Network Design Contract Job Trends in Essex

Network Design
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.62% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile £535 - -
East of England median daily rate £500 £413 £513
% change year-on-year +21.21% -19.51% +7.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 101 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 76.82% 87.07% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 41 47
10th Percentile £310 £153 £178
25th Percentile £354 £230 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £318
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +41.51% -36.40%
75th Percentile £575 £525 £450
90th Percentile £613 £613 £553
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 29 14
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.25 £17.19
25th Percentile £16.25 - £23.44
Median hourly rate £20.26 £18.87 £29.17
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% -35.31% -47.44%
75th Percentile £30.65 £39.50 £76.44
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £21.00 £29.17
% change year-on-year +126.19% -28.01% +45.85%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Essex

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Network Design

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Essex over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in Essex

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Harlow - 4 £500 - 1
Chelmsford - 2 £325 -
Network Design
East of England

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) OpenShift
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Wireless
2 4 (66.67%) Wireless
2 4 (66.67%) WLAN
3 2 (33.33%) BGP
3 2 (33.33%) MPLS
3 2 (33.33%) SNMP
3 2 (33.33%) TACACS
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IP Network Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) NETCONF
1 2 (33.33%) OpenConfig
1 2 (33.33%) RESTCONF
1 2 (33.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CCIE
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 6 (100.00%) Juniper
2 4 (66.67%) Aruba
3 2 (33.33%) F5
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft