Network Design Job Trends in Berkshire

Network Design
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 127 130
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 +48
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 11 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.55% 0.49% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.54% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £36,339 £46,250 £79,750
25th Percentile £49,598 £62,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.67% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £56,533 - -
90th Percentile £61,163 - -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Network Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,689 1,668 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.90% 90.50% 90.25%
Number of salaries quoted 757 794 1,141
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -7.17%
75th Percentile £69,840 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,000 £90,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Network Design job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Network Design
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in Berkshire

Network Design
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Reading +32 4 - -
Bracknell - 1 £63,500 -
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 3 (27.27%) Wireless
4 2 (18.18%) 5G
4 2 (18.18%) 802.11
4 2 (18.18%) Internet
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security
4 2 (18.18%) VoIP
4 2 (18.18%) WAN
4 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (18.18%) WLAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Games
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Administrator
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Lead Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Network Administrator
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Installations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 3 (27.27%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (18.18%) BYOD
2 2 (18.18%) CCTV
2 2 (18.18%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Windows Server
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
1 3 (27.27%) Non-Blocking Code
1 3 (27.27%) Physics
1 3 (27.27%) Presales
1 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Service Design
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (18.18%) AI
2 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 2 (18.18%) Economics
2 2 (18.18%) Logistics
2 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
2 2 (18.18%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
3 1 (9.09%) Network Management
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Management
3 1 (9.09%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) vRealize
2 3 (27.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 3 (27.27%) Arista
2 3 (27.27%) Extreme Networks
2 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Juniper
4 1 (9.09%) Peplink
4 1 (9.09%) Ubiquiti