Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Network Engineer
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Bradford is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 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
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 1 17
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 18 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bradford 6.90% 36.73% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% 38.30% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 0
10th Percentile £283 £401 -
25th Percentile £380 £404 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £415 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £435 £438 -
90th Percentile - £454 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +15.48% -6.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bradford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bradford. 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 Bradford with a recognized job title 56 47 90
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.55% 95.92% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 29 70
10th Percentile £274 £350 £331
25th Percentile £417 £393 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £425 £523
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% -18.66% +16.11%
75th Percentile £588 £463 £600
90th Percentile £647 £593 £676
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile - - £15.88
25th Percentile - - £19.97
Median hourly rate £22.14 - £26.78
Median % change year-on-year - - +58.93%
75th Percentile - - £28.43
90th Percentile £34.28 - £29.42
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £77.50 £25.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +210.00% +31.58% -5.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bradford

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Bradford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Bradford

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bradford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Bradford over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Engineer in Bradford

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Bradford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Bradford

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 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 Bradford region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) Nokia
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Bash
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) Meraki
3 2 (50.00%) Ansible
3 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) LAN
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bradford 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 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) Nokia
3 2 (50.00%) Meraki
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds