Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Senior Network Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 102 105
Rank change year-on-year -52 +3 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.14% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £571
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £593
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -32.49% +21.54%
75th Percentile - - £614
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% +5.13%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,615 1,258 1,521
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 93.60% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,585 806 960
10th Percentile £318 £263 £263
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 48 62
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.43 £12.13
25th Percentile £22.05 £18.29 £12.88
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +21.18% -8.65%
75th Percentile £35.00 £25.12 £33.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £81.25 £48.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year +66.78% -29.55% -6.98%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Senior Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Senior Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -25 4 £500 - 5
Senior Network Engineer
England

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 Yorkshire region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (25.00%) F5

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 3 (75.00%) WLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) PSTN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Police
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto