Senior Network Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Senior Network Support Engineer
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median Senior Network Support Engineer daily rate in Wakefield is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 3.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 22 9 29
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.57% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 4
10th Percentile £142 £126 £229
25th Percentile £185 £198 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% -20.00% +102.02%
75th Percentile £413 £531 £554
90th Percentile £438 £595 £561
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £16.40 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.62 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £33.11 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.47% +47.16% +25.00%

Senior Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Senior Network Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Wakefield

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 2026, Senior Network Support 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 Wakefield region featuring Senior Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Senior Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki