Network Design Engineer Contracts in London

Network Design Engineer
England > London

The median Network Design Engineer daily rate in London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 371 479
Rank change year-on-year +19 +108 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 1 20 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.11% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.12% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £510 £364
25th Percentile £413 £511 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +31.24% -11.10%
75th Percentile £438 £563 £488
90th Percentile - £575 £510
England median daily rate £425 £525 £438
% change year-on-year -19.05% +20.00% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate - £70.00 £63.23
% change year-on-year - +10.71% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Network Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design Engineer in London

Network Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Design Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Network Design Engineer in London

Network Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Design Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Design Engineer in London

Network Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West London - 1 £425 - 2
Network Design Engineer
England

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design