Senior Core Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Senior Core Network Engineer
North West > Cheshire

As of 12 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Core Network Engineer daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Core Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -

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 770 564 484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 89.24% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 427 292
10th Percentile £295 £270 £323
25th Percentile £401 £358 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £470
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -8.51% -3.74%
75th Percentile £575 £506 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £649
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 26 22
10th Percentile £15.93 £12.82 £13.49
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.50 £15.36
Median hourly rate £35.82 £29.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -15.00% +14.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £36.06 £43.75
90th Percentile £86.60 £53.63 £47.13
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £37.00
% change year-on-year +86.12% -32.04% +21.15%

Senior Core 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 Senior Core Network Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Chester - 1 - -
Senior Core Network Engineer
North West

Senior Core Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 12 September 2026, Senior 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 Senior Core Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) IOS XR
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Senior 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) IOS XR
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco