Network Designer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 354 418
Rank change year-on-year -34 +64 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Network Designer 11 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.062% 0.025% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.027% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £431 £475 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £504 £335
Median % change year-on-year -13.15% +50.37% -34.63%
75th Percentile £453 £537 £353
90th Percentile £472 £537 -
UK median daily rate £445 £504 £335
% change year-on-year -11.66% +50.37% -33.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £54.00
Median hourly rate - - £57.99
75th Percentile - - £61.99
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +20.88%

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 15,846 14,829 19,023
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.95% 92.35% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,792 8,575 12,481
10th Percentile £206 £215 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% -0.60% -
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £675 £679 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,565 982 1,255
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.20 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.27 £72.50 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +43.93%

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Network Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Network Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Network Designer
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 Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
North of England -36 8 £438 -12.50% 7
North West - 8 £438 - 7
East of England - 2 £520 -
South East -7 1 - - 1
Network Designer
UK

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Network Designer 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 Designer in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) DHCP
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
1 6 (54.55%) IPsec
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) 3GPP
3 4 (36.36%) 4G
3 4 (36.36%) 5G
3 4 (36.36%) BGP
3 4 (36.36%) Dell
3 4 (36.36%) Docker
3 4 (36.36%) MPLS
3 4 (36.36%) OpenStack
3 4 (36.36%) OSPF
3 4 (36.36%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (36.36%) VLAN
3 4 (36.36%) Wireshark
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (27.27%) LAN
5 2 (18.18%) BIG-IP
5 2 (18.18%) CCNA
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (18.18%) F5
5 2 (18.18%) IOS XR
5 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing

Network Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) DHCP
1 6 (54.55%) DNS
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
1 6 (54.55%) IPsec
2 4 (36.36%) 3GPP
2 4 (36.36%) 4G
2 4 (36.36%) 5G
2 4 (36.36%) BGP
2 4 (36.36%) MPLS
2 4 (36.36%) OSPF
2 4 (36.36%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (36.36%) VLAN
2 4 (36.36%) Wireshark
3 3 (27.27%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) BIG-IP
4 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (18.18%) IOS XR
4 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (18.18%) Wireless
4 2 (18.18%) WLAN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Operational Technology
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (18.18%) Load Balancing
1 2 (18.18%) Network Design
2 1 (9.09%) Agile
2 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
2 1 (9.09%) DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) ITIL
2 1 (9.09%) Migration
2 1 (9.09%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCNA
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) CCNP
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Dell
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) F5
3 2 (18.18%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) Juniper
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (9.09%) Nokia