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 requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 67 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.52% 0.46% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.49% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £330 - -
25th Percentile £338 £440 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £455 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% - -
75th Percentile £413 £470 -
90th Percentile £420 - -
Scotland median daily rate £380 £455 £600
% change year-on-year -16.48% -24.17% +9.09%

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 657 610 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.10% 94.28% 84.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 307 388
10th Percentile £341 £307 £209
25th Percentile £406 £413 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £540
90th Percentile £614 £597 £640
Scotland median daily rate £451 £468 £450
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.89% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 22
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.08 £13.21
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.87 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +179.80% +2.11% -63.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £41.44 £23.89
90th Percentile £82.20 £62.38 £36.62
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -14.40% +2.09% +3.49%

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 job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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.

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

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 2 (50.00%) HSRP
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) VRRP
2 2 (50.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (25.00%) BIG-IP
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) NGFW
3 1 (25.00%) SDH
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) CCDP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) Zscaler