Network Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 686 788
Rank change year-on-year +86 +102 -225
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 322 316 476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.31% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.33% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 224 198 333
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,988 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,593 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -21.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £80,313 £73,438 £83,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £83,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% - +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 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
England +74 276 £57,847 +5.18% 104
UK excluding London +11 226 £55,500 +5.71% 85
London +110 88 £82,500 +20.00% 22
South East +38 78 £55,700 -3.13% 27
Work from Home +34 70 £62,500 +8.70% 41
North of England +39 43 £57,500 +27.78% 16
Midlands +10 34 £75,000 +25.00% 19
South West -42 34 £35,000 -36.07% 12
Yorkshire +103 29 £62,500 +17.92% 8
West Midlands +23 29 £80,000 +33.33% 12
Scotland -46 24 £65,000 +25.60% 6
Wales +25 15 £27,500 - 1
North West -7 10 £61,185 +35.97% 7
East of England -3 6 £48,500 -39.38% 5
East Midlands -13 5 £37,500 - 7
North East -15 4 £45,000 +20.00% 1

Network Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.93%) WinCC
Applications
1 13 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) Simulink
4 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 57 (17.70%) Azure
2 52 (16.15%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (9.94%) AWS
4 23 (7.14%) IaaS
5 22 (6.83%) PaaS
6 18 (5.59%) Entra ID
7 16 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.66%) SaaS
9 4 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.24%) OCI
9 4 (1.24%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.31%) GCP
11 1 (0.31%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.31%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.31%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 99 (30.75%) Firewall
2 97 (30.12%) WAN
3 73 (22.67%) LAN
4 61 (18.94%) TCP/IP
5 59 (18.32%) BGP
6 54 (16.77%) VPN
7 45 (13.98%) MPLS
8 42 (13.04%) OSPF
9 38 (11.80%) Internet
10 30 (9.32%) SD-WAN
10 30 (9.32%) Wireless
11 28 (8.70%) Network Security
12 27 (8.39%) Cisco ASA
13 25 (7.76%) DNS
14 24 (7.45%) VLAN
15 23 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
15 23 (7.14%) DHCP
15 23 (7.14%) EIGRP
16 22 (6.83%) DMVPN
17 17 (5.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.55%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.31%) Big Data
3 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.55%) LabVIEW
1 5 (1.55%) NetBeans
1 5 (1.55%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.24%) JIRA
3 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.31%) Selenium
3 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.01%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (13.66%) Telecoms
4 38 (11.80%) Finance
5 18 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (4.66%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.04%) Retail
8 12 (3.73%) Legal
9 10 (3.11%) Banking
10 9 (2.80%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.17%) Marketing
13 5 (1.55%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.24%) Law
14 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.24%) Police
15 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.93%) Games
15 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (32.61%) Network Engineer
2 68 (21.12%) Senior
3 65 (20.19%) Architect
4 39 (12.11%) Network Architect
5 34 (10.56%) Senior Network Engineer
6 32 (9.94%) Lead
7 18 (5.59%) Network Manager
8 17 (5.28%) Senior Architect
9 14 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
9 14 (4.35%) Consultant
9 14 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
9 14 (4.35%) Principal Network Engineer
10 13 (4.04%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
10 13 (4.04%) Project Consultant
10 13 (4.04%) Senior Network Architect
11 12 (3.73%) Citrix Architect
11 12 (3.73%) DevOps Architect
11 12 (3.73%) IT Manager
11 12 (3.73%) Juniper Engineer
12 11 (3.42%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.73%) ARM Templates
1 12 (3.73%) JSON
1 12 (3.73%) YAML
2 6 (1.86%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.55%) JavaFX
4 4 (1.24%) HTML
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.31%) LDAP
5 1 (0.31%) Node-RED
5 1 (0.31%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 93 (28.88%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.73%) Private Cloud
3 12 (3.73%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.42%) Hedge funds
5 8 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.17%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.86%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.55%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.55%) CCTV
8 5 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.24%) PKI
9 4 (1.24%) SCADA
10 3 (0.93%) IoT
10 3 (0.93%) PMI
11 2 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 59 (18.32%) Windows
2 42 (13.04%) Linux
3 22 (6.83%) Windows 10
4 21 (6.52%) Windows Server
5 13 (4.04%) Android
5 13 (4.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.55%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.24%) CentOS
8 4 (1.24%) VMS
9 1 (0.31%) Debian
9 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (18.01%) Roadmaps
2 55 (17.08%) Customer Service
3 54 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (16.15%) Mentoring
5 39 (12.11%) Agile
5 39 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 39 (12.11%) Technology Roadmap
6 37 (11.49%) ITIL
6 37 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
7 33 (10.25%) Network Management
8 32 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (8.39%) Infrastructure Management
11 26 (8.07%) Change Management
11 26 (8.07%) Data Modelling
11 26 (8.07%) Disaster Recovery
12 25 (7.76%) Line Management
13 23 (7.14%) Customer Experience
13 23 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.63%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.52%) SQL
3 19 (5.90%) Python
4 9 (2.80%) Java
5 8 (2.48%) C#
6 7 (2.17%) MATLAB
7 6 (1.86%) Bash
8 5 (1.55%) C++
8 5 (1.55%) Fortran
9 3 (0.93%) C
10 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (27.33%) Security Cleared
2 71 (22.05%) Degree
3 66 (20.50%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (16.46%) SC Cleared
5 39 (12.11%) CCNP
6 33 (10.25%) CCNA
7 19 (5.90%) CCIE
7 19 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.11%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.11%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.11%) JNCIE
9 9 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.48%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.55%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.55%) MCP
11 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.24%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.90%) SLA
2 5 (1.55%) GDPR
2 5 (1.55%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.55%) TickIT
3 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.24%) QA
4 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.62%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.62%) NIST
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (13.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (11.18%) Active Directory
3 19 (5.90%) Hyper-V
4 18 (5.59%) vSphere
5 13 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (3.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.24%) Firmware
7 4 (1.24%) pfSense
7 4 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.62%) Docker
9 1 (0.31%) KVM
Systems Management
1 34 (10.56%) FortiGate
2 20 (6.21%) Terraform
3 18 (5.59%) Ansible
4 9 (2.80%) Nagios
5 8 (2.48%) Icinga
6 6 (1.86%) Endace
7 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.24%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.24%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (0.93%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.93%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.93%) Puppet
9 3 (0.93%) Wonderware InTouch
10 2 (0.62%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.62%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.62%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.31%) SCCM
11 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.31%) vRealize
Vendors
1 105 (32.61%) Cisco
2 82 (25.47%) Juniper
3 65 (20.19%) Fortinet
4 49 (15.22%) VMware
5 40 (12.42%) Microsoft
6 28 (8.70%) Palo Alto
7 24 (7.45%) CheckPoint
7 24 (7.45%) McAfee
8 21 (6.52%) Sandvine
9 17 (5.28%) Citrix
9 17 (5.28%) Oracle
10 15 (4.66%) SolarWinds
10 15 (4.66%) Veeam
11 12 (3.73%) F5
12 10 (3.11%) Meraki
12 10 (3.11%) Nokia
13 6 (1.86%) Aruba
13 6 (1.86%) Ericsson
13 6 (1.86%) IBM
14 5 (1.55%) Atlassian