Hybrid/Remote Network Design Engineer Contract Job Trends

Network Design Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Design Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 - 331
Rank change year-on-year - - +73
Contract jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% - 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £524 £520
% change year-on-year +4.96% +0.77% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,578 9,103 11,815
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.82% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,876 5,992 7,605
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 294 298
10th Percentile £15.79 £13.25 £19.50
25th Percentile £26.78 £20.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -1.96%

Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Design Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Network Design Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Network Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Network Design Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Network Design Engineer job vacancies

Network Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Network Design Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Network Design Engineer job vacancies

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Network Design Engineer 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Ansible
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) GitHub
2 2 (50.00%) IPsec
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 2 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) IPsec
2 2 (50.00%) OSPF
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) SDH
3 1 (25.00%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (75.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) High Availability
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia