Network Designer Job Trends in Birmingham

Network Designer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Network Designer salary in Birmingham is £61,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 120 -
Rank change year-on-year +26 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Designer 4 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.32% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.15% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - -
75th Percentile £66,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,194 2,066 1,174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 95.34% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 838 1,115 972
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,468 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,375 £85,000 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Network Designer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Network Designer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in Birmingham

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Network Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) Presales
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) WebEx
3 2 (50.00%) WLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Aruba
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Broadband
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft

Network Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) WebEx
3 2 (50.00%) WLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Broadband
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Presales
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) VMware