Network Design Contracts in England

Network Design
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Design over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 439 447
Rank change year-on-year +119 +8 -63
Contract jobs citing Network Design 232 226 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.44% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.49% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 118 234
10th Percentile £363 £361 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +8.53%
75th Percentile £550 £576 £639
90th Percentile £638 £679 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -5.00% -10.71% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 22 8
10th Percentile £23.55 £52.43 £26.60
25th Percentile £24.00 £63.23 £35.38
Median hourly rate £47.25 £70.00 £46.60
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +50.21% +43.76%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £53.28
90th Percentile - - £59.88
UK median hourly rate £47.25 £70.00 £46.60
% change year-on-year -32.50% +50.21% +43.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

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 19 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Design in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 19 April 2024. 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 +35 86 £450 -10.00% 24
London +91 62 £588 +4.44% 18
Midlands +53 31 £375 -15.73% 9
West Midlands +51 30 £375 -18.03% 7
South West +28 18 £415 -10.75% 8
North of England +22 15 £475 -5.00% 14
East of England +12 15 £475 -5.00% 4
Yorkshire +23 8 £475 -13.64% 5
North West +6 7 £475 - 7
East Midlands +8 1 - - 2
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 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.86%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
1 2 (0.86%) Revit
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (3.88%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (3.02%) AWS
2 7 (3.02%) Azure
3 4 (1.72%) GCP
4 2 (0.86%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 101 (43.53%) BGP
2 95 (40.95%) Firewall
3 84 (36.21%) WAN
4 68 (29.31%) MPLS
5 59 (25.43%) VPN
6 45 (19.40%) Network Security
7 40 (17.24%) OSPF
8 35 (15.09%) EIGRP
9 30 (12.93%) IPsec
10 29 (12.50%) LAN
11 28 (12.07%) Cisco Firepower
11 28 (12.07%) Wireless
12 26 (11.21%) 4G
13 23 (9.91%) 5G
13 23 (9.91%) DMVPN
13 23 (9.91%) Junos
13 23 (9.91%) SSL
14 14 (6.03%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (6.03%) Cisco IOS
15 13 (5.60%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 11 (4.74%) Git
2 3 (1.29%) JIRA
General
1 44 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.93%) Finance
3 22 (9.48%) Telecoms
4 19 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.43%) Law
8 1 (0.43%) Legal
8 1 (0.43%) Local Government
8 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 110 (47.41%) Network Engineer
2 47 (20.26%) Architect
3 44 (18.97%) Network Architect
4 31 (13.36%) Design Engineer
4 31 (13.36%) Network Design Engineer
4 31 (13.36%) Network Specialist
5 20 (8.62%) Senior
6 18 (7.76%) 3rd Line Support
6 18 (7.76%) Network Support
7 17 (7.33%) Cisco Engineer
7 17 (7.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 14 (6.03%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (3.88%) Network Design Specialist
10 7 (3.02%) Core Network Specialist
10 7 (3.02%) IP Design Engineer
10 7 (3.02%) IP Engineer
10 7 (3.02%) IP Network Engineer
10 7 (3.02%) Mobile Specialist
10 7 (3.02%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
11 6 (2.59%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.03%) XML
2 12 (5.17%) JSON
2 12 (5.17%) NETCONF
2 12 (5.17%) YANG
3 4 (1.72%) 802.1X
3 4 (1.72%) EDI
4 2 (0.86%) XSLT
5 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.91%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.05%) PKI
3 7 (3.02%) Distributed Architecture
4 5 (2.16%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.72%) CCTV
5 4 (1.72%) SCADA
6 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.86%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) CMDB
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.72%) Linux
1 4 (1.72%) Windows
2 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.86%) Unix
3 2 (0.86%) zOS
4 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (21.55%) Customer Requirements
2 45 (19.40%) Load Balancing
3 26 (11.21%) Network Management
4 23 (9.91%) Technical Leadership
5 21 (9.05%) Network Virtualisation
5 21 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (6.47%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 13 (5.60%) High Availability
7 13 (5.60%) Migration
7 13 (5.60%) Project Management
7 13 (5.60%) Roadmaps
8 12 (5.17%) Agile
8 12 (5.17%) Business Strategy
8 12 (5.17%) DevOps
9 11 (4.74%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (4.31%) Business Case
10 10 (4.31%) Configuration Management
10 10 (4.31%) Network Architecture
11 9 (3.88%) Capacity Management
12 8 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.76%) Python
2 2 (0.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 128 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.67%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (15.09%) CCNP
3 35 (15.09%) SC Cleared
4 31 (13.36%) DV Cleared
5 23 (9.91%) CCNA
6 12 (5.17%) Degree
7 9 (3.88%) CCIE
8 4 (1.72%) CCDP
8 4 (1.72%) JNCIS
8 4 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.29%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.86%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.86%) CCIP
10 2 (0.86%) JNCIE
11 1 (0.43%) CCIE Data Center
11 1 (0.43%) CISM
11 1 (0.43%) CISSP
11 1 (0.43%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.86%) GDPR
1 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.86%) NIST
1 2 (0.86%) QA
1 2 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (0.86%) SLA
2 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (2.16%) VMware NSX
2 4 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (14.22%) FortiGate
2 23 (9.91%) Endace
3 8 (3.45%) Ansible
4 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 154 (66.38%) Cisco
2 114 (49.14%) Juniper
3 62 (26.72%) Fortinet
4 38 (16.38%) F5
5 28 (12.07%) Nokia
6 27 (11.64%) Palo Alto
7 11 (4.74%) Huawei
8 9 (3.88%) Actix
8 9 (3.88%) CheckPoint
8 9 (3.88%) Ericsson
9 7 (3.02%) Meraki
10 6 (2.59%) VMware
11 5 (2.16%) Google
11 5 (2.16%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.72%) Dell
12 4 (1.72%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (1.29%) Microsoft
14 2 (0.86%) Alcatel-Lucent
14 2 (0.86%) Broadcom
14 2 (0.86%) WatchGuard