SC Cleared Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
North West median daily rate £525 £519 £450
% change year-on-year +1.25% +15.22% -21.74%

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 724 546 451
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.83% 89.22% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 415 308
10th Percentile £286 £272 £297
25th Percentile £408 £358 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £437 £461
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -5.26% -7.75%
75th Percentile £587 £520 £567
90th Percentile £643 £638 £638
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 26 20
10th Percentile £15.93 £12.82 £13.24
25th Percentile £17.25 £25.49 £13.49
Median hourly rate £32.06 £31.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -10.01% +14.20%
75th Percentile £83.75 £39.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £47.50
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +68.72% -22.86% +15.63%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

SC Cleared Network 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 SC Cleared Network Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 August 2026. 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
Crewe - 1 £510 - 1
SC Cleared Network Engineer
North West

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 9 August 2026, SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi

SC Cleared 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto