Senior Network Designer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior Network Designer
England > South East

The median Senior Network Designer daily rate in the South East is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Network Designer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.069% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
England median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,903 3,498 4,777
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 92.93% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,526 2,178 3,116
10th Percentile £220 £236 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £687 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 141 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.32
Median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -13.79% +49.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%

Senior Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Senior Network Designer job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Network Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Designer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Network Designer job vacancies in the South East

Senior Network Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Network Designer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Network Designer job vacancies in the South East

Senior Network Designer
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 Senior Network Designer within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Hampshire - 3 £500 - 2
Senior Network Designer
England

Senior Network Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Senior Network Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Senior Network Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) IPv4
3 1 (33.33%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) Nagios
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPN

Senior Network Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) IPv4
1 1 (33.33%) IPv6
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) JNCIS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Nagios
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds