Network Design Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Network Design
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing Network Design 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 0.53% 2.06% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 2.84% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £505 -
25th Percentile - £513 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +31.25% -13.98%
75th Percentile - £538 £425
90th Percentile - £545 -
Merseyside median daily rate - £525 £400
% change year-on-year - +31.25% -13.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 172 141 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 91.01% 72.68% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 68 75
10th Percentile £157 £150 £216
25th Percentile £185 £184 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £406 £413
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -1.52% -13.16%
75th Percentile £510 £500 £556
90th Percentile £650 £600 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £325 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 14
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.07 £13.77
25th Percentile £13.70 £15.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £22.44 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +12.19% +14.29%
75th Percentile £51.02 £26.65 £28.86
90th Percentile - £37.20 £50.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.30 £21.10 £19.00
% change year-on-year -17.99% +11.03% +8.20%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto