 (0.77%)	Law
7	9 (0.63%)	Marketing
8	8 (0.56%)	Multimedia
9	5 (0.35%)	Billing
9	5 (0.35%)	Local Government
10	4 (0.28%)	Aerospace
10	4 (0.28%)	French Language
10	4 (0.28%)	Games
10	4 (0.28%)	Publishing
11	3 (0.21%)	Advertising
11	3 (0.21%)	Back Office
11	3 (0.21%)	Financial Institution
11	3 (0.21%)	Retail Banking

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	61 (4.28%)	802.1X
2	10 (0.70%)	CSS
3	8 (0.56%)	Regular Expression
4	6 (0.42%)	Web Services
5	5 (0.35%)	XMPP
6	4 (0.28%)	Software Packaging
7	3 (0.21%)	.NET
7	3 (0.21%)	SOAP
8	2 (0.14%)	REST
8	2 (0.14%)	RFC 2544
8	2 (0.14%)	RFC 2547
9	1 (0.070%)	CGI
9	1 (0.070%)	FIX Protocol
9	1 (0.070%)	LAMP
9	1 (0.070%)	Middleware
9	1 (0.070%)	Node.js
9	1 (0.070%)	RESTful
9	1 (0.070%)	WAP
9	1 (0.070%)	XML

Miscellaneous
1	298 (20.90%)	Data Centre
2	58 (4.07%)	Analytical Skills
3	51 (3.58%)	Computer Science
4	27 (1.89%)	Video Conferencing
5	24 (1.68%)	Driving Licence
6	17 (1.19%)	NHS
7	15 (1.05%)	Management Information System
8	14 (0.98%)	PKI
9	13 (0.91%)	Clustering
10	11 (0.77%)	BYOD
11	8 (0.56%)	CMDB
11	8 (0.56%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
11	8 (0.56%)	Greenfield Project
12	7 (0.49%)	BBC
12	7 (0.49%)	Linux Command Line
13	5 (0.35%)	CESG
13	5 (0.35%)	Virtual Team
13	5 (0.35%)	Wiki
14	4 (0.28%)	Client/Server
14	4 (0.28%)	Smart Meter

Operating Systems
1	127 (8.91%)	Windows
2	100 (7.01%)	Linux
3	61 (4.28%)	Windows Server
4	34 (2.38%)	Unix
5	22 (1.54%)	Windows Server 2008
6	21 (1.47%)	Windows Server 2012
7	17 (1.19%)	Windows 7
8	11 (0.77%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	11 (0.77%)	Windows 10
9	9 (0.63%)	Windows Server 2003
10	6 (0.42%)	CatOS
11	5 (0.35%)	CentOS
11	5 (0.35%)	Mac OS X
11	5 (0.35%)	Windows 8
11	5 (0.35%)	Windows XP
12	4 (0.28%)	AIX
12	4 (0.28%)	Android
12	4 (0.28%)	Ubuntu
13	3 (0.21%)	Solaris
14	2 (0.14%)	VxWorks

Processes & Methodologies
1	223 (15.64%)	ITIL
2	199 (13.96%)	Network Design
3	119 (8.35%)	Migration
4	107 (7.50%)	Load Balancing
5	82 (5.75%)	Service Management
6	79 (5.54%)	Network Management
7	58 (4.07%)	ITSM
7	58 (4.07%)	Network Monitoring
8	57 (4.00%)	Project Management
9	55 (3.86%)	High Availability
10	49 (3.44%)	Change Management
11	46 (3.23%)	Configuration Management
12	35 (2.45%)	Kalman Filter
13	32 (2.24%)	Change Control
14	27 (1.89%)	Customer Requirements
14	27 (1.89%)	Service Delivery
15	26 (1.82%)	Incident Management
16	25 (1.75%)	Problem Management
17	23 (1.61%)	ITIL V3
17	23 (1.61%)	Mentoring

Programming Languages
1	28 (1.96%)	C
2	22 (1.54%)	Perl
2	22 (1.54%)	Python
3	15 (1.05%)	SQL
4	14 (0.98%)	PowerShell
5	13 (0.91%)	Bash Shell
6	9 (0.63%)	Java
7	6 (0.42%)	Lisp
7	6 (0.42%)	Shell Script
8	5 (0.35%)	C++
8	5 (0.35%)	Ruby
9	3 (0.21%)	PHP
10	2 (0.14%)	C#
10	2 (0.14%)	Embedded C
10	2 (0.14%)	Go
10	2 (0.14%)	VBScript
11	1 (0.070%)	CoffeeScript
11	1 (0.070%)	Embedded C++
11	1 (0.070%)	Korn
11	1 (0.070%)	VB6

Qualifications
1	770 (54.00%)	Cisco Certification
2	558 (39.13%)	CCNP
3	315 (22.09%)	CCNA
4	314 (22.02%)	Security Cleared
5	242 (16.97%)	SC Cleared
6	201 (14.10%)	CCIE
7	102 (7.15%)	CCDP
8	87 (6.10%)	Degree
8	87 (6.10%)	JNCIA
9	76 (5.33%)	CCSE
10	69 (4.84%)	CCSA
11	67 (4.70%)	CCIP
12	62 (4.35%)	DV Cleared
13	61 (4.28%)	JNCIE
14	47 (3.30%)	Computer Science Degree
15	44 (3.09%)	HP ASE
16	41 (2.88%)	HP MASE
17	28 (1.96%)	CCSP
17	28 (1.96%)	JNCIS
18	17 (1.19%)	JNCIP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	42 (2.95%)	SLA
2	13 (0.91%)	PCI DSS
3	11 (0.77%)	Disclosure Scotland
3	11 (0.77%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	8 (0.56%)	QA
5	5 (0.35%)	ISO/IEC 20000
5	5 (0.35%)	Sarbanes-Oxley
6	4 (0.28%)	HIPAA
7	2 (0.14%)	PMO
8	1 (0.070%)	Def Stans

System Software
1	64 (4.49%)	Active Directory
2	52 (3.65%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	32 (2.24%)	ProxySG
4	21 (1.47%)	vSphere
5	20 (1.40%)	Hyper-V
6	15 (1.05%)	VMware ESXi
7	9 (0.63%)	Virtual Machines
8	5 (0.35%)	Firmware
8	5 (0.35%)	Virtual Servers
9	4 (0.28%)	vCloud
9	4 (0.28%)	XenApp
10	3 (0.21%)	ISA Server
10	3 (0.21%)	NFS
10	3 (0.21%)	pfSense
10	3 (0.21%)	Snort
10	3 (0.21%)	VMware Server
11	2 (0.14%)	Docker
11	2 (0.14%)	Terminal Services
12	1 (0.070%)	iptables
12	1 (0.070%)	KVM

Systems Management
1	116 (8.13%)	FortiGate
2	65 (4.56%)	Cisco Prime
3	34 (2.38%)	Cisco CUCM
4	21 (1.47%)	Nagios
5	15 (1.05%)	Cacti
5	15 (1.05%)	Cisco UCCX
6	9 (0.63%)	Puppet
7	8 (0.56%)	Cisco UCCE
7	8 (0.56%)	SCOM
8	7 (0.49%)	SCCM
8	7 (0.49%)	ZABBIX
9	6 (0.42%)	Ansible
9	6 (0.42%)	OpenView
9	6 (0.42%)	SolarWinds Orion
10	5 (0.35%)	HP Data Protector
10	5 (0.35%)	Opscode Chef
10	5 (0.35%)	QRadar
10	5 (0.35%)	Stealthwatch
10	5 (0.35%)	Tivoli
10	5 (0.35%)	Tivoli Storage Manager

Vendors
1	1092 (76.58%)	Cisco
2	375 (26.30%)	Juniper
3	354 (24.82%)	CheckPoint
4	319 (22.37%)	F5
5	185 (12.97%)	Palo Alto
6	164 (11.50%)	Fortinet
7	154 (10.80%)	HP
8	118 (8.27%)	VMware
9	108 (7.57%)	Riverbed
10	106 (7.43%)	SolarWinds
11	91 (6.38%)	Microsoft
12	89 (6.24%)	Citrix
13	85 (5.96%)	Aruba
14	80 (5.61%)	Blue Coat
15	32 (2.24%)	Brocade
15	32 (2.24%)	McAfee
16	27 (1.89%)	Meraki
17	26 (1.82%)	Nokia
18	24 (1.68%)	Dell
19	23 (1.61%)	Arista