Network Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Network Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 55 98
Rank change year-on-year +11 +43 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 87 60 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.56% 3.45% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 3.64% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 29 18
10th Percentile £328 £297 £293
25th Percentile £363 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £485 £434
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% +11.63% +15.86%
75th Percentile £519 £570 £493
90th Percentile £571 £580 £546
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +19.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £20.90 £42.25 -
25th Percentile £24.50 £66.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £73.50 £72.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +177.88% +22.35%
75th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £76.29 £80.63 -
South East median hourly rate £73.50 £64.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +14.84% +178.26% +8.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,781 1,650 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 94.88% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 1,051 1,466
10th Percentile £234 £325 £220
25th Percentile £383 £425 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +8.73%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 55 36
10th Percentile £18.55 £17.90 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £23.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £58.30 £56.89 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% +195.51% -8.55%
75th Percentile £70.73 £73.80 £33.13
90th Percentile £86.86 £79.83 £74.32
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.70 £20.00
% change year-on-year -2.46% +143.49% -20.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Reading +2 43 £445 -14.42% 6
Bracknell +12 22 £513 +86.36% 8
Ascot - 11 - -
Maidenhead - 4 £375 -
Newbury -9 1 - - 2
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Berkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 69 (79.31%) Cisco
2 46 (52.87%) Juniper
3 39 (44.83%) Firewall
4 29 (33.33%) CheckPoint
5 28 (32.18%) DMZ
5 28 (32.18%) Banking
6 27 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (31.03%) Migration
7 24 (27.59%) VPN
8 23 (26.44%) MPLS
9 20 (22.99%) BGP
10 19 (21.84%) WAN
10 19 (21.84%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
12 17 (19.54%) High Availability
12 17 (19.54%) B2B
12 17 (19.54%) Finance
12 17 (19.54%) Arista
13 15 (17.24%) LAN
14 13 (14.94%) Change Control
15 12 (13.79%) Fortinet
16 11 (12.64%) Blue Coat
16 11 (12.64%) Investment Banking
16 11 (12.64%) ITSM
16 11 (12.64%) Design Patterns
16 11 (12.64%) Architectural Patterns
17 10 (11.49%) Data Centre
18 9 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
18 9 (10.34%) Telecoms
18 9 (10.34%) SQL

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 8 (9.20%) Apache
1 8 (9.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.15%) Azure
1 1 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (1.15%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 39 (44.83%) Firewall
2 28 (32.18%) DMZ
3 24 (27.59%) VPN
4 23 (26.44%) MPLS
5 20 (22.99%) BGP
6 19 (21.84%) Cisco Nexus
6 19 (21.84%) WAN
7 15 (17.24%) LAN
8 9 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (9.20%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (9.20%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (6.90%) IPsec
11 5 (5.75%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (5.75%) EIGRP
11 5 (5.75%) Network Security
11 5 (5.75%) SD-WAN
12 4 (4.60%) HSRP
12 4 (4.60%) OSPF
12 4 (4.60%) SNMP
13 3 (3.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.20%) MongoDB
1 8 (9.20%) NoSQL
1 8 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.20%) GitLab
1 8 (9.20%) JIRA
1 8 (9.20%) Robot Framework
1 8 (9.20%) TestRail
General
1 28 (32.18%) Banking
2 17 (19.54%) Finance
3 11 (12.64%) Investment Banking
4 9 (10.34%) Telecoms
5 7 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.05%) Social Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.30%) Military
8 1 (1.15%) Advertising
8 1 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) NETCONF
1 8 (9.20%) REST
1 8 (9.20%) RESTCONF
1 8 (9.20%) SOAP
1 8 (9.20%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.49%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.30%) PKI
4 1 (1.15%) CCTV
4 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) IoT
4 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.03%) Migration
2 17 (19.54%) B2B
2 17 (19.54%) High Availability
3 13 (14.94%) Change Control
4 11 (12.64%) Architectural Patterns
4 11 (12.64%) Design Patterns
4 11 (12.64%) ITSM
5 9 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (9.20%) Agile
6 8 (9.20%) Availability Management
6 8 (9.20%) CI/CD
6 8 (9.20%) Containerisation
6 8 (9.20%) Integration Testing
6 8 (9.20%) Performance Testing
6 8 (9.20%) Regression Testing
6 8 (9.20%) Scrum
6 8 (9.20%) Security Testing
6 8 (9.20%) Test Automation
6 8 (9.20%) Unit Testing
6 8 (9.20%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.34%) Python
1 9 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.34%) CCNA
4 8 (9.20%) DV Cleared
5 6 (6.90%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.75%) Degree
7 4 (4.60%) CCNP
8 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.45%) JNCIA
8 3 (3.45%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.15%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.15%) CCDP
9 1 (1.15%) CCIE
9 1 (1.15%) CCIP
9 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.15%) HNC
9 1 (1.15%) HP ASE
9 1 (1.15%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Docker
2 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.45%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Endace
2 1 (1.15%) Ansible
Vendors
1 69 (79.31%) Cisco
2 46 (52.87%) Juniper
3 29 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 17 (19.54%) Arista
5 12 (13.79%) Fortinet
6 11 (12.64%) Blue Coat
7 6 (6.90%) F5
8 4 (4.60%) VMware
9 3 (3.45%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.15%) ADVA
10 1 (1.15%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.15%) Dell
10 1 (1.15%) Microsoft
10 1 (1.15%) Nokia
10 1 (1.15%) Zscaler
83 Network Engineer jobs in the South East