Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Senior Network Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 35 25
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 1.68% 1.74% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.88% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £529 £478 -
25th Percentile £534 £481 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.91% -
75th Percentile £572 £504 £588
90th Percentile £581 £505 -
Cumbria median daily rate £550 £495 £575
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.91% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 118 160 130
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 99.16% 93.02% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 70 101
10th Percentile £412 £398 £493
25th Percentile £460 £438 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £640
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -18.01% +49.88%
75th Percentile £603 £588 £674
90th Percentile £700 £652 £725
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £523 £625
% change year-on-year -4.31% -16.40% +46.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 19
10th Percentile £32.22 - £23.30
25th Percentile £38.59 £25.26 £29.93
Median hourly rate £52.41 £55.25 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -5.14% +34.00% -27.07%
75th Percentile £65.90 £74.75 £46.91
90th Percentile £67.84 £82.85 £52.78
Cumbria median hourly rate £41.68 £47.55 £21.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +126.43% -62.80%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, Senior Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Ekahau
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Server+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow