Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Senior Network Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Oxford is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £438 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 61 34 86
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 97.14% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 24 70
10th Percentile £211 £220 £150
25th Percentile £252 £279 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +30.00% -14.77%
75th Percentile £538 £578 £484
90th Percentile £600 £659 £603
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +52.94%
75th Percentile £86.32 £37.00 -
90th Percentile £89.63 £43.30 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +52.94%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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 Oxford.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 Oxford region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto