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 £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 73 157
Rank change year-on-year +13 +84 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 631 720 527
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.04% 3.16% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.29% 3.35% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 483 340
10th Percentile £274 £273 £230
25th Percentile £346 £325 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £415
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.42% +14.09%
75th Percentile £525 £520 £500
90th Percentile £634 £575 £575
UK median daily rate £475 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.78% +17.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 22
10th Percentile £15.60 £19.25 £21.45
25th Percentile £20.74 £48.13 £28.41
Median hourly rate £72.50 £62.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.94% +34.05% +96.81%
75th Percentile £73.75 £66.00 £53.10
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.25 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £62.62 £45.38
% change year-on-year -36.12% +37.99% +14.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,202 21,479 29,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.24% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 14,946 20,475
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,406 1,077 1,407
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.02
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.06
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

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 May 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 May 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 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 +31 255 £500 +11.11% 59
North of England +9 134 £433 +4.85% 29
North West +9 105 £440 +3.53% 19
South West +3 99 £488 -1.27% 26
Midlands +12 94 £350 -6.67% 34
West Midlands +9 69 £350 -6.67% 26
Scotland -3 28 £363 -23.68% 28
East Midlands +14 25 £438 +25.00% 8
East of England -30 24 £300 -7.69% 14
Yorkshire 0 19 £205 -47.10% 9
North East +18 10 £388 +93.75% 2
Northern Ireland +6 6 £363 - 3
Wales -17 3 £263 -38.24% 3
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 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 404 (64.03%) Cisco
2 293 (46.43%) Firewall
3 244 (38.67%) Security Cleared
4 184 (29.16%) Cisco Certification
5 140 (22.19%) SC Cleared
6 136 (21.55%) Juniper
7 125 (19.81%) WAN
8 120 (19.02%) CCNA
9 107 (16.96%) CCNP
10 105 (16.64%) Data Centre
11 103 (16.32%) VPN
11 103 (16.32%) LAN
12 92 (14.58%) Palo Alto
12 92 (14.58%) F5
13 86 (13.63%) Fortinet
14 85 (13.47%) Cisco Nexus
15 84 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
16 83 (13.15%) CheckPoint
17 82 (13.00%) BGP
18 80 (12.68%) Social Skills
19 76 (12.04%) Finance
20 74 (11.73%) Public Sector
21 72 (11.41%) Wireless
22 71 (11.25%) MPLS
23 68 (10.78%) Migration
24 64 (10.14%) Network Design
25 62 (9.83%) Network Security
26 61 (9.67%) Cisco ASA
26 61 (9.67%) IPsec
26 61 (9.67%) VMware

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 6 (0.95%) Apache
1 6 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.32%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.32%) IIS
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.32%) WordPress
3 1 (0.16%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.16%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 24 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 38 (6.02%) Azure
2 31 (4.91%) AWS
3 15 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (1.27%) GCP
5 3 (0.48%) BigCommerce
5 3 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (0.32%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (0.32%) Cloudflare
6 2 (0.32%) Nutanix
6 2 (0.32%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.32%) SaaS
7 1 (0.16%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.16%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 293 (46.43%) Firewall
2 125 (19.81%) WAN
3 103 (16.32%) LAN
3 103 (16.32%) VPN
4 85 (13.47%) Cisco Nexus
5 82 (13.00%) BGP
6 72 (11.41%) Wireless
7 71 (11.25%) MPLS
8 62 (9.83%) Network Security
9 61 (9.67%) Cisco ASA
9 61 (9.67%) IPsec
10 56 (8.87%) OSPF
11 54 (8.56%) DMZ
12 52 (8.24%) Wi-Fi
13 51 (8.08%) SD-WAN
14 40 (6.34%) Cisco ISE
15 38 (6.02%) DNS
16 34 (5.39%) EIGRP
17 33 (5.23%) Cisco Firepower
18 31 (4.91%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.95%) MongoDB
1 6 (0.95%) NoSQL
1 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (0.95%) QGIS
1 6 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (1.43%) JIRA
2 7 (1.11%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (0.95%) GitLab
3 6 (0.95%) Robot Framework
3 6 (0.95%) TestRail
4 1 (0.16%) Hudson
4 1 (0.16%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 80 (12.68%) Social Skills
2 76 (12.04%) Finance
3 74 (11.73%) Public Sector
4 42 (6.66%) Banking
5 41 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (5.71%) Telecoms
7 18 (2.85%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.38%) Legal
9 13 (2.06%) Investment Banking
9 13 (2.06%) Marketing
10 10 (1.58%) Electronics
11 9 (1.43%) Law
12 8 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.11%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.95%) Retail
15 5 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.48%) Military
17 2 (0.32%) Advertising
17 2 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
18 1 (0.16%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.90%) Jinja
2 9 (1.43%) REST
2 9 (1.43%) YANG
3 7 (1.11%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.95%) NETCONF
4 6 (0.95%) RESTCONF
4 6 (0.95%) SOAP
5 5 (0.79%) HTML
6 4 (0.63%) JSON
7 3 (0.48%) Django
7 3 (0.48%) RESTful
7 3 (0.48%) VML
8 2 (0.32%) LAMP
9 1 (0.16%) J2EE
9 1 (0.16%) Middleware
9 1 (0.16%) SPML
9 1 (0.16%) Web Services
9 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (16.64%) Data Centre
2 18 (2.85%) Private Cloud
3 17 (2.69%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.06%) PKI
5 9 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (1.43%) Replication
6 7 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (1.11%) Operational Technology
7 5 (0.79%) NHS
7 5 (0.79%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.79%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.48%) CMDB
8 3 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.48%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.32%) CCTV
9 2 (0.32%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.32%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.32%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.23%) Linux
2 28 (4.44%) Windows
3 13 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.58%) Unix
5 6 (0.95%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.95%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.32%) CentOS
8 2 (0.32%) Debian
8 2 (0.32%) Solaris
8 2 (0.32%) VMS
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (10.78%) Migration
3 64 (10.14%) Network Design
4 53 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 41 (6.50%) ITIL
6 39 (6.18%) ITSM
7 33 (5.23%) Customer Requirements
7 33 (5.23%) Network Management
8 32 (5.07%) Change Management
8 32 (5.07%) High Availability
9 30 (4.75%) Load Balancing
10 28 (4.44%) B2B
11 27 (4.28%) Network Monitoring
12 25 (3.96%) Network Architecture
13 23 (3.65%) Computer Science
14 22 (3.49%) Agile
15 21 (3.33%) Cybersecurity
16 18 (2.85%) Change Control
16 18 (2.85%) Virtual Infrastructure
17 17 (2.69%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.66%) Python
2 19 (3.01%) Perl
3 12 (1.90%) Tcl
4 10 (1.58%) SQL
5 9 (1.43%) Java
6 5 (0.79%) Bash
6 5 (0.79%) PHP
7 4 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.63%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.48%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.16%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 244 (38.67%) Security Cleared
2 184 (29.16%) Cisco Certification
3 140 (22.19%) SC Cleared
4 120 (19.02%) CCNA
5 107 (16.96%) CCNP
6 57 (9.03%) DV Cleared
7 33 (5.23%) Degree
8 24 (3.80%) CCIE
9 16 (2.54%) JNCIA
10 14 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.58%) JNCIS
12 6 (0.95%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.79%) CCSA
13 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.63%) VCAP
15 3 (0.48%) CISSP
15 3 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.32%) CCDP
16 2 (0.32%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.69%) SLA
2 4 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.48%) QA
4 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (5.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (3.17%) VMware NSX
2 20 (3.17%) vSphere
3 19 (3.01%) Firmware
4 11 (1.74%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.58%) Active Directory
6 8 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.95%) Docker
8 4 (0.63%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.32%) KVM
9 2 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (5.86%) FortiGate
2 32 (5.07%) Ansible
3 22 (3.49%) vCenter Server
4 11 (1.74%) Terraform
5 9 (1.43%) SCCM
6 6 (0.95%) Endace
7 5 (0.79%) OpenView
8 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.63%) Nessus
9 3 (0.48%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.48%) Netcool
10 2 (0.32%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.16%) Cisco Prime
11 1 (0.16%) Iperf
11 1 (0.16%) Observium
11 1 (0.16%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 404 (64.03%) Cisco
2 136 (21.55%) Juniper
3 92 (14.58%) F5
3 92 (14.58%) Palo Alto
4 86 (13.63%) Fortinet
5 83 (13.15%) CheckPoint
6 61 (9.67%) VMware
7 59 (9.35%) SolarWinds
8 38 (6.02%) Aruba
9 34 (5.39%) Microsoft
10 33 (5.23%) Meraki
11 25 (3.96%) Arista
12 23 (3.65%) Citrix
13 21 (3.33%) Dell
14 20 (3.17%) Blue Coat
15 13 (2.06%) HP
15 13 (2.06%) SAP
16 11 (1.74%) Brocade
17 9 (1.43%) Nokia
17 9 (1.43%) Veeam