Network Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South West

Network Design Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Design Engineer daily rate in the South West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 132 148
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 1 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.051% 0.079% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.085% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
England median daily rate £475 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -13.64% -3.93% +32.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year - +13.67% +4.35%
England median hourly rate - £75.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - +13.67% +4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,773 2,350 3,019
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 92.70% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 1,374 2,033
10th Percentile £213 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £502 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -6.70% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £720 £700 £719
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 249 302
10th Percentile £14.28 £15.28 £18.39
25th Percentile £18.22 £40.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £59.84
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.80% +3.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.09 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +74.26%

Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Network Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Network Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Network Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Network Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Bristol +3 1 £475 - 5
Network Design Engineer
England

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 October 2025, Network Design Engineer 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 West region featuring Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy