3rd Line Network Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Third Line Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Network Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 338 443 622
Rank change year-on-year +105 +179 -119
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.034% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.009% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £284
25th Percentile - - £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.15%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -36.36% +22.22% +21.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,812 22,728 41,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.24% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,312 16,121 30,511
10th Percentile £325 £359 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 526 561
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.56 £25.00 £19.91
Median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.85% +26.25% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.19 £66.57 £59.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

3rd Line Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Network Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 3rd Line Network Engineer.

3rd Line Network Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 3rd Line 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Meraki
3 2 (40.00%) SLA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Meraki