Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Senior Network Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Shropshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £525 -
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 604 126 121
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 93.33% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 82 84
10th Percentile £350 £315 £200
25th Percentile £403 £405 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £472 £492
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -3.97% -8.13%
75th Percentile £506 £537 £535
90th Percentile £575 £541 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £476 £475
% change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 0 6
10th Percentile £25.15 - £14.94
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.73%
75th Percentile £61.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +87.45% -17.59% +10.00%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 Shropshire region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRADIUS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Softphone
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Softphone
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco