Network Optimisation Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Optimisation
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Network Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Optimisation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 0.83% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median daily rate £508 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

Network Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 141 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 88.33% 85.98% 83.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 59 83
10th Percentile £414 £400 £493
25th Percentile £464 £438 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £628
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -20.38% +47.07%
75th Percentile £609 £584 £683
90th Percentile £700 £638 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £507 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +1.30% -16.67% +40.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 15
10th Percentile £21.50 £22.72 £26.39
25th Percentile £31.43 £25.26 £33.48
Median hourly rate £41.68 £28.75 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year +44.97% -30.27% -27.07%
75th Percentile £63.40 £73.86 £46.91
90th Percentile £64.14 £82.00 £50.43
Cumbria median hourly rate £41.68 £27.50 £27.35
% change year-on-year +51.56% +0.57% -51.50%

Network Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto