Network Design Contracts in the South West

Network Design
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 96 139 145
Rank change year-on-year +43 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Network Design 15 18 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.89% 0.56% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.68% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 10
10th Percentile £335 £213 £402
25th Percentile £466 £230 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £294 £440
Median % change year-on-year +80.85% -33.24% -16.19%
75th Percentile £564 £473 £490
90th Percentile £636 £565 £686
England median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £58.81
25th Percentile - - £62.00
Median hourly rate - - £63.23
75th Percentile - - £70.00
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Bristol +18 12 £520 -1.89% 5
Wiltshire - 3 £538 - 12
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) 2G
1 9 (60.00%) 4G
1 9 (60.00%) 5G
1 9 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (40.00%) Wireshark
3 3 (20.00%) Network Security
4 2 (13.33%) Internet
4 2 (13.33%) VPN
4 2 (13.33%) Wireless
5 1 (6.67%) Firewall
5 1 (6.67%) LAN
5 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
5 1 (6.67%) WAN
5 1 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Network Specialist
2 7 (46.67%) Network Design Specialist
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Designer
4 2 (13.33%) Network Design Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Network Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) PKI
3 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (20.00%) Network Management
2 3 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (13.33%) ArchiMate
3 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
3 2 (13.33%) Network Security Management
3 2 (13.33%) NsoIT
3 2 (13.33%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Security Management
3 2 (13.33%) Use Case
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (6.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CCIE
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Ericsson
1 9 (60.00%) Nokia
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco