Network Design Contracts in the North of England

Network Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 130 170 194
Rank change year-on-year +40 +24 -12
Contract jobs citing Network Design 36 15 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.09% 0.31% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.37% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 18
10th Percentile £403 £370 £380
25th Percentile £463 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% +2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £511 £550
90th Percentile £680 £606 £576
England median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the North of England

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the North of England

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the North of England

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the North of England

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
North West +40 30 £500 +5.26% 26
Yorkshire +6 5 £500 +5.26% 25
North East 0 1 £550 - 8
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) AWS
1 3 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (80.56%) Firewall
2 21 (58.33%) Wi-Fi
3 20 (55.56%) WAN
4 17 (47.22%) Cisco ISE
4 17 (47.22%) NetScaler
5 8 (22.22%) Network Security
5 8 (22.22%) VPN
6 6 (16.67%) MPLS
7 5 (13.89%) BGP
7 5 (13.89%) OSPF
7 5 (13.89%) Wireless
8 4 (11.11%) LAN
8 4 (11.11%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (8.33%) EIGRP
9 3 (8.33%) IPsec
9 3 (8.33%) SD-WAN
10 2 (5.56%) DHCP
10 2 (5.56%) DNS
10 2 (5.56%) Ethernet
10 2 (5.56%) Internet
General
1 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Finance
3 2 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
4 3 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Network Architect
4 3 (8.33%) Network Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Senior
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Designer
5 2 (5.56%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Network Designer
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Solutions Designer
6 1 (2.78%) Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (2.78%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (47.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (38.89%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) Load Balancing
1 21 (58.33%) Network Management
2 18 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 12 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.33%) ITSM
5 3 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (8.33%) TOGAF
6 2 (5.56%) Agile
6 2 (5.56%) Computer Science
6 2 (5.56%) High Availability
6 2 (5.56%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.56%) Migration
6 2 (5.56%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (5.56%) Project Management
6 2 (5.56%) Service Design
6 2 (5.56%) Threat Detection
6 2 (5.56%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.78%) Go
Qualifications
1 22 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 21 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) CCNP
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.56%) CCIE
4 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.56%) Degree
4 2 (5.56%) JNCIE
4 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.78%) CCNA
5 1 (2.78%) CISM
5 1 (2.78%) CISSP
5 1 (2.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Ansible
1 1 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (86.11%) Cisco
2 23 (63.89%) Palo Alto
3 18 (50.00%) Meraki
4 4 (11.11%) F5
4 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 3 (8.33%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.56%) Aruba
6 2 (5.56%) HP
6 2 (5.56%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.78%) CheckPoint