Network Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 138 246
Rank change year-on-year +10 +108 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 250 466 482
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.64% 1.83% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.91% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 300 310
10th Percentile £274 £350 £313
25th Percentile £335 £413 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £601 £625 £606
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 11
10th Percentile £17.41 £41.51 £25.50
25th Percentile £20.18 £70.03 £25.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £78.50 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year -69.43% +176.31% -54.90%
75th Percentile £24.94 £80.44 £35.50
90th Percentile £38.10 £81.00 £48.58
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,235 24,337 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.31% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,550 17,175 30,867
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 560 606
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% +55.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Network Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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 Network Engineer.

Network Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Network Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Network Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Network Engineer hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 135 (54.00%) Cisco
2 111 (44.40%) Firewall
3 81 (32.40%) Cisco Certification
4 66 (26.40%) CCNP
5 58 (23.20%) BGP
6 47 (18.80%) OSPF
7 43 (17.20%) Fortinet
7 43 (17.20%) Palo Alto
8 42 (16.80%) Network Security
9 40 (16.00%) Security Cleared
9 40 (16.00%) CCNA
9 40 (16.00%) Social Skills
10 39 (15.60%) VPN
11 38 (15.20%) WAN
12 36 (14.40%) Juniper
12 36 (14.40%) Finance
13 35 (14.00%) F5
14 34 (13.60%) Python
15 31 (12.40%) MPLS
16 30 (12.00%) LAN
17 29 (11.60%) Wireless
17 29 (11.60%) Network Design
18 28 (11.20%) Public Sector
19 27 (10.80%) Cisco Nexus
20 26 (10.40%) DNS
21 25 (10.00%) Ansible
22 24 (9.60%) Data Centre
22 24 (9.60%) SD-WAN
22 24 (9.60%) Migration
22 24 (9.60%) Cisco ASA

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.80%) nginx
1 2 (0.80%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.40%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (0.40%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.40%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.40%) Azure
2 15 (6.00%) AWS
3 6 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.20%) Akamai
4 3 (1.20%) GCP
5 2 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (0.80%) GitHub
5 2 (0.80%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
6 1 (0.40%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.40%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 111 (44.40%) Firewall
2 58 (23.20%) BGP
3 47 (18.80%) OSPF
4 42 (16.80%) Network Security
5 39 (15.60%) VPN
6 38 (15.20%) WAN
7 31 (12.40%) MPLS
8 30 (12.00%) LAN
9 29 (11.60%) Wireless
10 27 (10.80%) Cisco Nexus
11 26 (10.40%) DNS
12 24 (9.60%) Cisco ASA
12 24 (9.60%) SD-WAN
13 22 (8.80%) Cisco ISE
14 21 (8.40%) IPsec
15 20 (8.00%) EIGRP
15 20 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
16 18 (7.20%) TCP/IP
17 17 (6.80%) VoIP
18 15 (6.00%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.60%) QGIS
2 3 (1.20%) NonStop SQL
2 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.20%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.80%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 40 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.40%) Finance
3 28 (11.20%) Public Sector
4 16 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.40%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.40%) Banking
6 6 (2.40%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.20%) Retail
8 2 (0.80%) Advertising
8 2 (0.80%) Legal
8 2 (0.80%) Marketing
8 2 (0.80%) Police
9 1 (0.40%) Back Office
9 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.40%) German Language
9 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.40%) Law
9 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.20%) JSON
2 6 (2.40%) Jinja
3 4 (1.60%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.60%) YANG
4 3 (1.20%) Django
4 3 (1.20%) REST
4 3 (1.20%) RESTful
5 2 (0.80%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.40%) J2EE
6 1 (0.40%) Middleware
6 1 (0.40%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.60%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.00%) Clustering
3 5 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.00%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.60%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.20%) Device Driver
5 3 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.20%) NHS
5 3 (1.20%) PKI
5 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.80%) Cyberattack
6 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.80%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (0.80%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.40%) CCTV
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.40%) FMCG
7 1 (0.40%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.40%) Linux
2 10 (4.00%) Unix
3 5 (2.00%) Windows
4 4 (1.60%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.20%) CentOS
6 2 (0.80%) Debian
6 2 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (11.60%) Network Design
2 24 (9.60%) Migration
3 23 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (6.80%) Load Balancing
5 15 (6.00%) Change Management
5 15 (6.00%) ITIL
6 13 (5.20%) High Availability
7 12 (4.80%) DevOps
7 12 (4.80%) Network Management
8 11 (4.40%) Low Latency
9 9 (3.60%) Agile
9 9 (3.60%) OO
10 8 (3.20%) ITSM
11 7 (2.80%) Network Monitoring
12 6 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 6 (2.40%) Knowledge Transfer
12 6 (2.40%) Network Virtualisation
12 6 (2.40%) Platform Engineering
12 6 (2.40%) Roadmaps
12 6 (2.40%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.60%) Python
2 13 (5.20%) Perl
3 6 (2.40%) Tcl
4 5 (2.00%) Bash
4 5 (2.00%) Java
4 5 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.00%) SQL
5 3 (1.20%) C
5 3 (1.20%) C++
5 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.80%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 81 (32.40%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (26.40%) CCNP
3 40 (16.00%) CCNA
3 40 (16.00%) Security Cleared
4 22 (8.80%) CCIE
5 21 (8.40%) SC Cleared
6 13 (5.20%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.80%) JNCIA
8 10 (4.00%) Degree
9 8 (3.20%) CCDP
9 8 (3.20%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.60%) BC Cleared
10 4 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.20%) CCIP
11 3 (1.20%) CISSP
11 3 (1.20%) JNCIE
12 2 (0.80%) CEH
12 2 (0.80%) CISM
12 2 (0.80%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.20%) SLA
2 5 (2.00%) QA
3 3 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (5.60%) Firmware
2 5 (2.00%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.80%) Squid
4 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.40%) Docker
5 1 (0.40%) KVM
5 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (10.00%) Ansible
2 14 (5.60%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.80%) Terraform
4 3 (1.20%) Kibana
5 2 (0.80%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.80%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.80%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.80%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.40%) Endace
6 1 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.40%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 135 (54.00%) Cisco
2 43 (17.20%) Fortinet
2 43 (17.20%) Palo Alto
3 36 (14.40%) Juniper
4 35 (14.00%) F5
5 24 (9.60%) SolarWinds
6 13 (5.20%) Aruba
7 12 (4.80%) CheckPoint
7 12 (4.80%) Nokia
8 11 (4.40%) Meraki
9 9 (3.60%) Arista
9 9 (3.60%) Zscaler
10 8 (3.20%) Citrix
10 8 (3.20%) Infoblox
11 7 (2.80%) Microsoft
11 7 (2.80%) VMware
12 4 (1.60%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (1.60%) HP
12 4 (1.60%) Splunk
13 3 (1.20%) Alcatel-Lucent