Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chester

Network Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Chester is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 4 13
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 16 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 9.20% 22.86% 5.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% 23.88% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - £478 £472
25th Percentile - £491 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +6.33% -5.95%
75th Percentile £353 £538 £505
90th Percentile £404 - £506
Cheshire median daily rate £425 £506 £419
% change year-on-year -16.05% +20.90% -18.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 80 67 74
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 95.71% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 39
10th Percentile £244 £387 £277
25th Percentile £419 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £553 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.09% +5.26% +27.27%
75th Percentile £665 £686 £584
90th Percentile £758 £738 £603
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £465 £489
% change year-on-year -3.87% -4.91% +9.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 15
10th Percentile £22.67 £16.00 £17.28
25th Percentile £30.25 £25.50 £30.54
Median hourly rate £30.99 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% - +82.86%
75th Percentile - £41.25 -
90th Percentile £37.19 £47.50 £38.90
Cheshire median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £31.77
% change year-on-year -15.00% +10.17% +41.89%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Chester

Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Chester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Chester

Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Chester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Chester

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Chester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (62.50%) F5
3 4 (50.00%) Load Balancing
3 4 (50.00%) DNS
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Architecture Governance
4 3 (37.50%) CCNA
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (37.50%) DMZ
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL
4 3 (37.50%) LAN
4 3 (37.50%) WLAN
4 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (37.50%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) VMware
4 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
4 3 (37.50%) Network Security
4 3 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (37.50%) CMDB
4 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
4 3 (37.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (37.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (25.00%) Finance

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (37.50%) DMZ
2 3 (37.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 3 (37.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (37.50%) Wireless
2 3 (37.50%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) SSL
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (37.50%) CMDB
2 3 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (37.50%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) Low Latency
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CCNA
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) F5
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Blue Coat
6 Network Engineer jobs in Chester