Data Network Engineer Contracts in England

Data Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Data Network Engineer daily rate in England is £460 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 636 774
Rank change year-on-year +115 +138 -155
Contract jobs requiring a Data Network Engineer 10 10 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.027% 0.021% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.022% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £429 - £433
25th Percentile £435 £263 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £325 £525
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -38.10% +70.73%
75th Percentile £482 £363 £606
90th Percentile £485 £625 £648
UK median daily rate £460 £325 £525
% change year-on-year +41.54% -38.10% +70.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.74 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,767 45,838 67,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.60% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,422 32,556 48,342
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,340 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.05 £64.78
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Data Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Network Engineer in England

Data Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Network Engineer in England

Data Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Network Engineer in England

Data Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 East - 3 - - 2
London +99 2 £463 -42.19% 4
North of England +25 1 - -
West Midlands +20 1 - -
Midlands +17 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Data Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Data 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 England region featuring Data Network Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (60.00%) Design Patterns
3 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (50.00%) Banking
3 5 (50.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) DMZ
4 4 (40.00%) Firewall
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (40.00%) WAN
4 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Blue Coat
5 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
5 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (30.00%) High Availability
5 3 (30.00%) Change Control
5 3 (30.00%) LAN
5 3 (30.00%) ITSM
5 3 (30.00%) Change Management
5 3 (30.00%) BGP
5 3 (30.00%) Juniper
5 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
6 2 (20.00%) MPLS
6 2 (20.00%) OSPF
6 2 (20.00%) EIGRP
6 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) DHCP
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL

Data Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (50.00%) DMZ
2 5 (50.00%) VPN
3 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 4 (40.00%) WAN
4 3 (30.00%) BGP
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (20.00%) DHCP
5 2 (20.00%) EIGRP
5 2 (20.00%) MPLS
5 2 (20.00%) OSPF
5 2 (20.00%) VXLAN
5 2 (20.00%) Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) DNS
6 1 (10.00%) Multicast
6 1 (10.00%) PBX
6 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (10.00%) VoIP
6 1 (10.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Investment Banking
3 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (10.00%) Police
5 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Publishing
5 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (30.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (30.00%) Change Control
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) High Availability
2 3 (30.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Line Management
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE Data Center
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Blue Coat
2 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper
3 2 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (10.00%) Arista
4 1 (10.00%) F5
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Zscaler