Senior Network Engineer Contracts

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 567 691
Rank change year-on-year +121 +124 -90
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 152 152 158
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 93 94
10th Percentile £349 £413 £313
25th Percentile £494 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £538
90th Percentile £700 £624 £622
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £488 £440
% change year-on-year +5.13% +10.80% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £42.60 - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - £49.25
Median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +30.69% -17.55%
75th Percentile £75.24 - £51.75
90th Percentile £76.29 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.50 £66.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% +30.69% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +158 144 £513 +2.50% 54
UK excluding London +60 75 £513 +5.13% 45
London +136 71 £550 - 21
South East +44 50 £513 +12.33% 12
Work from Home +89 36 £600 +23.08% 23
North of England +33 18 £514 +5.38% 8
North West +19 17 £514 +9.60% 5
Scotland +30 3 £550 - 10
East of England +6 2 - -
West Midlands +26 1 - - 4
Midlands +19 1 - - 8
Yorkshire +17 1 - - 2
South West +16 1 £750 +37.93% 5

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 103 (67.76%) Cisco
2 75 (49.34%) Firewall
3 70 (46.05%) Cisco Certification
4 38 (25.00%) CCNP
5 37 (24.34%) WAN
6 36 (23.68%) CheckPoint
6 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
7 34 (22.37%) Banking
8 33 (21.71%) Finance
9 32 (21.05%) Migration
10 31 (20.39%) LAN
10 31 (20.39%) Palo Alto
10 31 (20.39%) Arista
11 30 (19.74%) DMZ
12 29 (19.08%) BGP
13 27 (17.76%) OSPF
13 27 (17.76%) Network Security
14 25 (16.45%) B2B
15 24 (15.79%) CCNA
16 23 (15.13%) Data Centre
17 22 (14.47%) IPsec
18 20 (13.16%) SolarWinds
19 19 (12.50%) AWS
19 19 (12.50%) Wireless
19 19 (12.50%) VPN
20 18 (11.84%) Python
20 18 (11.84%) Juniper
20 18 (11.84%) EIGRP
20 18 (11.84%) Change Management
20 18 (11.84%) DV Cleared

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.32%) nginx
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.50%) AWS
2 14 (9.21%) Azure
3 7 (4.61%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (3.95%) GCP
5 5 (3.29%) OCI
6 2 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.32%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.66%) GitHub
7 1 (0.66%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (49.34%) Firewall
2 37 (24.34%) WAN
3 31 (20.39%) LAN
4 30 (19.74%) DMZ
5 29 (19.08%) BGP
6 27 (17.76%) Network Security
6 27 (17.76%) OSPF
7 22 (14.47%) IPsec
8 19 (12.50%) VPN
8 19 (12.50%) Wireless
9 18 (11.84%) EIGRP
10 17 (11.18%) Cisco ASA
11 15 (9.87%) HSRP
11 15 (9.87%) MPLS
12 14 (9.21%) DNS
13 13 (8.55%) Cisco Nexus
14 12 (7.89%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (7.89%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (7.24%) SD-WAN
15 11 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.97%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 34 (22.37%) Banking
2 33 (21.71%) Finance
3 18 (11.84%) Public Sector
4 15 (9.87%) Social Skills
5 8 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.63%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.32%) Legal
7 2 (1.32%) Military
8 1 (0.66%) German Language
8 1 (0.66%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.26%) Jinja
2 5 (3.29%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.32%) HTML
4 1 (0.66%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.66%) JSON
4 1 (0.66%) Web Services
4 1 (0.66%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.13%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.95%) PKI
3 4 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.32%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.66%) CMDB
6 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.66%) Life Science
6 1 (0.66%) NHS
6 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.29%) Linux
2 3 (1.97%) Windows
3 2 (1.32%) Unix
4 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (21.05%) Migration
2 25 (16.45%) B2B
3 18 (11.84%) Change Management
4 17 (11.18%) Network Design
5 15 (9.87%) Network Management
6 14 (9.21%) Service Delivery
7 13 (8.55%) DevOps
7 13 (8.55%) ITIL
8 12 (7.89%) Roadmaps
9 11 (7.24%) Low Latency
10 9 (5.92%) Computer Science
10 9 (5.92%) ITSM
10 9 (5.92%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (5.26%) Availability Management
11 8 (5.26%) Network Architecture
12 7 (4.61%) Line Management
12 7 (4.61%) Load Balancing
13 6 (3.95%) Impact Analysis
13 6 (3.95%) Network Monitoring
13 6 (3.95%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.84%) Python
2 8 (5.26%) Perl
2 8 (5.26%) Tcl
3 2 (1.32%) C#
3 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (46.05%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (25.00%) CCNP
3 36 (23.68%) Security Cleared
4 24 (15.79%) CCNA
5 18 (11.84%) DV Cleared
6 13 (8.55%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.92%) CCIE
8 6 (3.95%) AWS Certification
8 6 (3.95%) Degree
9 5 (3.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.29%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.66%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.66%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.66%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (6.58%) Firmware
2 2 (1.32%) Squid
2 2 (1.32%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.24%) Ansible
2 8 (5.26%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.26%) Terraform
3 7 (4.61%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.32%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.32%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.32%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.66%) Netcool
Vendors
1 103 (67.76%) Cisco
2 36 (23.68%) CheckPoint
3 31 (20.39%) Arista
3 31 (20.39%) Palo Alto
4 20 (13.16%) SolarWinds
5 18 (11.84%) Juniper
6 15 (9.87%) F5
7 14 (9.21%) Fortinet
8 10 (6.58%) Citrix
8 10 (6.58%) Microsoft
9 8 (5.26%) Google
9 8 (5.26%) Infoblox
10 3 (1.97%) Blue Coat
10 3 (1.97%) Forcepoint
10 3 (1.97%) VMware
11 2 (1.32%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (1.32%) Dell
11 2 (1.32%) HP
11 2 (1.32%) Meraki
11 2 (1.32%) Splunk
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