Network Designer Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Network Designer
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Network Designer daily rate in Ipswich is £525, 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 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Designer 17 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 19.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 20.99% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £303 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 81 35 43
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 89.74% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 24 27
10th Percentile £326 £170 £105
25th Percentile £479 £178 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £225 £475
Median % change year-on-year +144.44% -52.63% -26.92%
75th Percentile £688 £450 £488
90th Percentile £731 £576 £560
Suffolk median daily rate £525 £225 £450
% change year-on-year +133.33% -50.00% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £18.24 - -
25th Percentile £19.00 - £11.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -30.30%
75th Percentile £23.00 - £17.00
90th Percentile - - £32.15
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £11.50
% change year-on-year -70.00% +508.70% -32.35%

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Network Designer job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Network Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in Ipswich.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in Ipswich

Network Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Designer in Ipswich over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Designer in Ipswich

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 18 April 2026, Network Designer 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 Ipswich region featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (58.82%) DevOps
3 9 (52.94%) Firewall
3 9 (52.94%) IPsec
3 9 (52.94%) Load Balancing
4 8 (47.06%) Customer Experience
5 7 (41.18%) Broadband
5 7 (41.18%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (35.29%) Network Security
7 4 (23.53%) Network Design
8 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared

Network Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 17 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (52.94%) Firewall
2 9 (52.94%) IPsec
3 7 (41.18%) Broadband
4 6 (35.29%) Network Security
General
1 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) DevOps
2 9 (52.94%) Load Balancing
3 8 (47.06%) Customer Experience
4 7 (41.18%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (23.53%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared