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 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 336 316 430
Rank change year-on-year -20 +114 +24
Contract jobs citing Network Design 149 235 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.63% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.73% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 118 123
10th Percentile £404 £363 £364
25th Percentile £463 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £569 £582
90th Percentile £718 £641 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -12.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 21
10th Percentile - £23.55 £62.00
25th Percentile £66.25 £24.00 £63.23
Median hourly rate £67.50 £47.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -32.50% +62.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £47.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -32.50% +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 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 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 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
London +28 49 £490 -14.78% 52
South East -8 37 £575 +27.78% 76
North of England +40 36 £500 +5.26% 57
North West +40 30 £500 +5.26% 26
South West +43 15 £531 +80.85% 32
Yorkshire +6 5 £500 +5.26% 25
Midlands -5 5 £438 +16.67% 45
West Midlands -12 5 £438 +16.67% 26
East of England +18 1 £400 -15.79% 29
North East 0 1 £550 - 8
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 3 (2.01%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.67%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.67%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.67%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.08%) AWS
1 18 (12.08%) Azure
2 4 (2.68%) Cloudflare
3 3 (2.01%) GCP
3 3 (2.01%) OpenShift
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.67%) Akamai
5 1 (0.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 61 (40.94%) Firewall
2 45 (30.20%) WAN
3 32 (21.48%) Network Security
4 30 (20.13%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (17.45%) BGP
5 26 (17.45%) Wireless
6 25 (16.78%) Radio Access Network
6 25 (16.78%) VPN
7 23 (15.44%) OSPF
8 22 (14.77%) MPLS
9 21 (14.09%) 5G
9 21 (14.09%) LAN
10 18 (12.08%) Cisco ISE
11 17 (11.41%) NetScaler
12 14 (9.40%) EIGRP
13 13 (8.72%) 2G
13 13 (8.72%) 4G
13 13 (8.72%) SD-WAN
14 12 (8.05%) Internet
15 10 (6.71%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.01%) GitLab
General
1 48 (32.21%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (12.75%) Telecoms
4 15 (10.07%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.37%) Finance
6 5 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.01%) Legal
8 2 (1.34%) Automotive
8 2 (1.34%) Aviation
8 2 (1.34%) Local Government
8 2 (1.34%) Marketing
8 2 (1.34%) Retail
9 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.67%) Billing
9 1 (0.67%) Electronics
9 1 (0.67%) Law
9 1 (0.67%) Military
9 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 57 (38.26%) Network Engineer
2 32 (21.48%) Architect
3 23 (15.44%) Network Architect
4 19 (12.75%) Senior
5 12 (8.05%) Consultant
5 12 (8.05%) Network Consultant
5 12 (8.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 11 (7.38%) Design Engineer
6 11 (7.38%) Designer
7 10 (6.71%) Network Specialist
7 10 (6.71%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (4.70%) Network Design Specialist
9 6 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Radio Design Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Radio Engineer
9 6 (4.03%) Solutions Designer
10 5 (3.36%) Cloud Network Engineer
10 5 (3.36%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 4 (2.68%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.77%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.50%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.36%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.68%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.01%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.01%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.01%) PKI
6 2 (1.34%) CCTV
6 2 (1.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.34%) IoT
6 2 (1.34%) Robotics
6 2 (1.34%) SCADA
6 2 (1.34%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (0.67%) BYOD
7 1 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.67%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (1.34%) Linux
1 2 (1.34%) Unix
2 1 (0.67%) VMS
2 1 (0.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.23%) Network Architecture
2 34 (22.82%) Network Management
3 26 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (16.78%) Load Balancing
5 15 (10.07%) Roadmaps
6 12 (8.05%) Computer Science
6 12 (8.05%) Impact Assessments
6 12 (8.05%) Migration
7 11 (7.38%) Agile
7 11 (7.38%) Network Monitoring
8 9 (6.04%) Performance Optimisation
8 9 (6.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (5.37%) Architecture Roadmap
9 8 (5.37%) High Availability
9 8 (5.37%) Network Virtualisation
9 8 (5.37%) Service Management
10 7 (4.70%) Project Delivery
10 7 (4.70%) Service Design
10 7 (4.70%) Zero Trust
11 6 (4.03%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.44%) Python
2 4 (2.68%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.34%) Bash
3 2 (1.34%) Perl
4 1 (0.67%) Go
Qualifications
1 50 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 40 (26.85%) SC Cleared
3 37 (24.83%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (18.12%) CCNP
5 20 (13.42%) Degree
6 16 (10.74%) CCIE
7 13 (8.72%) DV Cleared
8 12 (8.05%) CCNA
8 12 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (5.37%) JNCIS
10 5 (3.36%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.68%) AWS Certification
12 3 (2.01%) JNCIE
12 3 (2.01%) JNCIP
13 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.34%) CCDP
13 2 (1.34%) CCIE Data Center
13 2 (1.34%) CISSP
13 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.68%) QA
2 3 (2.01%) GDPR
2 3 (2.01%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.34%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.67%) NCSC
4 1 (0.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.01%) vSphere
3 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.34%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (12.75%) Ansible
2 5 (3.36%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.01%) Cisco Prime
3 3 (2.01%) Progress Chef
3 3 (2.01%) Terraform
4 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.34%) OPNET
5 1 (0.67%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.67%) Nagios
5 1 (0.67%) SCCM
5 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.67%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 86 (57.72%) Cisco
2 36 (24.16%) Palo Alto
3 27 (18.12%) Fortinet
4 26 (17.45%) Juniper
4 26 (17.45%) Meraki
5 21 (14.09%) F5
6 18 (12.08%) CheckPoint
7 11 (7.38%) Aruba
7 11 (7.38%) Ericsson
8 10 (6.71%) Nokia
9 9 (6.04%) Infoblox
9 9 (6.04%) Microsoft
10 7 (4.70%) VMware
11 6 (4.03%) Fujitsu
11 6 (4.03%) Zscaler
12 5 (3.36%) AirMagnet
12 5 (3.36%) Ekahau
12 5 (3.36%) SolarWinds
13 4 (2.68%) Citrix
13 4 (2.68%) Extreme Networks