Network Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Network Support Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Network Support Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £330, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.15% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £315 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £345 - £506
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £330 £295 £488
% change year-on-year +11.86% -39.49% +8.33%

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 601 507 341
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 92.86% 86.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 455 291 211
10th Percentile £274 £325 £250
25th Percentile £358 £385 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -2.56% +10.80%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £606
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 23 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £16.57
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.29 £20.07
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +14.60% +36.40%
75th Percentile £36.75 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £46.75 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £30.54
% change year-on-year -31.10% +19.52% +31.07%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in Cheshire

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Network Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Network Support 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 Support Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Warrington - 1 £330 -
Network Support Engineer
North West

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Network Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Network Support 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 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco