Network Engineer Contracts in Wales

Network Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Wales is £263 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 24 48
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 3 43 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.79% 6.96% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 7.33% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 33 15
10th Percentile - £273 £206
25th Percentile £256 £325 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £425 £295
Median % change year-on-year -38.24% +44.07% +24.21%
75th Percentile £269 £500 £445
90th Percentile - £538 £573
UK median daily rate £460 £473 £450
% change year-on-year -2.65% +5.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £46.63 -
25th Percentile - £47.19 £45.63
Median hourly rate - £48.75 £47.40
Median % change year-on-year - +2.85% +12.86%
75th Percentile - £49.69 -
90th Percentile - £49.88 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £63.23 £39.50
% change year-on-year -36.74% +60.08% -1.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 337 587 942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.92% 94.98% 96.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 453 694
10th Percentile £177 £180 £181
25th Percentile £350 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £540 £565 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 37
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.13 £11.15
25th Percentile £12.52 £15.25 £12.24
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -8.89% +20.12%
75th Percentile £42.34 £19.98 £25.75
90th Percentile £86.90 £47.25 £47.09
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Wales

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Wales

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Wales

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
South Wales -17 2 £263 -38.24% 2
North Wales +6 1 - -
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 Wales region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) Debian
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) CentOS
1 1 (33.33%) Debian
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat