Network Engineer Contracts in Chester

Network Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Chester is £494 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 3 18
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 19 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 7.55% 22.35% 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.51% 22.89% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £466 £276 -
25th Percentile £470 £288 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £325 £525
Median % change year-on-year +51.92% -38.10% -
75th Percentile £520 £372 £538
90th Percentile £527 £490 -
Cheshire median daily rate £488 £350 £423
% change year-on-year +39.29% -17.16% +4.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 47 83 62
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.68% 97.65% 96.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 47 30
10th Percentile £199 £270 £203
25th Percentile £250 £299 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -5.88% +43.46%
75th Percentile £681 £518 £538
90th Percentile £738 £665 £628
Cheshire median daily rate £487 £486 £438
% change year-on-year +0.18% +11.11% +0.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 5
10th Percentile £36.54 £23.15 £13.94
25th Percentile £41.25 £29.10 £16.49
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.65 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% +82.15% -6.01%
75th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £21.50
90th Percentile - £35.50 £25.33
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.11 £27.98 £24.50
% change year-on-year -28.13% +14.20% +36.87%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Chester

Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Chester.

Daily rate trend for Network Engineer in Chester

Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Chester.

Hourly rate trend for Network Engineer in Chester

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Chester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Debian
2 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) WatchGuard
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) CentOS
2 1 (25.00%) F5

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) CentOS
1 1 (25.00%) Debian
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) WatchGuard