Network Design Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Network Design
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 1.86% - 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £399 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £600
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile £496 - -
Devon median daily rate £490 - £215

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 44 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 75.78% 83.02% 83.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 30 107
10th Percentile £210 £312 £158
25th Percentile £259 £407 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £525 £584 £600
90th Percentile £675 £620 £662
Devon median daily rate £450 £500 £443
% change year-on-year -10.00% +12.99% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate - - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.84%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -45.45%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Exeter

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (33.33%) NX-OS
1 1 (33.33%) OSPF
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) F5