Network Design Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Network Design
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - 130
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Network Design 13 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.89% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% - 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile £270 - -
25th Percentile £315 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £508
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.50%
75th Percentile £675 - £604
90th Percentile £681 - £662
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +21.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,277 1,427 2,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.99% 90.49% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 835 1,226
10th Percentile £238 £229 £256
25th Percentile £386 £363 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 48 56
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.56 £13.57
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.21
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +29.58% -1.59%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £56.50 £42.96 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -19.75% +15.71%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Scotland

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in Scotland

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Glasgow - 7 £650 - 1
Aberdeen - 4 £270 - 1
Edinburgh - 2 £450 - 2
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) WAN
2 8 (61.54%) SD-WAN
3 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 4 (30.77%) LAN
4 3 (23.08%) DHCP
4 3 (23.08%) DNS
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) VLAN
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.69%) IPsec
6 1 (7.69%) Network Security
6 1 (7.69%) SSL
6 1 (7.69%) Wireless
6 1 (7.69%) WLAN
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Network Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Architect
3 4 (30.77%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Network Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Life Science
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.69%) SCADA
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Migration
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Management
4 1 (7.69%) Load Balancing
4 1 (7.69%) Network Planning
4 1 (7.69%) OO
4 1 (7.69%) OOD
4 1 (7.69%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) SOA
4 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Perl
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) CCDP
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) MCSE
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (7.69%) GRC
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) FortiGate
2 1 (7.69%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (7.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 8 (61.54%) Palo Alto
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Arista
5 1 (7.69%) Aruba
5 1 (7.69%) F5
5 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.69%) McAfee
5 1 (7.69%) Meraki
5 1 (7.69%) Rockwell
5 1 (7.69%) Veeam