Network Design Jobs in England

Network Design
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Network Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Design over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 652 761
Rank change year-on-year +85 +109 -212
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 282 310 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.33% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.35% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 200 186 279
10th Percentile £32,375 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £43,688 £42,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £61,185 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.25% -21.43% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Design in England.

Salary trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Design in England

Network Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +117 93 £82,500 +17.86% 17
South East +39 77 £55,700 -14.31% 23
North of England +45 44 £55,000 +22.22% 11
Midlands +18 34 £75,000 +9.09% 11
South West -21 33 £35,000 -29.29% 8
Yorkshire +114 29 £62,500 +17.92% 4
West Midlands +35 29 £80,000 +16.36% 7
North West -8 11 £59,343 +31.87% 5
East of England -5 6 £48,500 -39.38% 3
East Midlands -13 5 £37,500 - 4
North East -15 4 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.19%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) WinCC
4 1 (0.35%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Simulink
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 51 (18.09%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (17.73%) Azure
3 30 (10.64%) AWS
4 21 (7.45%) IaaS
5 20 (7.09%) PaaS
6 14 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (4.96%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.77%) SaaS
8 4 (1.42%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.35%) GCP
10 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.35%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 81 (28.72%) WAN
2 76 (26.95%) Firewall
3 61 (21.63%) BGP
4 58 (20.57%) LAN
5 55 (19.50%) VPN
6 47 (16.67%) TCP/IP
7 46 (16.31%) MPLS
8 44 (15.60%) OSPF
9 33 (11.70%) Internet
10 31 (10.99%) SD-WAN
11 26 (9.22%) Network Security
11 26 (9.22%) Wireless
12 25 (8.87%) DNS
13 24 (8.51%) DHCP
13 24 (8.51%) VLAN
14 23 (8.16%) EIGRP
15 22 (7.80%) DMVPN
16 19 (6.74%) NGFW
17 15 (5.32%) Cisco ASA
17 15 (5.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.77%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.35%) Big Data
3 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (1.77%) LabVIEW
1 5 (1.77%) NetBeans
1 5 (1.77%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.06%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 62 (21.99%) Social Skills
2 58 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.35%) Telecoms
4 27 (9.57%) Finance
5 12 (4.26%) Legal
6 11 (3.90%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.90%) Retail
7 10 (3.55%) Banking
8 9 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.84%) Marketing
10 6 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Games
11 5 (1.77%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.42%) Law
12 4 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.71%) Automotive
13 2 (0.71%) Billing
13 2 (0.71%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 93 (32.98%) Network Engineer
2 63 (22.34%) Architect
3 56 (19.86%) Senior
4 39 (13.83%) Network Architect
5 34 (12.06%) Senior Network Engineer
6 32 (11.35%) Lead
7 16 (5.67%) Cloud Architect
8 15 (5.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 15 (5.32%) Senior Architect
9 14 (4.96%) Citrix Architect
9 14 (4.96%) DevOps Architect
9 14 (4.96%) Juniper Engineer
9 14 (4.96%) Network Manager
9 14 (4.96%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (4.96%) Principal Network Engineer
10 13 (4.61%) Senior Network Architect
11 11 (3.90%) Network Specialist
12 10 (3.55%) Core Network Engineer
12 10 (3.55%) Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (3.55%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.96%) ARM Templates
1 14 (4.96%) JSON
1 14 (4.96%) YAML
2 6 (2.13%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.77%) JavaFX
4 4 (1.42%) HTML
5 2 (0.71%) LDAP
6 1 (0.35%) Node-RED
6 1 (0.35%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 76 (26.95%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.96%) Private Cloud
2 14 (4.96%) Public Cloud
3 13 (4.61%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.90%) Hedge funds
5 9 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.48%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.77%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.42%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.42%) PKI
9 4 (1.42%) SCADA
10 3 (1.06%) CCTV
10 3 (1.06%) IoT
10 3 (1.06%) PMI
11 2 (0.71%) BYOD
11 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 55 (19.50%) Windows
2 36 (12.77%) Linux
3 23 (8.16%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.03%) Windows Server
5 14 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.61%) Android
7 9 (3.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.13%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.42%) VMS
10 3 (1.06%) Debian
11 1 (0.35%) Unix
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.92%) Roadmaps
2 53 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (17.38%) Mentoring
4 44 (15.60%) Customer Service
5 42 (14.89%) Agile
6 39 (13.83%) Technology Roadmap
7 38 (13.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 37 (13.12%) Technical Leadership
9 33 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (11.35%) Network Management
11 28 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (9.57%) Infrastructure Management
13 26 (9.22%) Data Modelling
14 23 (8.16%) Customer Experience
14 23 (8.16%) Network Monitoring
15 22 (7.80%) Computer Science
15 22 (7.80%) Network Virtualisation
15 22 (7.80%) SDLC
16 21 (7.45%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (7.45%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.28%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.45%) Python
3 16 (5.67%) SQL
4 9 (3.19%) Java
5 8 (2.84%) C#
6 7 (2.48%) MATLAB
7 5 (1.77%) C++
7 5 (1.77%) Fortran
8 4 (1.42%) Bash
9 3 (1.06%) C
Qualifications
1 70 (24.82%) Security Cleared
2 69 (24.47%) Degree
3 50 (17.73%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (12.41%) SC Cleared
5 34 (12.06%) CCNP
6 20 (7.09%) CCNA
7 19 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (6.38%) CCIE
9 9 (3.19%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.19%) JNCIE
9 9 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.84%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.48%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.77%) MCP
12 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.42%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.42%) JNCIP
14 3 (1.06%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.74%) SLA
2 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.77%) GDPR
2 5 (1.77%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.77%) TickIT
3 4 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.71%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.71%) NIST
5 2 (0.71%) QA
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 46 (16.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (10.28%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.45%) vSphere
4 19 (6.74%) Hyper-V
5 15 (5.32%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (4.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.42%) Firmware
7 4 (1.42%) pfSense
8 1 (0.35%) Docker
8 1 (0.35%) KVM
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (11.70%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.96%) Terraform
3 12 (4.26%) Ansible
4 9 (3.19%) Nagios
5 8 (2.84%) Icinga
6 6 (2.13%) Endace
7 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.42%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.42%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.42%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (1.06%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.06%) Puppet
9 3 (1.06%) Salt
9 3 (1.06%) Wonderware InTouch
10 2 (0.71%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.71%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.71%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.71%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 90 (31.91%) Cisco
2 78 (27.66%) Juniper
3 53 (18.79%) VMware
4 52 (18.44%) Fortinet
5 37 (13.12%) Microsoft
6 21 (7.45%) Sandvine
7 19 (6.74%) Citrix
8 15 (5.32%) Veeam
9 14 (4.96%) Palo Alto
9 14 (4.96%) SolarWinds
10 12 (4.26%) F5
11 11 (3.90%) McAfee
11 11 (3.90%) Meraki
12 10 (3.55%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.84%) Nokia
14 6 (2.13%) Aruba
14 6 (2.13%) Ericsson
14 6 (2.13%) IBM
15 5 (1.77%) Atlassian
15 5 (1.77%) Ruckus Wireless