Network Design Contract Job Trends in Devon

Network Design
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Network Design 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.02% - 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% - 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - £215
Median % change year-on-year - - -49.41%
75th Percentile - - £409
90th Percentile - - £524
South West median daily rate £483 £523 £534
% change year-on-year -7.66% -2.11% -7.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 154 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 77.55% 88.00% 80.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 79 172
10th Percentile £173 £198 £307
25th Percentile £275 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +7.53% -15.45%
75th Percentile £508 £600 £600
90th Percentile £648 £685 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 15 32
10th Percentile £15.74 £49.75 £10.42
25th Percentile £20.27 £55.00 £15.16
Median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -45.45%
75th Percentile £36.37 £68.75 £43.13
90th Percentile £46.00 £70.00 £69.50
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Devon

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Exeter - 1 - - 2
Plymouth - 1 £490 - 1
Network Design
South West

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Skype
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Wintel Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Wintel Support
1 1 (50.00%) Wintel Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware