Senior Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chester

Senior Network Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Senior Network Engineer daily rate in Chester is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.64% - 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £575 - -

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 67 55
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.26% 94.37% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 23 28
10th Percentile £407 £325 £199
25th Percentile £444 £405 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £506
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +18.52% +12.50%
75th Percentile £619 £731 £678
90th Percentile £759 £798 £738
Cheshire median daily rate £463 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 12
10th Percentile £29.19 £20.85 -
25th Percentile £29.99 £31.04 £35.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £50.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +17.65% +38.19%
75th Percentile £37.50 £86.00 £44.69
90th Percentile £51.25 - £47.50
Cheshire median hourly rate £33.61 £33.40 £30.83
% change year-on-year +0.64% +8.34% +20.59%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Chester

Senior Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 2026, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) L2TP
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) L2TP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk