Network Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Network Design Engineer
East of England > Suffolk

The median Network Design Engineer daily rate in Suffolk is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 1 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.32% - 9.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% - 9.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 74 99 112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.37% 90.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 42 81
10th Percentile £193 £200 £150
25th Percentile £213 £220 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% -17.39%
75th Percentile £500 £497 £588
90th Percentile £688 £629 £745
East of England median daily rate £484 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +7.56% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 2
10th Percentile £14.05 £45.63 £20.07
25th Percentile £16.36 £46.25 £29.92
Median hourly rate £21.34 £47.50 £46.59
Median % change year-on-year -55.08% +1.96% +164.09%
75th Percentile £24.38 £52.83 £63.00
90th Percentile £24.76 £70.00 £72.70
East of England median hourly rate £29.00 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.95% +6.74% +114.46%

Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Network Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 17 December 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 Suffolk region featuring Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki