Network Support Contracts in Cheshire

Network Support
North West > Cheshire

The median Network Support daily rate in Cheshire is £330, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 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
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.17% - 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £315 - £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £345 - £455
90th Percentile - - £486
North West median daily rate £330 £295 £375
% change year-on-year +11.86% -21.33% -20.63%

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 525 506 437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 95.11% 90.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 351 281
10th Percentile £308 £297 £275
25th Percentile £358 £379 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £585
90th Percentile £641 £627 £638
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 34 30
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.23
25th Percentile £26.24 £14.56 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.50 £29.26
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +4.24% +18.22%
75th Percentile £46.56 £42.13 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.63 £43.75 £41.00
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £29.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year -2.54% +11.32% +6.00%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in Cheshire

Network Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Network Support in Cheshire

Network Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Support in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Network Support in Cheshire

Network Support
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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 July 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 - 1
Network Support
North West

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Network Support 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 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 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