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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 53 86
Rank change year-on-year -17 +33 +9
Contract jobs citing Network Design 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.41% 0.49% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.55% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £589 - £540
25th Percentile £609 £519 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £538 £620
Median % change year-on-year +23.26% -13.31% +7.83%
75th Percentile £709 £556 £676
90th Percentile £726 - £697
South West median daily rate £483 £523 £534
% change year-on-year -7.66% -2.11% -7.17%

All Process & 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 594 366 782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 81.04% 89.05% 84.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 398 256 561
10th Percentile £400 £339 £315
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £703 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £528
% change year-on-year - -0.47% -3.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 2 21
10th Percentile £12.50 - £12.00
25th Percentile £12.60 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £20.00 £60.00 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +312.65% -78.23%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £30.25
90th Percentile £25.15 - £74.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%

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
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 2 March 2026. 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 - 2 £600 - 1
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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) DMVPN
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco