Network Design Contracts in the Midlands

Network Design
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 151 190
Rank change year-on-year +56 +39 -49
Contract jobs citing Network Design 38 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.41% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 0.31% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 6 10
10th Percentile - £409 £406
25th Percentile £363 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £445 £553
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% -19.46% +22.78%
75th Percentile £475 - £831
90th Percentile £575 £505 £854
England median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,214 2,900 4,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.21% 88.33% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 2,032 3,228
10th Percentile £238 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 107 146
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.92 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £14.76 £13.74
Median hourly rate £18.00 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.06% +18.31% +14.01%
75th Percentile £33.25 £31.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £56.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Network Design in the Midlands

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Design in the Midlands

Network Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Design in the Midlands

Network Design
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
West Midlands +54 32 £375 -9.64% 10
East Midlands +14 6 £550 +23.60% 4
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 27 (71.05%) BGP
1 27 (71.05%) MPLS
1 27 (71.05%) WAN
2 25 (65.79%) Junos
3 24 (63.16%) VPN
4 23 (60.53%) IPsec
5 6 (15.79%) LAN
5 6 (15.79%) Network Security
6 5 (13.16%) Firewall
7 4 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (10.53%) OSPF
7 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
8 3 (7.89%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (5.26%) Internet
9 2 (5.26%) Wireless
10 1 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (2.63%) PBX
10 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.63%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (2.63%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 6 (15.79%) Finance
1 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) 3rd Line Support
1 20 (52.63%) Network Support
2 9 (23.68%) Architect
3 8 (21.05%) Network Engineer
4 7 (18.42%) Network Architect
5 4 (10.53%) Network Manager
6 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) IT Architect
6 2 (5.26%) Network Support Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) WAN Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Data Network Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Lead
7 1 (2.63%) Lead Network Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Senior
7 1 (2.63%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (52.63%) PKI
2 2 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) Load Balancing
2 7 (18.42%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (10.53%) Configuration Management
4 4 (10.53%) Incident Response
4 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (10.53%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (5.26%) Agile
5 2 (5.26%) Architectural Design
5 2 (5.26%) Capacity Management
5 2 (5.26%) Kanban
5 2 (5.26%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (5.26%) Project Management
5 2 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (5.26%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (5.26%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 22 (57.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (18.42%) CCNP
4 5 (13.16%) CCIE
5 3 (7.89%) CCNA
6 2 (5.26%) JNCIS
7 1 (2.63%) CCIE Data Center
7 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) HIPAA
1 3 (7.89%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 26 (68.42%) Juniper
2 8 (21.05%) Cisco
3 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.63%) Meraki
3 1 (2.63%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.63%) VMware