Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Senior Network Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.44% - 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £563 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 222 69 93
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.37% 89.61% 57.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 55 63
10th Percentile £366 £385 £407
25th Percentile £463 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £620
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -15.32% +27.18%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £667
90th Percentile £688 £725 £708
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.93% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £27.10 - £23.00
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £75.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +150.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £48.88 £80.63 £57.50
90th Percentile - £84.38 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.29 £40.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -39.28% -15.79% +8.57%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

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

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 1 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 Farnborough region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware