Network Design Contracts in the Midlands

Network Design
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 106 101 155
Rank change year-on-year -5 +54 +41
Contract jobs citing Network Design 5 32 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 1.16% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.41% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 24 10
10th Percentile £253 - £404
25th Percentile £419 £363 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £445
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -15.73% -26.45%
75th Percentile £531 £447 £487
90th Percentile £602 £475 £507
England median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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 Midlands -12 5 £438 +16.67% 10
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) Network Security
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) Internet
4 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (40.00%) VoIP
4 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (20.00%) 5G
5 1 (20.00%) BGP
5 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
5 1 (20.00%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (20.00%) OSPF
5 1 (20.00%) VLAN
5 1 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless Security
5 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) NB-IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Network Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Aruba
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) Mitel
3 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (20.00%) Infoblox
3 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (20.00%) Zscaler