Network Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chester

Network Support Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Network Support Engineer daily rate in Chester is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.64% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £338 £330 -
% change year-on-year +2.42% - -

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 133 71 50
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.71% 92.21% 92.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 18 25
10th Percentile £214 £325 £199
25th Percentile £422 £350 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +17.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £609 £719 £688
90th Percentile £738 £813 £738
Cheshire median daily rate £472 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +9.77% -9.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 11
10th Percentile £29.19 £23.92 -
25th Percentile £29.99 £30.99 £35.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.19 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -12.49% +33.32%
75th Percentile £37.50 £50.00 £45.63
90th Percentile £70.80 £86.00 £47.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +14.60%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Network Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Chester

Network Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Network Support 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 Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Watson
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SevOne
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

Network Support 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%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AIOps
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) NetScout
1 1 (100.00%) SevOne
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware