Core Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Core Network Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Core Network Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Core Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £495 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £490 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 583 403 417
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.28% 89.96% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 234 271
10th Percentile £310 £293 £265
25th Percentile £358 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £551 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £650 £614
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 25 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.43 £24.00 £34.54
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -30.52% +109.33%
75th Percentile £31.25 £86.00 £38.00
90th Percentile £77.15 - £43.75
North West median hourly rate £41.86 £29.12 £36.50
% change year-on-year +43.76% -20.23% +41.42%

Core Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Core Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Core Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Core 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 Cheshire region featuring Core Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Watson
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SevOne
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

Core Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout
1 1 (100.00%) SevOne
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware