Network Design Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Design
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 561 598
Rank change year-on-year +21 +37 -154
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 226 200 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.35% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 163 140 171
10th Percentile £30,125 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,875 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,000 £80,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +17 79 £56,600 -1.57% 23
North of England +49 43 £57,500 +27.78% 16
Midlands -2 34 £75,000 +25.00% 14
South West -33 34 £35,000 -36.07% 11
Yorkshire +112 29 £62,500 +17.92% 7
West Midlands +18 29 £80,000 +33.33% 11
Scotland -49 24 £65,000 +25.60% 6
Wales +16 14 £27,500 - 1
North West -7 10 £61,185 +35.97% 7
East of England +1 6 £48,500 -39.38% 4
East Midlands -14 5 £37,500 - 3
North East -16 4 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.33%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) Simulink
2 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 41 (18.14%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (16.81%) Azure
3 18 (7.96%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.52%) AWS
5 14 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.87%) IaaS
7 10 (4.42%) PaaS
8 6 (2.65%) SaaS
9 4 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.77%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.44%) GCP
11 1 (0.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 82 (36.28%) Firewall
2 57 (25.22%) WAN
3 47 (20.80%) TCP/IP
4 46 (20.35%) LAN
5 42 (18.58%) BGP
6 33 (14.60%) VPN
7 29 (12.83%) OSPF
8 22 (9.73%) Cisco ASA
8 22 (9.73%) VLAN
9 20 (8.85%) DMVPN
9 20 (8.85%) EIGRP
10 19 (8.41%) DNS
10 19 (8.41%) Wireless
11 18 (7.96%) Cisco IOS
12 17 (7.52%) DHCP
13 16 (7.08%) Network Security
14 15 (6.64%) MPLS
14 15 (6.64%) NGFW
14 15 (6.64%) SD-WAN
15 14 (6.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.21%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.21%) LabVIEW
1 5 (2.21%) NetBeans
1 5 (2.21%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.33%) JIRA
3 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.44%) Selenium
3 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 46 (20.35%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.06%) Finance
3 17 (7.52%) Telecoms
4 14 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.31%) Legal
5 12 (5.31%) Retail
6 8 (3.54%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.77%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.33%) Banking
9 3 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.88%) Automotive
10 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (26.55%) Network Engineer
2 38 (16.81%) Architect
3 32 (14.16%) Senior
4 31 (13.72%) Lead
5 24 (10.62%) Network Architect
6 13 (5.75%) Senior Network Engineer
7 12 (5.31%) Consultant
7 12 (5.31%) Project Consultant
8 11 (4.87%) Senior Consultant
8 11 (4.87%) Senior Network Consultant
8 11 (4.87%) Senior Project Consultant
9 10 (4.42%) Citrix Architect
9 10 (4.42%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (4.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
9 10 (4.42%) DevOps Architect
9 10 (4.42%) IT Manager
9 10 (4.42%) Technical Leader
10 9 (3.98%) Network Manager
10 9 (3.98%) Network Specialist
11 8 (3.54%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.42%) ARM Templates
1 10 (4.42%) JSON
1 10 (4.42%) YAML
2 5 (2.21%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.21%) JavaFX
3 1 (0.44%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.44%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 55 (24.34%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.31%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.42%) Private Cloud
3 10 (4.42%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.10%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.65%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.21%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.77%) SCADA
8 3 (1.33%) PMI
9 2 (0.88%) BYOD
9 2 (0.88%) CCTV
9 2 (0.88%) IoT
9 2 (0.88%) NHS
9 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.44%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.44%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 43 (19.03%) Windows
2 37 (16.37%) Linux
3 17 (7.52%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.75%) Android
4 13 (5.75%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.21%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.77%) CentOS
7 4 (1.77%) VMS
7 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.72%) Customer Service
2 30 (13.27%) Agile
2 30 (13.27%) ITIL
3 29 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (12.83%) Network Management
4 23 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (9.73%) Migration
6 20 (8.85%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (8.85%) Technical Leadership
7 18 (7.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (7.96%) Network Monitoring
8 17 (7.52%) Computer Science
8 17 (7.52%) Roadmaps
9 16 (7.08%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (7.08%) Mentoring
9 16 (7.08%) Network Virtualisation
9 16 (7.08%) Presales
10 15 (6.64%) Project Delivery
10 15 (6.64%) SDLC
10 15 (6.64%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.29%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.52%) Python
3 16 (7.08%) SQL
4 9 (3.98%) Java
5 7 (3.10%) MATLAB
6 5 (2.21%) Bash
6 5 (2.21%) C++
6 5 (2.21%) Fortran
7 4 (1.77%) C#
8 3 (1.33%) C
Qualifications
1 83 (36.73%) Security Cleared
2 48 (21.24%) SC Cleared
3 47 (20.80%) Cisco Certification
4 38 (16.81%) Degree
5 31 (13.72%) CCNA
6 26 (11.50%) CCNP
7 17 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (3.98%) DV Cleared
8 9 (3.98%) JNCIE
9 8 (3.54%) CCIE
10 7 (3.10%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (2.21%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.21%) MCP
13 4 (1.77%) JNCIP
13 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.33%) CISSP
14 3 (1.33%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.88%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.42%) SLA
2 5 (2.21%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.21%) TickIT
3 4 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.77%) GDPR
4 3 (1.33%) QA
5 2 (0.88%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.88%) NIST
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (11.06%) Active Directory
3 16 (7.08%) vSphere
4 12 (5.31%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (4.42%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.77%) Firmware
6 4 (1.77%) pfSense
6 4 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (11.50%) FortiGate
2 14 (6.19%) Terraform
3 11 (4.87%) Ansible
4 8 (3.54%) Icinga
4 8 (3.54%) Nagios
5 6 (2.65%) Endace
6 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.33%) Wonderware InTouch
8 2 (0.88%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.88%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.44%) Grafana
9 1 (0.44%) Iperf
9 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.44%) Nmap
9 1 (0.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (34.96%) Cisco
2 44 (19.47%) Juniper
3 40 (17.70%) Fortinet
4 31 (13.72%) VMware
5 29 (12.83%) Microsoft
6 24 (10.62%) Palo Alto
7 23 (10.18%) McAfee
8 20 (8.85%) CheckPoint
9 15 (6.64%) Veeam
10 12 (5.31%) Oracle
11 10 (4.42%) Citrix
12 8 (3.54%) F5
12 8 (3.54%) SolarWinds
13 7 (3.10%) Nokia
14 6 (2.65%) IBM
15 5 (2.21%) Aruba
15 5 (2.21%) Atlassian
15 5 (2.21%) Meraki
15 5 (2.21%) Ruckus Wireless
16 4 (1.77%) AVEVA