Network Design Contracts in the South East

Network Design
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 122 114 156
Rank change year-on-year -8 +42 +20
Contract jobs citing Network Design 37 92 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 1.66% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.95% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 35 41
10th Percentile £523 - £313
25th Percentile £525 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -9.09% -10.81%
75th Percentile £625 £563 £573
90th Percentile £628 £673 £638
England median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +180.00% -50.76%
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Thames Valley +52 19 £550 -20.72% 23
Berkshire +39 17 £600 -13.51% 12
Hampshire -22 17 £575 +27.78% 25
Oxfordshire - 2 £550 - 4
Sussex - 1 - -
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 4 (10.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) AWS
3 4 (10.81%) Cloudflare
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) MPLS
2 7 (18.92%) 5G
3 6 (16.22%) Network Security
3 6 (16.22%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (13.51%) BGP
4 5 (13.51%) WAN
5 4 (10.81%) 2G
5 4 (10.81%) 3G
5 4 (10.81%) 4G
5 4 (10.81%) Ethernet
5 4 (10.81%) VPN
5 4 (10.81%) Wireless
6 3 (8.11%) 802.11
6 3 (8.11%) OSPF
6 3 (8.11%) VLAN
6 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (5.41%) EIGRP
7 2 (5.41%) Firewall
7 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
7 2 (5.41%) VoIP
General
1 22 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Telecoms
4 4 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Automotive
7 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.70%) Aviation
7 1 (2.70%) Billing
Job Titles
1 12 (32.43%) Network Engineer
2 11 (29.73%) Architect
3 8 (21.62%) Network Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Designer
5 3 (8.11%) Cisco Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Cisco Network Architect
5 3 (8.11%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) IP Designer
5 3 (8.11%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Juniper Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Product Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Senior
5 3 (8.11%) Wireless Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (5.41%) Systems Integrator
7 1 (2.70%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (13.51%) Public Cloud
2 4 (10.81%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.41%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (5.41%) Robotics
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) Network Architecture
2 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
3 5 (13.51%) Architecture Roadmap
3 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
3 5 (13.51%) Service Design
4 4 (10.81%) Data Protection
4 4 (10.81%) Network Management
4 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.81%) Zero Trust
5 3 (8.11%) Data Collection
6 2 (5.41%) Edge Computing
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics
6 2 (5.41%) Migration
6 2 (5.41%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (5.41%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.41%) Prototyping
6 2 (5.41%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.70%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Python
2 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (43.24%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (40.54%) Security Cleared
3 12 (32.43%) CCNP
3 12 (32.43%) SC Cleared
4 10 (27.03%) DV Cleared
5 9 (24.32%) CCNA
5 9 (24.32%) Degree
6 7 (18.92%) JNCIS
7 5 (13.51%) CCIE
7 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (10.81%) Azure Certification
9 2 (5.41%) AWS Certification
9 2 (5.41%) CCDP
9 2 (5.41%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
1 1 (2.70%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Ansible
2 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 23 (62.16%) Cisco
2 14 (37.84%) Juniper
3 13 (35.14%) Fortinet
4 6 (16.22%) Fujitsu
5 5 (13.51%) Meraki
6 4 (10.81%) CheckPoint
6 4 (10.81%) Citrix
6 4 (10.81%) F5
6 4 (10.81%) Zscaler
7 3 (8.11%) AirMagnet
7 3 (8.11%) Aruba
7 3 (8.11%) Ekahau
7 3 (8.11%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (5.41%) McAfee
8 2 (5.41%) VMware
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
9 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.70%) SolarWinds