Network Design Contracts

Network Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Network Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Network Design over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 429 493
Rank change year-on-year +90 +64 -78
Contract jobs citing Network Design 261 257 410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.46% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.51% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 140 274
10th Percentile £363 £386 £406
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -5.41% +15.32%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £638
90th Percentile £638 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 21 7
10th Percentile £24.43 £62.00 £22.35
25th Percentile £26.19 £63.23 £32.50
Median hourly rate £29.25 £70.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.21% +62.79% +1.18%
75th Percentile £32.19 - £51.11
90th Percentile £33.88 - £55.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £50.49
% change year-on-year -50.00% +38.66% +55.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,061 50,135 80,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.39% 89.71% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,729 34,705 56,261
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,551 1,672 1,888
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.60
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.90 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +39.80% +10.64%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Design.

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Design.

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Design over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. 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
England +117 242 £475 -6.17% 74
UK excluding London +77 184 £450 -10.00% 53
South East +67 97 £463 -5.13% 13
London +71 56 £551 -6.22% 24
Work from Home +32 50 £550 - 33
Midlands +48 40 £388 -12.92% 8
West Midlands +35 31 £375 -9.64% 5
South West -1 23 £375 -14.77% 8
North of England +22 22 £475 -9.52% 14
East Midlands +17 9 £550 +23.60% 3
North East - 8 - - 2
Yorkshire +15 7 £475 -13.64% 7
North West +3 7 £450 -10.00% 5
Scotland +32 1 £600 +20.00% 4
East of England -12 1 £475 -5.00% 7

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
1 1 (0.38%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (1.53%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.38%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (4.98%) Azure
2 8 (3.07%) AWS
3 6 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.15%) Cloudflare
4 3 (1.15%) GCP
5 2 (0.77%) IaaS
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.77%) PaaS
6 1 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.38%) Cloud Functions
6 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.38%) SaaS
6 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 99 (37.93%) BGP
2 88 (33.72%) WAN
3 80 (30.65%) Firewall
4 79 (30.27%) MPLS
5 45 (17.24%) VPN
6 39 (14.94%) OSPF
7 33 (12.64%) Cisco Firepower
7 33 (12.64%) Network Security
8 29 (11.11%) Wireless
9 28 (10.73%) IPsec
10 27 (10.34%) EIGRP
11 26 (9.96%) SSL
12 25 (9.58%) Junos
13 23 (8.81%) LAN
14 22 (8.43%) 5G
14 22 (8.43%) DMVPN
14 22 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
15 21 (8.05%) 4G
16 17 (6.51%) Radio Access Network
17 16 (6.13%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.15%) DB2
1 3 (1.15%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Big Data
2 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.38%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (2.68%) Git
2 2 (0.77%) JIRA
3 1 (0.38%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.38%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (16.48%) Finance
2 35 (13.41%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 23 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.60%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.21%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.15%) Banking
7 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.77%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.77%) Local Government
9 1 (0.38%) Advertising
9 1 (0.38%) Automotive
9 1 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 110 (42.15%) Network Engineer
2 60 (22.99%) Architect
3 52 (19.92%) Network Architect
4 24 (9.20%) Senior
5 22 (8.43%) Design Engineer
5 22 (8.43%) Network Specialist
6 20 (7.66%) 3rd Line Support
6 20 (7.66%) Network Design Engineer
6 20 (7.66%) Network Support
7 15 (5.75%) Cisco Engineer
7 15 (5.75%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 13 (4.98%) Consultant
9 12 (4.60%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (3.83%) Network Consultant
11 8 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.68%) Designer
12 7 (2.68%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 7 (2.68%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 6 (2.30%) Senior Consultant
13 6 (2.30%) Senior Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.83%) XML
2 8 (3.07%) JSON
2 8 (3.07%) NETCONF
2 8 (3.07%) YANG
3 6 (2.30%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.15%) EDI
4 3 (1.15%) Web Services
5 2 (0.77%) XSLT
6 1 (0.38%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.05%) PKI
2 17 (6.51%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.30%) Distributed Architecture
3 6 (2.30%) Security Posture
4 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.53%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.15%) CCTV
6 3 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.15%) SCADA
7 2 (0.77%) LPAR
7 2 (0.77%) NHS
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.38%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.38%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.68%) Linux
2 5 (1.92%) zOS
3 4 (1.53%) Windows
4 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.77%) Unix
5 2 (0.77%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (21.46%) Customer Requirements
2 38 (14.56%) Load Balancing
2 38 (14.56%) Network Management
3 33 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
4 30 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (7.28%) Network Architecture
6 18 (6.90%) Project Management
7 17 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (6.13%) Roadmaps
9 15 (5.75%) DevOps
9 15 (5.75%) High Availability
10 13 (4.98%) Computer Science
10 13 (4.98%) Network Virtualisation
11 12 (4.60%) Migration
12 11 (4.21%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 10 (3.83%) Configuration Management
14 8 (3.07%) Business Strategy
14 8 (3.07%) Capacity Planning
15 7 (2.68%) Collaborative Culture
15 7 (2.68%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.36%) Python
2 3 (1.15%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.77%) Java
4 1 (0.38%) Go
Qualifications
1 118 (45.21%) Security Cleared
2 46 (17.62%) Cisco Certification
3 40 (15.33%) SC Cleared
4 39 (14.94%) CCNP
5 29 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 22 (8.43%) CCIE
7 20 (7.66%) CCNA
8 15 (5.75%) Degree
9 10 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.15%) CCDP
10 3 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.77%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.77%) JNCIP
11 2 (0.77%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.38%) CCIE Data Center
12 1 (0.38%) CCIP
12 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.53%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.15%) HIPAA
2 3 (1.15%) SLA
3 2 (0.77%) GDPR
3 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.38%) NIST
4 1 (0.38%) QA
System Software
1 12 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.83%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.38%) Docker
4 1 (0.38%) Firmware
4 1 (0.38%) KVM
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (11.49%) FortiGate
2 29 (11.11%) Endace
3 12 (4.60%) Ansible
4 5 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.92%) Terraform
5 2 (0.77%) CASB
6 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.38%) Nagios
6 1 (0.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.38%) vRealize
Vendors
1 153 (58.62%) Cisco
2 100 (38.31%) Juniper
3 64 (24.52%) Fortinet
4 46 (17.62%) F5
5 31 (11.88%) Nokia
5 31 (11.88%) Palo Alto
6 15 (5.75%) Ericsson
6 15 (5.75%) VMware
7 14 (5.36%) Huawei
8 12 (4.60%) Actix
9 10 (3.83%) Meraki
10 8 (3.07%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.92%) Microsoft
11 5 (1.92%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.53%) Dell
12 4 (1.53%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (1.53%) Google
13 3 (1.15%) IBM
13 3 (1.15%) SAP
14 2 (0.77%) Citrix