Network Design Contract Job Trends in Reading

Network Design
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 60 -
Rank change year-on-year -18 - -
Contract jobs citing Network Design 10 10 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.99% 1.51% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £399 - -
25th Percentile £416 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £472 £475 -
90th Percentile £489 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £440 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -12.00% +2.56% +0.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 881 624 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.57% 94.12% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 364 613
10th Percentile £310 £307 £213
25th Percentile £416 £431 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £509
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.02% -7.45%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £615
90th Percentile £681 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -4.58% +4.80% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 4 41
10th Percentile £57.40 £27.08 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.75 £28.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.38 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +85.10% -26.56% -8.46%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £71.75
90th Percentile £105.65 £72.56 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.14
% change year-on-year +34.97% +2.25% +2.37%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Reading

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Reading over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in Reading

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Network Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Network Design

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (40.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) BGP
2 7 (70.00%) MPLS
3 6 (60.00%) WAN
4 4 (40.00%) SNMP
4 4 (40.00%) TACACS
4 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (30.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) LAN
6 2 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (10.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (10.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (10.00%) IPv6
7 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
7 1 (10.00%) Network Security
7 1 (10.00%) OSPF
7 1 (10.00%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (10.00%) Wireshark
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) IP Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (20.00%) IP Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Core Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IP Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) NETCONF
1 6 (60.00%) YANG
2 4 (40.00%) OpenConfig
2 4 (40.00%) RESTCONF
3 2 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (20.00%) Private Cloud
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Microservices
3 2 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) CCIE
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (60.00%) JNCIE
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
2 5 (50.00%) F5
2 5 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 5 (50.00%) Juniper
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (10.00%) Meraki
4 1 (10.00%) NetScout
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto