Core Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chester

Core Network Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Core Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Cheshire median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 159 72 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.90% 90.00% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 26 21
10th Percentile £163 £190 £284
25th Percentile £405 £325 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £577
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.35% +9.90%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £738
90th Percentile £638 £788 -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £430 £470
% change year-on-year +10.47% -8.51% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 11
10th Percentile £29.99 £22.67 £16.00
25th Percentile £30.47 £30.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.99 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.17% -11.46% -
75th Percentile £43.00 - £41.25
90th Percentile £68.73 £37.19 £47.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £29.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.40% -15.00% +14.60%

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 2026, 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 Chester region featuring 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

Core Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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