Network Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 72 130
Rank change year-on-year +10 +58 +22
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 557 660 630
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.32% 3.16% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.61% 3.37% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 396 462
10th Percentile £300 £263 £263
25th Percentile £400 £350 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +3.53% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £525
90th Percentile £618 £594 £600
UK median daily rate £490 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.89% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 28 16
10th Percentile - £24.85 £14.34
25th Percentile £20.00 £41.34 £20.75
Median hourly rate £21.39 £64.24 £40.29
Median % change year-on-year -66.71% +59.44% +41.07%
75th Percentile £54.06 £65.98 £56.00
90th Percentile £73.00 £76.25 £60.99
UK median hourly rate £41.50 £64.24 £54.00
% change year-on-year -35.40% +18.96% +62.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
North of England +36 195 £475 +6.15% 33
North West +34 146 £490 +3.59% 23
South East +27 146 £500 +17.65% 46
Midlands -20 71 £445 +18.67% 24
South West -21 62 £475 -2.56% 11
Yorkshire +31 53 £411 +2.81% 6
Scotland +16 45 £400 -13.51% 11
West Midlands -23 42 £500 +29.87% 21
East Midlands +3 29 £375 +7.14% 3
East of England -15 26 £300 -31.82% 20
Wales +10 19 £394 -10.00% 4
North East -13 4 £425 +13.33% 4
Isle of Man - 4 £525 -
Northern Ireland -6 3 £445 +97.78% 2
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 343 (61.58%) Cisco
2 276 (49.55%) Firewall
3 182 (32.68%) Security Cleared
4 169 (30.34%) Cisco Certification
5 147 (26.39%) LAN
6 146 (26.21%) WAN
7 127 (22.80%) VPN
8 124 (22.26%) BGP
9 121 (21.72%) CCNP
10 113 (20.29%) SC Cleared
11 106 (19.03%) F5
11 106 (19.03%) CCNA
12 100 (17.95%) Palo Alto
13 98 (17.59%) Wireless
14 94 (16.88%) Network Security
15 92 (16.52%) OSPF
16 90 (16.16%) Finance
17 87 (15.62%) Fortinet
18 84 (15.08%) DNS
19 77 (13.82%) CheckPoint
20 74 (13.29%) Data Centre
21 72 (12.93%) Juniper
22 70 (12.57%) Social Skills
23 65 (11.67%) Azure
23 65 (11.67%) SD-WAN
24 64 (11.49%) SolarWinds
24 64 (11.49%) Cisco ASA
25 62 (11.13%) DHCP
26 61 (10.95%) IPsec
27 59 (10.59%) Load Balancing

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (3.59%) Confluence
2 7 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.08%) IIS
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 65 (11.67%) Azure
2 24 (4.31%) AWS
3 8 (1.44%) IBM Watson
4 7 (1.26%) OCI
5 5 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (0.72%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.54%) GCP
8 2 (0.36%) Akamai
8 2 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.18%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 276 (49.55%) Firewall
2 147 (26.39%) LAN
3 146 (26.21%) WAN
4 127 (22.80%) VPN
5 124 (22.26%) BGP
6 98 (17.59%) Wireless
7 94 (16.88%) Network Security
8 92 (16.52%) OSPF
9 84 (15.08%) DNS
10 65 (11.67%) SD-WAN
11 64 (11.49%) Cisco ASA
12 62 (11.13%) DHCP
13 61 (10.95%) IPsec
14 55 (9.87%) MPLS
14 55 (9.87%) Wi-Fi
15 53 (9.52%) VLAN
16 50 (8.98%) Cisco ISE
17 49 (8.80%) Cisco Firepower
18 44 (7.90%) Cisco Nexus
18 44 (7.90%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 25 (4.49%) JIRA
2 8 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (0.72%) GitLab
4 3 (0.54%) Hudson
4 3 (0.54%) Robot Framework
4 3 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 90 (16.16%) Finance
2 70 (12.57%) Social Skills
3 55 (9.87%) Public Sector
4 40 (7.18%) Telecoms
5 34 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.92%) Banking
6 33 (5.92%) Manufacturing
7 23 (4.13%) Financial Institution
8 21 (3.77%) Electronics
8 21 (3.77%) Marketing
9 17 (3.05%) Legal
10 14 (2.51%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.08%) Law
11 6 (1.08%) Military
12 5 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.90%) Retail
13 4 (0.72%) Local Government
14 3 (0.54%) Spanish Language
15 2 (0.36%) Advertising
15 2 (0.36%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.69%) NETCONF
1 15 (2.69%) RESTCONF
2 12 (2.15%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.72%) RFC 2544
4 3 (0.54%) HTML
4 3 (0.54%) XML
5 2 (0.36%) JSON
5 2 (0.36%) REST
6 1 (0.18%) CSS
6 1 (0.18%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.18%) OpenID
6 1 (0.18%) SOAP
6 1 (0.18%) SVG
6 1 (0.18%) YAML
6 1 (0.18%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.29%) Data Centre
2 22 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (3.23%) PKI
4 11 (1.97%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.62%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.44%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.26%) NHS
9 5 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (0.90%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.72%) Clustering
10 4 (0.72%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.72%) FMCG
11 2 (0.36%) IVR
11 2 (0.36%) Replication
11 2 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.18%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.72%) Windows
2 26 (4.67%) Linux
3 10 (1.80%) Unix
3 10 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.44%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.26%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.54%) Check Point GAiA
7 1 (0.18%) CentOS
7 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (10.59%) Load Balancing
2 56 (10.05%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (9.34%) Network Design
4 51 (9.16%) Migration
5 37 (6.64%) Network Management
6 33 (5.92%) Network Monitoring
7 32 (5.75%) ITIL
8 31 (5.57%) Disaster Recovery
9 30 (5.39%) High Availability
9 30 (5.39%) ITSM
10 28 (5.03%) Validation
11 27 (4.85%) Agile
12 26 (4.67%) Design Patterns
12 26 (4.67%) Service Management
13 23 (4.13%) Network Virtualisation
14 22 (3.95%) Project Delivery
15 21 (3.77%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (3.77%) Digital Marketing
15 21 (3.77%) Programme Management
15 21 (3.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.36%) Python
2 6 (1.08%) Perl
3 4 (0.72%) Lisp
3 4 (0.72%) SQL
4 3 (0.54%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.36%) VB
6 1 (0.18%) C
6 1 (0.18%) C++
6 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 182 (32.68%) Security Cleared
2 169 (30.34%) Cisco Certification
3 121 (21.72%) CCNP
4 113 (20.29%) SC Cleared
5 106 (19.03%) CCNA
6 56 (10.05%) DV Cleared
7 31 (5.57%) Degree
8 19 (3.41%) CCIE
9 9 (1.62%) JNCIA
10 8 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.08%) A+ Certification
11 6 (1.08%) CISSP
11 6 (1.08%) VCAP
12 5 (0.90%) JNCIP
12 5 (0.90%) JNCIS
13 4 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.54%) CCDP
14 3 (0.54%) CCSA
14 3 (0.54%) CCSE
14 3 (0.54%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.28%) SLA
2 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 38 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 22 (3.95%) VMware NSX
3 19 (3.41%) Firmware
4 10 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.26%) ProxySG
6 3 (0.54%) Docker
6 3 (0.54%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.36%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) pfSense
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 40 (7.18%) FortiGate
2 31 (5.57%) Ansible
3 9 (1.62%) SCCM
4 7 (1.26%) Terraform
5 6 (1.08%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.72%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (0.72%) Observium
7 3 (0.54%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.54%) OpenView
7 3 (0.54%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.36%) Cacti
8 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.18%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.18%) Endace
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.18%) Nagios
9 1 (0.18%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 343 (61.58%) Cisco
2 106 (19.03%) F5
3 100 (17.95%) Palo Alto
4 87 (15.62%) Fortinet
5 77 (13.82%) CheckPoint
6 72 (12.93%) Juniper
7 64 (11.49%) SolarWinds
8 52 (9.34%) VMware
9 43 (7.72%) Microsoft
10 38 (6.82%) Meraki
11 35 (6.28%) Aruba
12 29 (5.21%) Blue Coat
13 24 (4.31%) Citrix
14 21 (3.77%) SAP
15 19 (3.41%) Splunk
16 16 (2.87%) Infoblox
16 16 (2.87%) McAfee
17 11 (1.97%) Ciena
17 11 (1.97%) NetScout
18 10 (1.80%) Avaya