Network Security Engineer Contracts in Cheshire

Network Security Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Network Security Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 58 48
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Network Security Engineer 4 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.76% 0.18% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.19% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £422 - £280
25th Percentile £440 £494 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £325
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +57.69% -35.00%
75th Percentile £476 £531 £363
90th Percentile £478 - -
North West median daily rate £476 £525 £431
% change year-on-year -9.29% +21.95% -19.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 482 534 466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 95.87% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 355 305
10th Percentile £313 £288 £275
25th Percentile £358 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £518
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -8.30% +15.11%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £586
90th Percentile £671 £638 £650
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 41 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.13
25th Percentile £17.46 £16.25 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.20 £35.00 £25.57
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +36.91% +4.35%
75th Percentile £58.81 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 - £45.00
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £32.90 £27.70
% change year-on-year -11.81% +18.75% +11.92%

Network Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security Engineer in Cheshire

Network Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security Engineer in Cheshire

Network Security Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Security Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 23 June 2025. 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
Macclesfield - 1 £478 - 4
Network Security Engineer
North West

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Network Security 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 Cheshire region featuring Network Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (100.00%) Zscaler
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Network Design
2 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) SIEM
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) CMDB
4 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) CCSA

Network Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCSA
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (100.00%) Zscaler