Network Design Contracts in Cumbria

Network Design
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 16 38 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 23 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 11.79% 0.77% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.77% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £660 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 248 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.64% 95.75% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 146 29
10th Percentile £368 £430 £350
25th Percentile £425 £489 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £522 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% +12.86% -2.63%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £500
90th Percentile £638 £725 £710
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 64 8
10th Percentile £22.72 - £22.61
25th Percentile £25.26 £10.95 £44.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 £13.00 £55.38
Median % change year-on-year +144.31% -76.52% +11.80%
75th Percentile £59.24 £44.74 £66.16
90th Percentile £81.15 £51.91 £83.40
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in Cumbria

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in Cumbria

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in Cumbria

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in Cumbria

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 21 £575 - 1
Network Design
North West

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) AWS
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (91.30%) Firewall
2 18 (78.26%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (73.91%) Cisco ISE
3 17 (73.91%) NetScaler
4 16 (69.57%) WAN
5 3 (13.04%) BGP
5 3 (13.04%) EIGRP
5 3 (13.04%) OSPF
6 2 (8.70%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (8.70%) Network Security
6 2 (8.70%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (8.70%) VPN
6 2 (8.70%) Wireless
7 1 (4.35%) HSRP
7 1 (4.35%) IPsec
General
1 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Legal
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Network Engineer
2 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.35%) Design Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Firewall Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Network Design Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (73.91%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (60.87%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Load Balancing
1 19 (82.61%) Network Management
2 14 (60.87%) Network Architecture
3 12 (52.17%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (8.70%) Agile
4 2 (8.70%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (8.70%) Threat Detection
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.35%) ITSM
5 1 (4.35%) Migration
5 1 (4.35%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Project Governance
5 1 (4.35%) Project Management
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 20 (86.96%) SC Cleared
1 20 (86.96%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Cisco
2 21 (91.30%) Palo Alto
3 16 (69.57%) Meraki
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft