Network Design Contracts in the South West

Network Design
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 153 149
Rank change year-on-year +18 -4 -28
Contract jobs citing Network Design 17 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.53% 0.57% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.64% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 15
10th Percentile £213 £399 £420
25th Percentile £230 £415 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.83% -11.43% +31.25%
75th Percentile £473 £536 £609
90th Percentile £565 £709 £643
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
10th Percentile - £58.81 -
25th Percentile - £62.00 £48.95
Median hourly rate - £63.23 £50.20
Median % change year-on-year - +25.96% +8.15%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £51.45
90th Percentile - - -
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 West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,642 3,282 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.87% 89.53% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 2,410 2,334
10th Percentile £220 £311 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 344 193
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £47.92 £61.50 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +26.86% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £69.97
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the South West

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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 within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bristol +25 12 £530 -
Devon +1 3 £215 -72.26% 1
Gloucestershire +2 2 £294 -33.24% 2
Network Design
England

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

Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) Wireless
2 11 (64.71%) 4G
3 10 (58.82%) 3GPP
3 10 (58.82%) LTE
3 10 (58.82%) Radio Access Network
3 10 (58.82%) Wireshark
4 4 (23.53%) Network Security
5 2 (11.76%) Firewall
6 1 (5.88%) 5G
6 1 (5.88%) Ethernet
6 1 (5.88%) VPN
General
1 10 (58.82%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (11.76%) Network Design Specialist
1 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
1 2 (11.76%) Network Specialist
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Coordinator
2 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) IP Specialist
2 1 (5.88%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) High Availability
1 10 (58.82%) Project Management
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Coaching
3 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.88%) Cryptography
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL
3 1 (5.88%) Load Balancing
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (5.88%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (5.88%) Risk Management
3 1 (5.88%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) CCNA
2 3 (17.65%) CCNP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) JNCIP
4 1 (5.88%) CISM
4 1 (5.88%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (5.88%) JSP 440
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Actix
1 10 (58.82%) Ericsson
1 10 (58.82%) Huawei
1 10 (58.82%) Nokia
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) Juniper
4 2 (11.76%) Google
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.88%) Oracle
5 1 (5.88%) VMware