Network Designer
UK

The median Network Designer salary in the UK is £58,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 985 1204
Rank change year-on-year +113 +219 -339
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Designer 22 8 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.008% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 6
10th Percentile - £37,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £42,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.67% -22.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £59,763 £62,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,970 £72,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,000 £42,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year +35.67% +22.14% -41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Designer in the UK

Network Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Designer in the UK

Network Designer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +133 22 £58,000 +35.67% 2
South East +47 20 £58,000 +4.04% 1
UK excluding London +8 20 £58,000 +35.67% 1
Work from Home +84 2 £61,500 -5.38% 1
London - 2 - - 1

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (95.45%) SC Cleared
3 20 (90.91%) Juniper
4 17 (77.27%) JNCIS
5 9 (40.91%) Cisco
6 8 (36.36%) CCNP
6 8 (36.36%) CCNA
6 8 (36.36%) Project Management
6 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (36.36%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
7 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (27.27%) F5
7 6 (27.27%) VPN
8 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
8 2 (9.09%) Veeam
8 2 (9.09%) vSphere
8 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (9.09%) Patch Management
8 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
8 2 (9.09%) Server Virtualisation
8 2 (9.09%) BT
8 2 (9.09%) VMware
8 2 (9.09%) Commvault
8 2 (9.09%) NetApp
8 2 (9.09%) DNS
8 2 (9.09%) Windows
8 2 (9.09%) Linux

Network Designer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (27.27%) VPN
3 2 (9.09%) DHCP
3 2 (9.09%) DNS
3 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (9.09%) VSAN
4 1 (4.55%) BGP
4 1 (4.55%) DMVPN
4 1 (4.55%) EIGRP
4 1 (4.55%) OSPF
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Project Management
2 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
2 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (9.09%) Patch Management
3 2 (9.09%) Server Virtualisation
4 1 (4.55%) Network Design
4 1 (4.55%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (95.45%) SC Cleared
3 17 (77.27%) JNCIS
4 8 (36.36%) CCNA
4 8 (36.36%) CCNP
4 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Juniper
2 9 (40.91%) Cisco
3 6 (27.27%) F5
4 2 (9.09%) BT
4 2 (9.09%) Commvault
4 2 (9.09%) HP
4 2 (9.09%) NetApp
4 2 (9.09%) Veeam
4 2 (9.09%) VMware
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet