Network Design Contracts in Bristol

Network Design
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Network Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 61 97
Rank change year-on-year +18 +36 -2
Contract jobs citing Network Design 12 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 2.23% 1.23% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 1.48% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £335 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £665 - -
South West median daily rate £531 £294 £440
% change year-on-year +80.85% -33.24% -16.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
South West median hourly rate - - £63.23
% change year-on-year - - +25.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 879 1,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.81% 83.16% 89.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 484 750
10th Percentile £222 £250 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £567 £602 £631
90th Percentile £657 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 184 220
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £42.51 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.88
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in Bristol

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Design in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Network Design in Bristol

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Design in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in Bristol

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) 2G
1 9 (75.00%) 4G
1 9 (75.00%) 5G
1 9 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 2 (16.67%) Internet
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) LAN
4 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
4 1 (8.33%) VPN
4 1 (8.33%) WAN
4 1 (8.33%) WLAN
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Network Specialist
2 7 (58.33%) Network Design Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Designer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (25.00%) Network Management
3 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security Management
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Security Management
4 1 (8.33%) Agile
4 1 (8.33%) Change Management
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) ITIL
4 1 (8.33%) Load Balancing
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CCIE
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Ericsson
1 9 (75.00%) Nokia
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco