Network Engineer Contracts in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £240 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 71 104
Rank change year-on-year +7 +33 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 10 31 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.15% 2.62% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 2.74% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 23 16
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile - £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -52.00% +8.11% +6.94%
75th Percentile - £533 £516
90th Percentile £314 £538 £563
Scotland median daily rate £363 £480 £455
% change year-on-year -24.48% +5.49% +13.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 825 1,130 1,811
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 95.60% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 783 1,245
10th Percentile £179 £220 £230
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £569
90th Percentile £650 £601 £638
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 9 14
10th Percentile £15.45 £12.63 -
25th Percentile £16.37 £17.70 £17.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £17.72 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.95% -22.96% -60.00%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.26 £46.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £28.09 £52.64
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +5.41% -50.57% +66.36%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Edinburgh region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) DHCP
3 6 (60.00%) VPN
3 6 (60.00%) DNS
3 6 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 6 (60.00%) SCCM
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (60.00%) Break/Fix
3 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (20.00%) NetScout
5 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Firewall
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (10.00%) Kanban
5 1 (10.00%) IPv4
5 1 (10.00%) IPv6

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) DHCP
1 6 (60.00%) DNS
1 6 (60.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) BGP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) IPv4
2 1 (10.00%) IPv6
2 1 (10.00%) MPLS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
1 6 (60.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) Break/Fix
2 6 (60.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) Kanban
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) HND
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) NetScout
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) VMware