Network Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Network Design Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Network Design Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 71 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.13% 0.23% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
South West median daily rate £475 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - +13.67% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 692 845 985
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 95.26% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 444 644
10th Percentile £241 £215 £311
25th Percentile £378 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £518
Median % change year-on-year - -8.21% +3.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £748 £701 £700
South West median daily rate £510 £502 £538
% change year-on-year +1.69% -6.70% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 157 125
10th Percentile £12.82 £22.15 £25.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £58.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £59.84
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.80% +3.26%

Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Network Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Network Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Network Design 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 Bristol region featuring Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy