Network Design Contract Job Trends in Chester

Network Design
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.64% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £513 £475 -
% change year-on-year +7.89% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

Network Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 111 65 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 71.15% 91.55% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 21 16
10th Percentile £388 £325 £254
25th Percentile £413 £425 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -9.80% +41.67%
75th Percentile £600 £716 £738
90th Percentile £738 £813 -
Cheshire median daily rate £466 £447 £476
% change year-on-year +4.14% -6.14% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 14 11
10th Percentile - £20.85 -
25th Percentile £16.01 £36.61 £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.67 £50.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.66% +17.65% +38.67%
75th Percentile £36.74 £86.00 £45.63
90th Percentile £42.35 - £47.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £35.82 £37.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -3.19% +1.37% +19.52%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Network Design job vacancy trend in Chester

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Network Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Network Design

Network Design
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee