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 5 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
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 563 710
Rank change year-on-year +106 +147 -92
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 144 153 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.27% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 95 89
10th Percentile £342 £413 £313
25th Percentile £488 £459 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £482
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +3.73% +7.11%
75th Percentile £600 £593 £550
90th Percentile £700 £629 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +5.02% +8.44% +6.13%
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 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

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 5 May 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 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Top 12 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 5 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
England +142 138 £513 +2.50% 55
UK excluding London +54 73 £513 +5.02% 46
London +140 66 £525 -2.33% 17
South East +43 50 £513 +7.89% 13
Work from Home +79 32 £575 +16.46% 26
North of England +33 18 £514 +4.05% 10
North West +32 17 £514 +4.05% 6
Scotland +36 2 £550 +2.33% 7
East of England +5 2 - -
Midlands +25 1 - - 7
West Midlands +19 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +16 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 99 (68.75%) Cisco
2 72 (50.00%) Firewall
3 65 (45.14%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (24.31%) CheckPoint
4 35 (24.31%) Security Cleared
5 34 (23.61%) CCNP
5 34 (23.61%) WAN
5 34 (23.61%) Banking
6 32 (22.22%) Migration
7 31 (21.53%) Finance
8 30 (20.83%) LAN
8 30 (20.83%) DMZ
8 30 (20.83%) Palo Alto
9 29 (20.14%) Arista
10 27 (18.75%) BGP
11 25 (17.36%) OSPF
11 25 (17.36%) B2B
12 24 (16.67%) CCNA
12 24 (16.67%) Network Security
13 22 (15.28%) IPsec
14 20 (13.89%) Data Centre
15 19 (13.19%) SolarWinds
15 19 (13.19%) Wireless
16 18 (12.50%) Change Management
16 18 (12.50%) Juniper
16 18 (12.50%) VPN
16 18 (12.50%) Public Sector
17 17 (11.81%) EIGRP
17 17 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
17 17 (11.81%) 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 (1.39%) nginx
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.11%) AWS
2 11 (7.64%) Azure
3 5 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (3.47%) OCI
4 4 (2.78%) GCP
5 2 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (1.39%) Cloudflare
5 2 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) GitHub
6 1 (0.69%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 72 (50.00%) Firewall
2 34 (23.61%) WAN
3 30 (20.83%) DMZ
3 30 (20.83%) LAN
4 27 (18.75%) BGP
5 25 (17.36%) OSPF
6 24 (16.67%) Network Security
7 22 (15.28%) IPsec
8 19 (13.19%) Wireless
9 18 (12.50%) VPN
10 17 (11.81%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (11.81%) EIGRP
11 15 (10.42%) HSRP
12 14 (9.72%) DNS
13 13 (9.03%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (9.03%) MPLS
14 12 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
14 12 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (7.64%) Wi-Fi
16 10 (6.94%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.08%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 34 (23.61%) Banking
2 31 (21.53%) Finance
3 18 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.72%) Social Skills
5 7 (4.86%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.39%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.39%) Legal
7 2 (1.39%) Military
8 1 (0.69%) German Language
8 1 (0.69%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.56%) Jinja
2 5 (3.47%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.39%) HTML
4 1 (0.69%) JSON
4 1 (0.69%) Web Services
4 1 (0.69%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.89%) Data Centre
2 6 (4.17%) PKI
3 3 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.08%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.39%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.69%) CMDB
5 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.69%) Life Science
5 1 (0.69%) NHS
5 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.47%) Linux
2 3 (2.08%) Windows
3 2 (1.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (22.22%) Migration
2 25 (17.36%) B2B
3 18 (12.50%) Change Management
4 14 (9.72%) Network Management
4 14 (9.72%) Service Delivery
5 13 (9.03%) DevOps
5 13 (9.03%) ITIL
5 13 (9.03%) Network Design
6 12 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 9 (6.25%) Computer Science
7 9 (6.25%) ITSM
7 9 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (5.56%) Availability Management
8 8 (5.56%) Low Latency
9 7 (4.86%) Line Management
9 7 (4.86%) Load Balancing
9 7 (4.86%) Network Architecture
10 6 (4.17%) Impact Analysis
11 5 (3.47%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (3.47%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.11%) Python
2 8 (5.56%) Perl
2 8 (5.56%) Tcl
3 2 (1.39%) C#
3 2 (1.39%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (45.14%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (24.31%) Security Cleared
3 34 (23.61%) CCNP
4 24 (16.67%) CCNA
5 17 (11.81%) DV Cleared
6 13 (9.03%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.86%) CCIE
8 6 (4.17%) AWS Certification
8 6 (4.17%) Degree
9 5 (3.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (3.47%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.69%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.69%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.69%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (6.94%) Firmware
2 2 (1.39%) Squid
2 2 (1.39%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (7.64%) Ansible
2 8 (5.56%) FortiGate
2 8 (5.56%) Terraform
3 7 (4.86%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (1.39%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.39%) HAProxy
4 2 (1.39%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.69%) Netcool
Vendors
1 99 (68.75%) Cisco
2 35 (24.31%) CheckPoint
3 30 (20.83%) Palo Alto
4 29 (20.14%) Arista
5 19 (13.19%) SolarWinds
6 18 (12.50%) Juniper
7 14 (9.72%) F5
8 13 (9.03%) Fortinet
9 10 (6.94%) Citrix
9 10 (6.94%) Microsoft
10 7 (4.86%) Google
10 7 (4.86%) Infoblox
11 3 (2.08%) Forcepoint
12 2 (1.39%) Barracuda Networks
12 2 (1.39%) Blue Coat
12 2 (1.39%) Dell
12 2 (1.39%) HP
12 2 (1.39%) Meraki
12 2 (1.39%) Splunk
12 2 (1.39%) VMware
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