Network Design Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Design Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Design Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 358 415
Rank change year-on-year -15 +57 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Specialist 5 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.041% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.044% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £422 £435 -
25th Percentile £440 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -17.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,359 15,885 19,996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.20% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,821 9,035 13,340
10th Percentile £209 £220 £220
25th Percentile £363 £372 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% -1.80% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,365 1,192 1,260
10th Percentile £13.58 £14.73 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.59 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.62 £41.53 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.72% -6.67% +97.78%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year -39.05% -8.30% +69.56%

Network Design Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Design Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Network Design Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Design Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Design Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Network Design Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Design Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Design Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Network Design Specialist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Design Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South West +16 5 £450 - 5
Network Design Specialist
UK

Network Design Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Network Design Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Design Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Network Design
2 4 (80.00%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (60.00%) 3GPP
3 3 (60.00%) 4G
3 3 (60.00%) Actix
3 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
3 3 (60.00%) High Availability
3 3 (60.00%) LTE
3 3 (60.00%) Nokia
3 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (20.00%) 2G
4 1 (20.00%) 5G
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (20.00%) Python
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Release Management
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation

Network Design Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (60.00%) 3GPP
2 3 (60.00%) 4G
2 3 (60.00%) LTE
2 3 (60.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (20.00%) 2G
3 1 (20.00%) 5G
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Network Design
2 3 (60.00%) High Availability
2 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Actix
1 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (60.00%) Nokia