Network Design Contracts in the South East

Network Design
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Network Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Design over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 161 174
Rank change year-on-year +45 +13 -27
Contract jobs citing Network Design 87 65 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.57% 1.12% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.25% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 41 56
10th Percentile - £313 £375
25th Percentile £425 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £555
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -10.81% +9.36%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £632
90th Percentile £649 £638 £656
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.00 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +180.00% -50.76% +19.46%
England median hourly rate £47.25 £70.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -32.50% +62.79% +7.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Network Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Hampshire +60 78 £450 +2.86% 12
Thames Valley -35 8 £694 +38.75% 7
Berkshire -38 7 £694 +39.45% 3
Buckinghamshire +18 1 - - 2
Surrey +10 1 £350 - 4
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.15%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 49 (56.32%) BGP
2 33 (37.93%) Firewall
3 30 (34.48%) WAN
4 26 (29.89%) MPLS
5 25 (28.74%) Cisco Firepower
6 24 (27.59%) EIGRP
6 24 (27.59%) OSPF
6 24 (27.59%) SSL
7 23 (26.44%) DMVPN
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (3.45%) Network Security
8 3 (3.45%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (3.45%) VPN
9 2 (2.30%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (2.30%) DNS
9 2 (2.30%) Internet
9 2 (2.30%) NX-OS
9 2 (2.30%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Git
General
1 23 (26.44%) Finance
2 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.60%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.15%) Advertising
4 1 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (43.68%) Network Engineer
2 33 (37.93%) Architect
2 33 (37.93%) Network Architect
3 17 (19.54%) Network Specialist
4 13 (14.94%) Cisco Engineer
4 13 (14.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (6.90%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Senior
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Architect
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Network Architect
7 3 (3.45%) Cisco Architect
7 3 (3.45%) Cisco Network Architect
8 2 (2.30%) Consultant
8 2 (2.30%) Network Consultant
8 2 (2.30%) Network Security Consultant
8 2 (2.30%) Security Consultant
9 1 (1.15%) Design Engineer
9 1 (1.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (1.15%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) EDI
2 1 (1.15%) JSON
2 1 (1.15%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.15%) XML
2 1 (1.15%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.45%) CCTV
2 3 (3.45%) Operational Technology
2 3 (3.45%) SCADA
3 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.15%) NHS
3 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (57.47%) Customer Requirements
2 26 (29.89%) Network Management
3 22 (25.29%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (4.60%) Network Virtualisation
4 4 (4.60%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (4.60%) Prototyping
5 2 (2.30%) Analytics
5 2 (2.30%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (2.30%) Roadmaps
5 2 (2.30%) WAN Optimisation
6 1 (1.15%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (1.15%) Business Case
6 1 (1.15%) Business Strategy
6 1 (1.15%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.15%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.15%) Network Architecture
6 1 (1.15%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (1.15%) Service Design
6 1 (1.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (1.15%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (87.36%) Security Cleared
2 26 (29.89%) DV Cleared
3 24 (27.59%) SC Cleared
4 7 (8.05%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.75%) CCNA
5 5 (5.75%) CCNP
6 3 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.15%) CCDP
7 1 (1.15%) CCIE
7 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) GDPR
1 2 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (3.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (27.59%) Endace
2 23 (26.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.15%) Ansible
Vendors
1 85 (97.70%) Cisco
2 53 (60.92%) Juniper
3 51 (58.62%) Fortinet
4 24 (27.59%) F5
5 5 (5.75%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.60%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.45%) VMware
8 1 (1.15%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.15%) Fujitsu
8 1 (1.15%) Nokia
8 1 (1.15%) Zscaler