Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Senior Network Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 0.35% - 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £574
25th Percentile £433 - £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £596
75th Percentile £458 - £610
90th Percentile - - £612
Merseyside median daily rate £445 - £596

All Contract IT Job Roles
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 257 148 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.13% 98.01% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 89 73
10th Percentile £150 £177 £156
25th Percentile £213 £300 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +15.15% -8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £674 £705 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £441 £430 £400
% change year-on-year +2.56% +7.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 17
10th Percentile £17.30 - £15.99
25th Percentile £20.87 £12.21 £17.44
Median hourly rate £24.72 £14.76 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +67.54% -18.53% -9.45%
75th Percentile - £17.44 £23.53
90th Percentile £37.64 - £28.91
Merseyside median hourly rate £24.72 £17.37 £18.12
% change year-on-year +42.31% -4.14% -9.40%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 24 September 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 Liverpool region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet