Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Ellesmere Port

Network Engineer
Cheshire > Ellesmere Port

The median Network Engineer daily rate in Ellesmere Port is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ellesmere Port 33.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £420 £475
% change year-on-year +7.14% -11.58% +35.71%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ellesmere Port

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ellesmere Port. 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 Ellesmere Port with a recognized job title 12 0 4
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £489 £437 £475
% change year-on-year +11.96% -8.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £31.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +2.32% +77.74% -41.98%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ellesmere Port

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

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Ellesmere Port

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ellesmere Port

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, 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 Ellesmere Port region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Meraki
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ellesmere Port 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 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Meraki