Network Design Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Network Design Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Network Design Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.058% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
Central London median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,611 1,989 2,707
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 93.78% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,105 1,230 1,876
10th Percentile £328 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.28% +3.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 13
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £25.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.04 £57.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.98% +51.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £64.30 £137.50 £65.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -5.41% -10.84%

Network Design Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Network Design Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Network Design Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Network Design Specialist 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 City of London region featuring Network Design Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Network Design Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
General
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 Management
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR