Network Design Contracts with Work from Home Options

Network Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 297 344 428
Rank change year-on-year +47 +84 -86
Contract jobs citing Network Design 50 124 200
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.50% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.56% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 72 140
10th Percentile £363 £364 £412
25th Percentile £460 £413 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £601 £619 £641
90th Percentile £638 £699 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -5.00% -10.71% +17.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 3
10th Percentile - £56.96 £29.05
25th Percentile £23.25 - £32.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £70.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.43% +77.22% +17.04%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £42.63
90th Percentile - - £43.75
UK median hourly rate £23.50 £70.00 £46.60
% change year-on-year -66.43% +50.21% +13.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,021 22,109 40,018
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.98% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,736 15,644 29,065
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 507 537
10th Percentile £14.93 £18.63 £14.15
25th Percentile £25.00 £27.86 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +35.06% +61.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.00 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

Network Design
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Design trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Design
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Design.

Network Design daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Design
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Network Design over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Network Design daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Network Design.

Network Design hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) AWS
1 4 (8.00%) Azure
1 4 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (6.00%) GCP
3 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.00%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (2.00%) Cloud Functions
3 1 (2.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) Serverless
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (46.00%) Firewall
2 13 (26.00%) Network Security
3 11 (22.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 10 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (20.00%) VPN
5 9 (18.00%) BGP
5 9 (18.00%) MPLS
5 9 (18.00%) WAN
6 7 (14.00%) InfiniBand
6 7 (14.00%) OSPF
6 7 (14.00%) Wireless
7 6 (12.00%) 4G
7 6 (12.00%) 5G
8 4 (8.00%) DNS
8 4 (8.00%) LAN
8 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
9 3 (6.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 3 (6.00%) EIGRP
9 3 (6.00%) SD-WAN
9 3 (6.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) CircleCI
1 1 (2.00%) GitLab
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.00%) Local Government
6 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (54.00%) Network Engineer
2 16 (32.00%) Senior
3 9 (18.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Design Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Network Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Network Design Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Senior Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Senior Network Consultant
5 4 (8.00%) Architect
5 4 (8.00%) Network Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Core Network Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) IP Design Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) IP Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) IP Network Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) Mobile Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) Network Design Specialist
6 3 (6.00%) Network Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (4.00%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) EDI
2 2 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.00%) CCTV
2 3 (6.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (6.00%) SCADA
3 2 (4.00%) Distributed Architecture
3 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.00%) NHS
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 8 (16.00%) Load Balancing
3 7 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (8.00%) Low Latency
4 4 (8.00%) Migration
4 4 (8.00%) Network Optimisation
5 3 (6.00%) DevOps
6 2 (4.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (4.00%) Project Management
6 2 (4.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 1 (2.00%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (2.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 1 (2.00%) Deployment Automation
7 1 (2.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 1 (2.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) Python
2 1 (2.00%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (30.00%) CCNP
1 15 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (22.00%) CCIE
3 10 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) CCNA
5 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (6.00%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (4.00%) Degree
6 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.00%) BC Cleared
7 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.00%) CCDP
7 1 (2.00%) CCIP
7 1 (2.00%) CISM
7 1 (2.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (2.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (20.00%) VMware NSX
2 9 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Ansible
2 2 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) CASB
3 1 (2.00%) HP Fortify
3 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (54.00%) Cisco
2 11 (22.00%) VMware
3 9 (18.00%) Juniper
3 9 (18.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.00%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.00%) Extreme Networks
4 3 (6.00%) Nokia
5 2 (4.00%) Dell
5 2 (4.00%) Ekahau
5 2 (4.00%) F5
5 2 (4.00%) Google
5 2 (4.00%) Meraki
6 1 (2.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (2.00%) Arista
6 1 (2.00%) Aruba
6 1 (2.00%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds