Network Designer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Network Designer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Network Designer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Designer 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 6.73% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £447 - -
90th Percentile £449 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £438 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 100 123 118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 97.62% 99.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 54 109
10th Percentile £407 £425 £487
25th Percentile £447 £456 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £506 £627
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -19.30% +46.84%
75th Percentile £549 £638 £672
90th Percentile £656 £675 £683
Cumbria median daily rate £506 £500 £623
% change year-on-year +1.20% -19.78% +45.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 2
10th Percentile £38.59 £45.22 £35.71
25th Percentile £38.63 £46.93 £39.07
Median hourly rate £56.44 £53.35 £45.90
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% +16.23% -18.59%
75th Percentile £63.86 £73.86 £51.49
90th Percentile £67.58 £80.00 £54.11
Cumbria median hourly rate £55.48 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +10.95% -4.76% -6.44%

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Network Designer 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 Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) 3GPP
1 4 (57.14%) 4G
1 4 (57.14%) 5G
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) Dell
1 4 (57.14%) DHCP
1 4 (57.14%) DNS
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) IPsec
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
1 4 (57.14%) OpenStack
1 4 (57.14%) OSPF
1 4 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
1 4 (57.14%) Wireshark

Network Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) 3GPP
1 4 (57.14%) 4G
1 4 (57.14%) 5G
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) DHCP
1 4 (57.14%) DNS
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) IPsec
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
1 4 (57.14%) OSPF
1 4 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (57.14%) VLAN
1 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Dell
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