Network Engineer Contracts in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 73 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 48.03% 6.63% -
As % of the Job Titles category 52.14% 6.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 34 9 0
10th Percentile £369 £454 -
25th Percentile £400 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile £638 £520 -
Cumbria median daily rate £525 £515 £475
% change year-on-year +1.94% +8.42% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.75 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median hourly rate £72.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 140 162 23
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 97.59% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 110 15
10th Percentile £383 £443 £425
25th Percentile £434 £493 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £545 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +17.84% -11.90%
75th Percentile £600 £670 £575
90th Percentile £638 £725 £670
Cumbria median daily rate £525 £522 £463
% change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 26 6
10th Percentile £25.26 £18.67 £35.55
25th Percentile £31.53 £33.48 £51.90
Median hourly rate £55.25 £46.91 £55.94
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -16.14% +17.77%
75th Percentile £74.75 £51.91 £77.65
90th Percentile £82.28 £66.96 £83.40
Cumbria median hourly rate £54.88 £13.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year +322.15% -76.58% +10.97%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (89.04%) SC Cleared
1 65 (89.04%) Security Cleared
2 61 (83.56%) Cisco
3 52 (71.23%) Palo Alto
4 50 (68.49%) Firewall
5 32 (43.84%) Cisco Firepower
5 32 (43.84%) Cisco ASA
6 29 (39.73%) IPsec
6 29 (39.73%) OSPF
6 29 (39.73%) BGP
6 29 (39.73%) HSRP
7 25 (34.25%) EIGRP
8 23 (31.51%) Wi-Fi
8 23 (31.51%) Load Balancing
8 23 (31.51%) Network Management
9 21 (28.77%) WAN
10 20 (27.40%) NetScaler
11 18 (24.66%) CheckPoint
11 18 (24.66%) Network Design
12 17 (23.29%) Cisco ISE
13 16 (21.92%) Meraki
14 15 (20.55%) 802.1X
15 14 (19.18%) Wireless
15 14 (19.18%) VPN
16 13 (17.81%) ITSM
17 12 (16.44%) Network Architecture
17 12 (16.44%) Data Centre
17 12 (16.44%) Impact Assessments
18 10 (13.70%) Cisco Wireless
18 10 (13.70%) Network Security

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 1 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.37%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.11%) AWS
1 3 (4.11%) Azure
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (68.49%) Firewall
2 32 (43.84%) Cisco ASA
2 32 (43.84%) Cisco Firepower
3 29 (39.73%) BGP
3 29 (39.73%) HSRP
3 29 (39.73%) IPsec
3 29 (39.73%) OSPF
4 25 (34.25%) EIGRP
5 23 (31.51%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (28.77%) WAN
7 20 (27.40%) NetScaler
8 17 (23.29%) Cisco ISE
9 14 (19.18%) VPN
9 14 (19.18%) Wireless
10 10 (13.70%) Cisco Wireless
10 10 (13.70%) Network Security
11 9 (12.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (9.59%) LAN
13 6 (8.22%) Broadband
13 6 (8.22%) Converged Networks
General
1 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
2 3 (4.11%) Finance
3 2 (2.74%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Advertising
4 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.37%) Blackberry
2 1 (1.37%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.37%) Android
1 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Load Balancing
1 23 (31.51%) Network Management
2 18 (24.66%) Network Design
3 13 (17.81%) ITSM
4 12 (16.44%) Impact Assessments
4 12 (16.44%) Network Architecture
5 7 (9.59%) Migration
6 5 (6.85%) ITIL
7 4 (5.48%) Agile
7 4 (5.48%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.11%) Platform Engineering
8 3 (4.11%) Project Governance
8 3 (4.11%) Project Management
9 1 (1.37%) Customer Service
9 1 (1.37%) Due Diligence
9 1 (1.37%) Incident Management
9 1 (1.37%) Problem Management
9 1 (1.37%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (1.37%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 65 (89.04%) SC Cleared
1 65 (89.04%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.22%) CCNA
2 6 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.37%) SLA
Vendors
1 61 (83.56%) Cisco
2 52 (71.23%) Palo Alto
3 18 (24.66%) CheckPoint
4 16 (21.92%) Meraki
5 8 (10.96%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.37%) Citrix
6 1 (1.37%) Clearswift
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.37%) Ribbon