Network Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £513 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 44 77 127
Rank change year-on-year +33 +50 -30
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 105 75 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.02% 2.65% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.34% 2.80% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 39 21
10th Percentile £335 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £431 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +6.99% +21.22%
75th Percentile £519 £560 £500
90th Percentile £716 £580 £534
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
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,417 2,678 3,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 94.50% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,383 1,846 2,336
10th Percentile £213 £300 £201
25th Percentile £370 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 78 100
10th Percentile £15.55 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.46
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +167.47% -17.05%
75th Percentile £62.25 £66.16 £23.56
90th Percentile £85.57 £79.19 £58.37
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +12 87 £513 +5.67% 19
Buckinghamshire +29 12 £550 +3.77% 4
Oxfordshire +8 6 £438 -2.78% 6
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 20 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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 81 (77.14%) Cisco
2 50 (47.62%) Juniper
3 49 (46.67%) Firewall
4 39 (37.14%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (31.43%) CheckPoint
6 28 (26.67%) Banking
6 28 (26.67%) DMZ
7 27 (25.71%) VPN
7 27 (25.71%) Migration
8 24 (22.86%) Security Cleared
8 24 (22.86%) WAN
9 23 (21.90%) MPLS
9 23 (21.90%) Cisco Nexus
10 22 (20.95%) Finance
11 20 (19.05%) BGP
11 20 (19.05%) LAN
12 18 (17.14%) High Availability
13 17 (16.19%) Arista
13 17 (16.19%) B2B
14 14 (13.33%) CCNA
14 14 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (13.33%) Change Control
15 13 (12.38%) Data Centre
15 13 (12.38%) Fortinet
16 12 (11.43%) Network Security
16 12 (11.43%) Telecoms
16 12 (11.43%) CCNP
16 12 (11.43%) Python
16 12 (11.43%) DV Cleared
17 11 (10.48%) Public Sector

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.62%) Apache
1 8 (7.62%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.81%) AWS
2 2 (1.90%) Azure
3 1 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.95%) Cloudflare
3 1 (0.95%) GCP
3 1 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 49 (46.67%) Firewall
2 28 (26.67%) DMZ
3 27 (25.71%) VPN
4 24 (22.86%) WAN
5 23 (21.90%) Cisco Nexus
5 23 (21.90%) MPLS
6 20 (19.05%) BGP
6 20 (19.05%) LAN
7 14 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (11.43%) Network Security
9 8 (7.62%) Ethernet VPN
9 8 (7.62%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (6.67%) SD-WAN
11 6 (5.71%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (5.71%) IPsec
12 5 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (4.76%) EIGRP
12 5 (4.76%) Wireless
13 4 (3.81%) HSRP
13 4 (3.81%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.62%) MongoDB
1 8 (7.62%) NoSQL
1 8 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.62%) GitLab
1 8 (7.62%) JIRA
1 8 (7.62%) Robot Framework
1 8 (7.62%) TestRail
2 1 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (26.67%) Banking
2 22 (20.95%) Finance
3 12 (11.43%) Telecoms
4 11 (10.48%) Investment Banking
4 11 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.62%) Social Skills
6 6 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.86%) Military
8 2 (1.90%) Electronics
8 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.90%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.90%) Marketing
8 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Advertising
9 1 (0.95%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.62%) NETCONF
1 8 (7.62%) REST
1 8 (7.62%) RESTCONF
1 8 (7.62%) SOAP
1 8 (7.62%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.38%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.90%) PKI
4 1 (0.95%) CCTV
4 1 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.95%) IoT
4 1 (0.95%) Life Science
4 1 (0.95%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.86%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Linux
3 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.71%) Migration
2 18 (17.14%) High Availability
3 17 (16.19%) B2B
4 14 (13.33%) Change Control
5 11 (10.48%) Architectural Patterns
5 11 (10.48%) Design Patterns
5 11 (10.48%) ITSM
6 10 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (8.57%) Capacity Planning
8 8 (7.62%) Agile
8 8 (7.62%) Availability Management
8 8 (7.62%) CI/CD
8 8 (7.62%) Containerisation
8 8 (7.62%) Performance Testing
8 8 (7.62%) Regression Testing
8 8 (7.62%) Scrum
8 8 (7.62%) Security Testing
8 8 (7.62%) Test Automation
8 8 (7.62%) Unit Testing
8 8 (7.62%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.43%) Python
2 9 (8.57%) SQL
3 1 (0.95%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (37.14%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (22.86%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.33%) CCNA
4 12 (11.43%) CCNP
4 12 (11.43%) DV Cleared
5 8 (7.62%) Degree
5 8 (7.62%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.86%) JNCIA
7 3 (2.86%) JNCIS
8 2 (1.90%) CCIE
8 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.95%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.95%) CCDP
9 1 (0.95%) CCIP
9 1 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.95%) HNC
9 1 (0.95%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.95%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.90%) QA
2 1 (0.95%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (7.62%) Docker
2 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.86%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.81%) Ansible
1 4 (3.81%) Endace
1 4 (3.81%) Nessus
2 3 (2.86%) Netcool
2 3 (2.86%) Terraform
3 2 (1.90%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.90%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 81 (77.14%) Cisco
2 50 (47.62%) Juniper
3 33 (31.43%) CheckPoint
4 17 (16.19%) Arista
5 13 (12.38%) Fortinet
6 11 (10.48%) Blue Coat
7 8 (7.62%) F5
7 8 (7.62%) Palo Alto
8 6 (5.71%) Nokia
9 4 (3.81%) ScienceLogic
9 4 (3.81%) VMware
10 3 (2.86%) Dynatrace
10 3 (2.86%) IBM
10 3 (2.86%) Infoblox
11 2 (1.90%) SAP
11 2 (1.90%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.95%) ADVA
12 1 (0.95%) Meraki
12 1 (0.95%) Microsoft
12 1 (0.95%) Zscaler