Network Design Contracts in England

Network Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 327 426
Rank change year-on-year -19 +99 +49
Contract jobs citing Network Design 149 233 214
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.62% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.73% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 108 111
10th Percentile £398 £363 £375
25th Percentile £459 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -10.48% -
75th Percentile £632 £575 £650
90th Percentile £689 £641 £800
UK median daily rate £523 £475 £538
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.63% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 16
10th Percentile £56.13 £25.60 £56.68
25th Percentile £57.81 £29.13 £62.92
Median hourly rate £61.25 £35.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -50.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £65.31 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £67.38 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £61.25 £35.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% -50.00% +62.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 23,546 31,936 42,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 85.56% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,157 20,719 29,767
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.86% -4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,176 2,324 1,553
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.87
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +44.23%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.60 £64.63
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.14 £75.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +4.17% +38.46%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in England

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
South East +8 43 £575 +21.05% 63
North of England +24 40 £475 - 57
London +18 37 £476 -9.29% 205
North West +38 34 £475 -9.70% 32
South West +25 13 £640 +42.22% 42
West Midlands -6 9 £475 +26.67% 24
Midlands -19 9 £475 +26.67% 40
Yorkshire -6 5 £500 +5.26% 22
East of England - 2 £520 - 22
North East -10 1 £550 - 3
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.34%) nginx
2 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.67%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.42%) Azure
2 19 (12.75%) AWS
3 7 (4.70%) GCP
4 4 (2.68%) Cloudflare
5 3 (2.01%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.01%) SaaS
6 2 (1.34%) GitHub
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.34%) Serverless
7 1 (0.67%) Akamai
7 1 (0.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 67 (44.97%) Firewall
2 50 (33.56%) WAN
3 34 (22.82%) Network Security
4 32 (21.48%) LAN
4 32 (21.48%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (19.46%) BGP
6 28 (18.79%) VPN
7 27 (18.12%) Wireless
8 23 (15.44%) MPLS
9 16 (10.74%) IPsec
9 16 (10.74%) OSPF
10 15 (10.07%) Cisco ISE
10 15 (10.07%) NetScaler
11 14 (9.40%) SD-WAN
12 13 (8.72%) VLAN
13 12 (8.05%) DNS
14 11 (7.38%) VoIP
15 10 (6.71%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (6.71%) Internet
16 9 (6.04%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.68%) GitLab
2 3 (2.01%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.34%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.34%) Git
General
1 46 (30.87%) Social Skills
2 19 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.74%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.40%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.70%) Finance
6 5 (3.36%) Aviation
6 5 (3.36%) Legal
7 3 (2.01%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.01%) Local Government
8 2 (1.34%) Automotive
8 2 (1.34%) Police
9 1 (0.67%) Billing
9 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Electronics
9 1 (0.67%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.67%) French Language
9 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.67%) Marketing
9 1 (0.67%) Military
9 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (41.61%) Network Engineer
2 46 (30.87%) Architect
3 33 (22.15%) Network Architect
4 16 (10.74%) Senior
5 13 (8.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 9 (6.04%) Senior Network Engineer
7 7 (4.70%) Cisco Architect
7 7 (4.70%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (4.70%) Cisco Network Architect
7 7 (4.70%) Consultant
7 7 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 6 (4.03%) Design Engineer
8 6 (4.03%) Designer
8 6 (4.03%) Network Consultant
8 6 (4.03%) Network Designer
9 5 (3.36%) Network Security Engineer
9 5 (3.36%) Security Engineer
9 5 (3.36%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.36%) Senior Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.77%) 802.1X
2 4 (2.68%) Middleware
3 2 (1.34%) RFC 2544
3 2 (1.34%) Web Services
4 1 (0.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (26.85%) Data Centre
2 11 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.70%) Public Cloud
4 6 (4.03%) Fibre Optics
4 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.36%) PKI
6 3 (2.01%) CCTV
6 3 (2.01%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.01%) IoT
6 3 (2.01%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.01%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.01%) SCADA
7 2 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.34%) Robotics
7 2 (1.34%) Self-Driving Car
7 2 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.01%) Linux
2 2 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (1.34%) Unix
2 2 (1.34%) VMS
2 2 (1.34%) Windows
3 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.19%) Network Architecture
2 27 (18.12%) Load Balancing
3 24 (16.11%) Network Management
4 20 (13.42%) Migration
5 17 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (10.74%) Roadmaps
7 14 (9.40%) Computer Science
8 13 (8.72%) Agile
9 12 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (8.05%) Impact Assessments
9 12 (8.05%) Network Monitoring
10 11 (7.38%) High Availability
11 10 (6.71%) Service Design
12 9 (6.04%) Zero Trust
13 8 (5.37%) Data Protection
13 8 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 7 (4.70%) Architecture Roadmap
14 7 (4.70%) DevOps
14 7 (4.70%) Project Delivery
15 6 (4.03%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.08%) Python
2 4 (2.68%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.34%) Bash
3 2 (1.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 65 (43.62%) Security Cleared
2 47 (31.54%) SC Cleared
3 44 (29.53%) Cisco Certification
4 30 (20.13%) CCNP
5 25 (16.78%) DV Cleared
6 19 (12.75%) Degree
7 18 (12.08%) CCNA
8 14 (9.40%) CCIE
9 12 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (5.37%) JNCIS
11 5 (3.36%) JNCIE
11 5 (3.36%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.68%) Azure Certification
13 3 (2.01%) AWS Certification
13 3 (2.01%) CISSP
14 2 (1.34%) CCDP
14 2 (1.34%) JNCIA
14 2 (1.34%) JNCIP
15 1 (0.67%) BICSI Certification
15 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.37%) NCSC
2 3 (2.01%) GDPR
3 2 (1.34%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.34%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.34%) Firmware
2 2 (1.34%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (10.74%) Ansible
2 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.01%) Terraform
3 2 (1.34%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (1.34%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.67%) Cisco LMS
4 1 (0.67%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.67%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.67%) OPNET
4 1 (0.67%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 96 (64.43%) Cisco
2 36 (24.16%) Palo Alto
3 31 (20.81%) Fortinet
4 28 (18.79%) Juniper
4 28 (18.79%) Meraki
5 26 (17.45%) F5
6 16 (10.74%) CheckPoint
7 11 (7.38%) Aruba
7 11 (7.38%) VMware
8 10 (6.71%) Microsoft
8 10 (6.71%) Zscaler
9 8 (5.37%) Infoblox
10 6 (4.03%) Fujitsu
11 5 (3.36%) AirMagnet
11 5 (3.36%) Ekahau
12 4 (2.68%) Citrix
12 4 (2.68%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (2.68%) HP
12 4 (2.68%) SolarWinds
13 2 (1.34%) Ericsson