Network Design Contracts in London

Network Design
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Network Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 332 412
Rank change year-on-year +28 +80 +45
Contract jobs citing Network Design 49 59 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.33% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.37% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 34
10th Percentile £406 £500 £379
25th Percentile £428 £511 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £605 £601 £671
90th Percentile £745 £775 £830
England median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £23.45 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £23.75 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £24.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +175.51% -65.00% +77.22%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.38 -
90th Percentile - £60.95 -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £47.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -32.50% +62.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in London

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in London

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in London

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in London

Network Design
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 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
Central London +3 4 £556 +5.81% 1
West London - 4 £425 - 5
South London - 2 £501 -
East London +14 1 £480 -7.69%
Network Design
England

Network Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.12%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.04%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.04%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.04%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.29%) AWS
2 6 (12.24%) Azure
3 3 (6.12%) OpenShift
4 1 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (44.90%) Firewall
2 13 (26.53%) BGP
2 13 (26.53%) Wireless
3 12 (24.49%) OSPF
3 12 (24.49%) WAN
4 10 (20.41%) LAN
4 10 (20.41%) Radio Access Network
5 9 (18.37%) Multicast
6 8 (16.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (16.33%) Network Security
6 8 (16.33%) VPN
7 7 (14.29%) MPLS
7 7 (14.29%) TCP/IP
8 6 (12.24%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (12.24%) DNS
8 6 (12.24%) EIGRP
8 6 (12.24%) VoIP
9 5 (10.20%) BIG-IP
9 5 (10.20%) IPsec
9 5 (10.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.04%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (6.12%) GitLab
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (12.24%) Finance
3 6 (12.24%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Local Government
6 2 (4.08%) Marketing
7 1 (2.04%) Aviation
7 1 (2.04%) Electronics
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Military
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (36.73%) Network Engineer
2 9 (18.37%) Design Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) Senior
4 7 (14.29%) Architect
5 6 (12.24%) Consultant
5 6 (12.24%) Network Consultant
5 6 (12.24%) Radio Design Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Radio Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Network Architect
7 4 (8.16%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Senior Automation Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 2 (4.08%) Designer
9 2 (4.08%) Network Security Architect
9 2 (4.08%) Telephony Manager
9 2 (4.08%) WAN Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) WAN Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.04%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 17 (34.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.12%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (6.12%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.08%) CCTV
3 2 (4.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.08%) PKI
4 1 (2.04%) BYOD
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.04%) IoT
4 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) VMS
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
1 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
1 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.45%) Network Architecture
3 8 (16.33%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (14.29%) Migration
5 6 (12.24%) Agile
5 6 (12.24%) Network Virtualisation
6 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
7 4 (8.16%) Business Strategy
7 4 (8.16%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.16%) Computer Science
7 4 (8.16%) Low Latency
7 4 (8.16%) Network Management
7 4 (8.16%) Performance Optimisation
7 4 (8.16%) Process Improvement
7 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.16%) Service Management
8 3 (6.12%) High Availability
8 3 (6.12%) Incident Management
8 3 (6.12%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.49%) Python
2 2 (4.08%) Bash
2 2 (4.08%) Perl
3 1 (2.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (32.65%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (22.45%) CCNP
3 8 (16.33%) CCIE
4 7 (14.29%) Degree
4 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.08%) AWS Certification
7 2 (4.08%) CCIE Data Center
7 2 (4.08%) CCNA
7 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.04%) BICSI Certification
8 1 (2.04%) CCIE Security
8 1 (2.04%) CWNA
8 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) GDPR
1 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.12%) vSphere
3 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (24.49%) Ansible
2 3 (6.12%) Progress Chef
2 3 (6.12%) Terraform
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.08%) OPNET
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco LMS
4 1 (2.04%) Nagios
4 1 (2.04%) SCCM
4 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) Cisco
2 12 (24.49%) CheckPoint
2 12 (24.49%) F5
3 9 (18.37%) Fortinet
4 8 (16.33%) Palo Alto
5 7 (14.29%) Juniper
6 6 (12.24%) Infoblox
7 5 (10.20%) VMware
8 3 (6.12%) Aruba
8 3 (6.12%) Meraki
8 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
8 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
8 3 (6.12%) SolarWinds
9 2 (4.08%) AirMagnet
9 2 (4.08%) Arista
9 2 (4.08%) Ekahau
9 2 (4.08%) Ericsson
10 1 (2.04%) IBM
10 1 (2.04%) Nokia
10 1 (2.04%) Oracle