Network Design Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Network Design
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh citing Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	69	61	-
Rank change year-on-year	-8	-	-
Contract jobs citing Network Design	3	5	0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh	0.47%	0.81%	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.53%	0.86%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	3	0
10^th Percentile	£330	-	-
25^th Percentile	£338	£440	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£375	£455	-
Median % change year-on-year	-17.58%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£413	£470	-
90^th Percentile	£420	-	-
Scotland median daily rate	£375	£455	-
% change year-on-year	-17.58%	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 citing process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	567	583	634
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh	87.91%	94.64%	85.68%
Number of daily rates quoted	311	290	331
10^th Percentile	£231	£262	£230
25^th Percentile	£400	£413	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£475	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-	+5.56%	-5.26%
75^th Percentile	£538	£538	£525
90^th Percentile	£600	£601	£600
Scotland median daily rate	£475	£465	£450
% change year-on-year	+2.15%	+3.33%	-6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted	21	20	24
10^th Percentile	-	£16.43	£14.04
25^th Percentile	£15.81	-	£19.28
Median hourly rate	£18.25	£17.87	£23.59
Median % change year-on-year	+2.13%	-24.25%	-39.12%
75^th Percentile	£19.33	£45.00	£24.18
90^th Percentile	£68.00	£65.75	-
Scotland median hourly rate	£16.75	£20.00	£22.88
% change year-on-year	-16.25%	-12.57%	+15.82%

Network Design Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Network Design Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Network Design Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Network Design.

Network Design Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Network Design also mentioned 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 Edinburgh region citing Network Design.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CCNA	100.0%	3
1	CCNP	100.0%	3
1	Cisco	100.0%	3
1	Cisco Certification	100.0%	3
1	Project Delivery	100.0%	3
6	BGP	66.7%	2
6	Ethernet VPN	66.7%	2
6	Firewall	66.7%	2
6	HSRP	66.7%	2
6	Hyper-V	66.7%	2
6	Migration	66.7%	2
6	Nutanix	66.7%	2
6	OSPF	66.7%	2
6	Palo Alto	66.7%	2
6	Validation	66.7%	2
6	VLAN	66.7%	2
6	VMware	66.7%	2
6	VMware Infrastructure	66.7%	2
6	VPN	66.7%	2
6	VRRP	66.7%	2
6	VXLAN	66.7%	2
22	Analytical Thinking	33.3%	1
22	Cisco Prime	33.3%	1
22	Computer Science	33.3%	1
22	Degree	33.3%	1
22	Microsoft	33.3%	1
22	MPLS	33.3%	1
22	MS Visio	33.3%	1
22	Nokia	33.3%	1
22	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1

Network Design Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Delivery	100.0%	3
2	Migration	66.7%	2
2	Validation	66.7%	2
4	Analytical Thinking	33.3%	1
4	Computer Science	33.3%	1
4	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1