Network Design Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 226 293
Rank change year-on-year -10 +67 +32
Contract jobs citing Network Design 103 176 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.85% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.00% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 86 94
10th Percentile £335 - £366
25th Percentile £423 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £450 £486
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -7.46% -5.12%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £550
90th Percentile £650 £607 £634
UK median daily rate £525 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +8.02% -2.80% -12.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 18
10th Percentile - - £58.81
25th Percentile - - £63.23
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £47.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -32.50% +62.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East -6 37 £575 +27.78% 61
North of England +43 36 £500 +5.26% 43
North West +37 30 £500 +5.26% 20
South West +39 14 £525 +78.72% 28
Wales - 6 £288 - 8
Yorkshire +5 5 £500 +5.26% 19
Midlands -11 5 £438 +16.67% 29
West Midlands -12 5 £438 +16.67% 18
Scotland +16 4 £437 -27.17% 5
East of England +17 1 £400 -15.79% 17
North East -3 1 £550 - 6
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.88%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.50%) Azure
2 15 (14.56%) AWS
3 4 (3.88%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.88%) Cloudflare
4 3 (2.91%) GCP
5 1 (0.97%) Akamai
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (39.81%) Firewall
2 35 (33.98%) WAN
3 31 (30.10%) Network Security
4 26 (25.24%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (21.36%) Wireless
6 19 (18.45%) BGP
6 19 (18.45%) VPN
7 18 (17.48%) Cisco ISE
7 18 (17.48%) OSPF
8 17 (16.50%) 5G
8 17 (16.50%) NetScaler
8 17 (16.50%) SD-WAN
9 15 (14.56%) MPLS
9 15 (14.56%) Radio Access Network
10 13 (12.62%) 2G
10 13 (12.62%) 4G
11 12 (11.65%) LAN
12 9 (8.74%) EIGRP
13 7 (6.80%) IPsec
13 7 (6.80%) Wireshark
General
1 38 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.62%) Telecoms
4 8 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.91%) Finance
7 2 (1.94%) Automotive
7 2 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.94%) Legal
7 2 (1.94%) Retail
8 1 (0.97%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.97%) Aviation
8 1 (0.97%) Banking
8 1 (0.97%) Billing
Job Titles
1 47 (45.63%) Network Engineer
2 19 (18.45%) Architect
3 15 (14.56%) Network Architect
4 12 (11.65%) Senior
5 11 (10.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 10 (9.71%) Network Specialist
7 9 (8.74%) Designer
8 7 (6.80%) Network Design Specialist
9 6 (5.83%) Consultant
9 6 (5.83%) Network Consultant
10 5 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (4.85%) Cloud Network Engineer
10 5 (4.85%) Senior Network Engineer
11 4 (3.88%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 4 (3.88%) Solutions Designer
12 3 (2.91%) Cisco Engineer
12 3 (2.91%) IP Designer
12 3 (2.91%) IT Engineer
12 3 (2.91%) Juniper Architect
12 3 (2.91%) Product Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (22.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (21.36%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (5.83%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (4.85%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.91%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.94%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.94%) Robotics
6 2 (1.94%) Self-Driving Car
6 2 (1.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.97%) ASTM
7 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.97%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.97%) IoT
7 1 (0.97%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.97%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.97%) PKI
7 1 (0.97%) SCADA
7 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.94%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (1.94%) Linux
1 2 (1.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (38.83%) Network Architecture
2 30 (29.13%) Network Management
3 22 (21.36%) Load Balancing
4 15 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (12.62%) Computer Science
6 12 (11.65%) Impact Assessments
7 11 (10.68%) Roadmaps
8 8 (7.77%) Architecture Roadmap
8 8 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (6.80%) High Availability
9 7 (6.80%) Service Design
10 6 (5.83%) Data Protection
10 6 (5.83%) Zero Trust
11 5 (4.85%) Network Monitoring
11 5 (4.85%) Performance Optimisation
12 4 (3.88%) Agile
12 4 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
12 4 (3.88%) Identity Access Management
12 4 (3.88%) Matrix Organization
12 4 (3.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.74%) Python
2 3 (2.91%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 41 (39.81%) Security Cleared
2 34 (33.01%) SC Cleared
3 30 (29.13%) Cisco Certification
4 25 (24.27%) CCNP
5 20 (19.42%) Degree
6 14 (13.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (10.68%) DV Cleared
8 10 (9.71%) CCNA
9 8 (7.77%) CCIE
9 8 (7.77%) JNCIS
10 4 (3.88%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.91%) JNCIE
11 3 (2.91%) JNCIP
12 2 (1.94%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.94%) CCDP
12 2 (1.94%) CISSP
12 2 (1.94%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.97%) CISM
13 1 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.91%) QA
2 2 (1.94%) GDPR
2 2 (1.94%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.97%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.97%) NCSC
3 1 (0.97%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.97%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (6.80%) Ansible
1 7 (6.80%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.88%) Cacti
3 1 (0.97%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 68 (66.02%) Cisco
2 30 (29.13%) Palo Alto
3 23 (22.33%) Meraki
4 19 (18.45%) Juniper
5 17 (16.50%) Fortinet
6 9 (8.74%) Ericsson
6 9 (8.74%) Nokia
7 8 (7.77%) F5
8 7 (6.80%) Aruba
9 6 (5.83%) Fujitsu
9 6 (5.83%) Microsoft
9 6 (5.83%) SolarWinds
9 6 (5.83%) VMware
10 5 (4.85%) CheckPoint
10 5 (4.85%) Zscaler
11 4 (3.88%) Citrix
12 3 (2.91%) AirMagnet
12 3 (2.91%) Ekahau
12 3 (2.91%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (2.91%) Infoblox