Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Senior Network Engineer
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Bradford is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 3.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 - £593
% change year-on-year - - +21.54%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 112 46 42
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 92.00% 97.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 20 33
10th Percentile - £297 £232
25th Percentile £283 £373 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +10.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £604 £520
90th Percentile £645 £648 £618
West Yorkshire median daily rate £498 £492 £490
% change year-on-year +1.12% +0.41% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 0
10th Percentile £20.04 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% - -
75th Percentile £46.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £18.27
% change year-on-year +16.40% +21.18% -3.84%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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 Bradford.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Bradford

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 Bradford region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (25.00%) F5

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) PSTN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Police
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto