Network Design Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Network Design
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 78 110
Rank change year-on-year -14 +32 -31
Contract jobs citing Network Design 18 21 15
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.13% 1.61% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.74% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 5
10th Percentile £454 £167 -
25th Percentile £459 £350 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +25.37%
75th Percentile £497 £488 £700
90th Percentile £506 £540 -
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Network Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,377 1,205 1,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.39% 92.27% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 946 655 996
10th Percentile £293 £288 £210
25th Percentile £401 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £607
90th Percentile £650 £670 £684
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £511
% change year-on-year - -2.15% +2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 38 96
10th Percentile £16.39 £26.18 £20.50
25th Percentile £20.79 £43.69 £43.12
Median hourly rate £58.75 £61.50 £60.57
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +1.53% -6.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.39 £70.50
90th Percentile £106.00 £76.01 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Network Design job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Design

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Design

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +1 11 - -
Wokingham -28 4 £500 +194.12%
Bracknell -7 1 - -
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 7 (38.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) AWS
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) WAN
2 10 (55.56%) BGP
2 10 (55.56%) LAN
3 9 (50.00%) MPLS
4 4 (22.22%) Firewall
4 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 3 (16.67%) Network Security
6 2 (11.11%) DNS
6 2 (11.11%) Internet
6 2 (11.11%) Intranet
6 2 (11.11%) IPv6
6 2 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (11.11%) SNMP
6 2 (11.11%) TACACS
6 2 (11.11%) VPN
7 1 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 11 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Architect
1 9 (50.00%) IP Specialist
2 7 (38.89%) IP Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Security Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IP Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IP Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Network Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Product Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (50.00%) NETCONF
1 9 (50.00%) YANG
2 7 (38.89%) REST
3 2 (11.11%) OpenConfig
3 2 (11.11%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (38.89%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.11%) Private Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) SCADA
3 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Network Segmentation
2 9 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 7 (38.89%) DevOps
3 7 (38.89%) Enterprise Architecture
3 7 (38.89%) Microservices
3 7 (38.89%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (38.89%) Roadmaps
3 7 (38.89%) Strategic Thinking
3 7 (38.89%) TOGAF
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.11%) Data Migration
5 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.11%) ITIL
5 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) CCIE
1 10 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (50.00%) JNCIE
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) F5
2 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 2 (11.11%) Juniper
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Meraki
3 1 (5.56%) Nokia