Technical Design Specialist Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Technical Design Specialist
Devon > Exeter

The median Technical Design Specialist daily rate in Exeter is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Design Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 0.60% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
75th Percentile £420 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £420 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Exeter with a recognized job title 150 50 148
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 100.00% 98.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 30 126
10th Percentile £210 £309 £157
25th Percentile £231 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £525 £584 £580
90th Percentile £683 £620 £660
Devon median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
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 - - +46.64%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.82% +50.00% -33.33%

Technical Design Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Technical Design Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Exeter region featuring Technical Design Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN

Technical Design Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5