Network Design Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Network Design
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 62 56
Rank change year-on-year -14 -6 +42
Contract jobs citing Network Design 17 9 36
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.28% 1.04% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.22% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 0
10th Percentile £481 £403 -
25th Percentile - £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile - £625 -
90th Percentile £588 £626 -
South East median daily rate £500 £506 £613
% change year-on-year -1.23% -17.35% +36.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,097 740 1,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.92% 85.16% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 516 602
10th Percentile £311 £356 £350
25th Percentile £447 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 43 84
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.25 £27.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +29.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Basingstoke -1 16 £500 -16.67% 1
Portsmouth - 1 £450 - 2
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) VPN
2 6 (35.29%) LAN
2 6 (35.29%) WAN
3 5 (29.41%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (23.53%) BGP
4 4 (23.53%) CATAPAN
4 4 (23.53%) Firewall
4 4 (23.53%) IPsec
4 4 (23.53%) Junos
4 4 (23.53%) MPLS
5 3 (17.65%) IPv4
5 3 (17.65%) IPv6
5 3 (17.65%) Network Security
5 3 (17.65%) TCP/IP
5 3 (17.65%) VLAN
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Network Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Designer
2 7 (41.18%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Network Designer
2 7 (41.18%) Senior
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Designer
2 7 (41.18%) Senior Network Designer
3 4 (23.53%) Design Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Installations Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Bill of Materials
1 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (17.65%) Network Virtualisation
1 3 (17.65%) Performance Testing
1 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
3 1 (5.88%) Capacity Management
3 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
3 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
3 1 (5.88%) Network Management
3 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Project Management
3 1 (5.88%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (76.47%) DV Cleared
3 7 (41.18%) CCNA
3 7 (41.18%) CCNP
3 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (41.18%) JNCIS
4 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.88%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Firmware
1 1 (5.88%) KVM
1 1 (5.88%) RHEV
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.88%) VMware NSX
1 1 (5.88%) Xen
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Nagios
2 1 (5.88%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Juniper
2 8 (47.06%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) F5
3 3 (17.65%) SolarWinds
4 2 (11.76%) VMware