Network Design Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Network Design
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Network Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 46 67
Rank change year-on-year -20 +21 +24
Contract jobs citing Network Design 6 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.02% 1.70% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 2.00% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £468 £519 £540
25th Percentile £533 £542 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £551 £620
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% -11.21% +7.83%
75th Percentile £642 £556 £676
90th Percentile £643 £569 £697
South West median daily rate £450 £523 £575
% change year-on-year -13.88% -9.13% +32.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 400 677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 83.42% 84.93% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 273 495
10th Percentile £387 £340 £335
25th Percentile £513 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £713 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 14
10th Percentile £12.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £13.75 £12.79 £16.81
Median hourly rate £22.27 £36.40 £46.95
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% -22.48% -28.32%
75th Percentile £24.50 £60.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £25.15 - £74.75
South West median hourly rate £29.40 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -54.78% +8.33% -7.69%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Network Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Network Design job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Network Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Network Design

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in Wiltshire

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Network Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Network Design

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Corsham -14 3 £641 +16.38%
Swindon - 3 £450 -
Network Design
South West

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 3 (50.00%) BGP
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
4 1 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) IT Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Presales
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) NetApp