WAN Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer)
North West > Cheshire

As of 26 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Wide Area Network Engineer (WAN Engineer) daily rate in Cheshire.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a WAN Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
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 701 542 476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.99% 89.88% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 405 327
10th Percentile £312 £269 £300
25th Percentile £408 £358 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £437 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.96% -8.00% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £520 £575
90th Percentile £650 £645 £633
North West median daily rate £495 £450 £489
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.98% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 26 28
10th Percentile £15.62 £12.82 £12.74
25th Percentile £17.25 £25.49 £13.87
Median hourly rate £32.23 £31.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +2.32% +77.74% -41.98%
75th Percentile £83.75 £39.30 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £50.00 £44.88
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.25 £32.90
% change year-on-year +83.49% -17.16% +19.18%

WAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

WAN Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

WAN Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for WAN Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

WAN 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 WAN Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 - -
WAN Engineer
North West

WAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, WAN 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 WAN Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

WAN 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%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco