Switch Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chester

Switch Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

As of 26 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Switch Engineer daily rate in Chester.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Switch Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.62% - 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - 2.27%
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 129 66 44
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.63% 92.96% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 20
10th Percentile £173 £325 £199
25th Percentile £400 £375 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £519
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +15.66% +15.28%
75th Percentile £588 £681 £738
90th Percentile £668 £813 -
Cheshire median daily rate £489 £437 £475
% change year-on-year +11.96% -8.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 9
10th Percentile £29.19 £27.19 -
25th Percentile £29.99 £30.99 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.79% -4.57% +13.80%
75th Percentile £37.50 £49.38 £47.50
90th Percentile £84.08 £50.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £31.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +2.32% +77.74% -41.98%

Switch Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Switch Engineer job vacancy trend in Chester

Switch Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, Switch 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 Switch Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Switch 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IGMP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco