Network Design Job Trends in the East of England

Network Design
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 157 177 105
Rank change year-on-year +20 -72 +129
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 8 12 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.20% 0.32% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.38% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 16
10th Percentile £65,700 £39,375 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £53,750 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -18.97% -9.38%
75th Percentile - £63,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £83,700 £64,761 -
England median annual salary £66,750 £60,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.88% -6.54% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,164 3,199 1,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 77.36% 85.58% 92.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,836 1,335 1,252
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,750 £38,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £69,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in the East of England

Network Design
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the East of England

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

Salary histogram for Network Design in the East of England

Network Design
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire - 7 £75,000 - 1
Suffolk -15 1 - - 2
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) SAN
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) SNMP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (50.00%) Senior
3 4 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (37.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Architect
5 1 (12.50%) Consultant
5 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
5 1 (12.50%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Observability
3 1 (12.50%) Presales
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Endace
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
1 6 (75.00%) Juniper
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat