Network Field Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Network Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £205 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 378 437 493
Rank change year-on-year +59 +56 -58
Contract jobs requiring a Network Field Engineer 16 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.079% 0.039% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.041% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 4
10th Percentile £194 £131 £182
25th Percentile £200 £158 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £185 £195
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% -5.13% +21.88%
75th Percentile £400 £213 £267
90th Percentile £445 £230 £369
UK median daily rate £233 £205 £195
% change year-on-year +13.41% +5.13% +14.71%

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 18,742 21,812 29,390
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 94.30% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,456 15,203 20,621
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,269 1,109 1,458
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Field Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Field 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 Field Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
Scotland - 5 £400 - 1
North of England +31 4 £203 +22.73% 4
Yorkshire +22 4 £203 -15.63% 4
South West +12 4 £200 -2.44% 3
South East +23 3 £400 +263.64% 2
West Midlands +18 1 £200 -4.76% 2
Midlands +15 1 £200 -4.76% 3
Network Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Network Field 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 Field Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) LAN
2 9 (56.25%) Cisco
3 8 (50.00%) WAN
4 7 (43.75%) SD-WAN
5 6 (37.50%) Migration
6 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
7 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
8 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
8 3 (18.75%) PBX
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
8 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
9 2 (12.50%) MPLS
9 2 (12.50%) BGP
9 2 (12.50%) CCNA
9 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (12.50%) Firmware
9 2 (12.50%) Network Security
9 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
9 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
9 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
10 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
10 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
10 1 (6.25%) HSRP
10 1 (6.25%) Meraki
10 1 (6.25%) Hudson

Network Field 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
2 9 (56.25%) LAN
3 8 (50.00%) WAN
4 7 (43.75%) SD-WAN
5 3 (18.75%) PBX
6 2 (12.50%) BGP
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (12.50%) MPLS
6 2 (12.50%) Network Security
7 1 (6.25%) EIGRP
7 1 (6.25%) HSRP
7 1 (6.25%) OSPF
7 1 (6.25%) VLAN
7 1 (6.25%) VPN
7 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Hudson
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.25%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 2 (12.50%) Incident Response
2 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Change Control
3 1 (6.25%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) CCNA
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Observium
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (18.75%) CheckPoint
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.25%) Avaya
4 1 (6.25%) Meraki
4 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler