Network Design Job Trends in England

Network Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 470 437
Rank change year-on-year -55 -33 +168
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 95 245 228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.48% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.54% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 67 153 175
10th Percentile £49,839 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £76,450 £80,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £96,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,980 45,430 40,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 89.92% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,622 23,015 31,123
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,955 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,163 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.84%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in England

Network Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in England

Network Design
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 21 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
South East +8 42 £57,500 +4.55% 22
Midlands +2 15 £59,123 +7.50% 3
London -16 14 £80,000 -3.03% 16
West Midlands +15 11 £65,000 +15.56% 1
North of England +6 10 £65,000 +10.64% 5
East of England +14 8 £75,000 +27.66% 2
Yorkshire -7 5 £37,500 -53.13% 1
South West -9 5 £77,500 +40.91% 4
East Midlands -7 4 £53,000 -3.64% 2
North West +26 3 £63,500 +20.95% 4
North East - 2 £71,250 -
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.11%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (7.37%) CATIA
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) SAP APO
1 3 (3.16%) SAP IBP
2 2 (2.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.74%) Azure
2 6 (6.32%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.26%) AWS
4 3 (3.16%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.11%) AWS Direct Connect
5 2 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 46 (48.42%) LAN
2 44 (46.32%) Firewall
2 44 (46.32%) WAN
3 27 (28.42%) VPN
4 25 (26.32%) Network Security
5 12 (12.63%) TCP/IP
5 12 (12.63%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (11.58%) SD-WAN
7 10 (10.53%) BGP
7 10 (10.53%) Wireless
8 9 (9.47%) WLAN
9 8 (8.42%) Internet
9 8 (8.42%) MPLS
10 7 (7.37%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (7.37%) SAN
11 6 (6.32%) Cisco IOS
11 6 (6.32%) IPsec
11 6 (6.32%) Unified Communications
12 5 (5.26%) OSPF
12 5 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) Power BI
1 3 (3.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (7.37%) JIRA
1 7 (7.37%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (3.16%) Snyk
3 1 (1.05%) Git
General
1 21 (22.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.53%) Finance
3 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.42%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.16%) Aerospace
4 3 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.16%) Retail
5 2 (2.11%) Banking
5 2 (2.11%) Financial Institution
5 2 (2.11%) Games
5 2 (2.11%) Marketing
5 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.05%) Advertising
6 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.05%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.05%) French Language
6 1 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (32.63%) Network Engineer
2 23 (24.21%) Senior
3 21 (22.11%) Architect
4 15 (15.79%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (12.63%) Network Architect
6 11 (11.58%) Design Engineer
6 11 (11.58%) Network Design Engineer
7 10 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (9.47%) Senior Design Engineer
8 9 (9.47%) Senior Network Design Engineer
9 8 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (5.26%) Lead
12 4 (4.21%) Consultant
12 4 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
12 4 (4.21%) Security Engineer
12 4 (4.21%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (4.21%) Unified Communications Engineer
13 3 (3.16%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.16%) 802.1X
1 3 (3.16%) OAuth
1 3 (3.16%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.05%) Jinja
2 1 (1.05%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.05%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.05%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.37%) SCADA
3 6 (6.32%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.26%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.21%) CCTV
5 4 (4.21%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.21%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (4.21%) Security Posture
5 4 (4.21%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.16%) Acoustics
6 3 (3.16%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.16%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (3.16%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.16%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.16%) CMDB
6 3 (3.16%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (3.16%) FMCG
7 2 (2.11%) BYOD
7 2 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.11%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.84%) Windows
2 13 (13.68%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.26%) Linux
4 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.89%) Requirements Management
2 15 (15.79%) High Availability
3 14 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (12.63%) Roadmaps
5 11 (11.58%) Decision-Making
5 11 (11.58%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (10.53%) Agile
6 10 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 10 (10.53%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (9.47%) Project Delivery
7 9 (9.47%) Software Engineering
7 9 (9.47%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (8.42%) Network Architecture
8 8 (8.42%) Network Management
8 8 (8.42%) Project Management
9 7 (7.37%) Computer Science
9 7 (7.37%) Network Monitoring
9 7 (7.37%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.11%) C
1 2 (2.11%) C#
1 2 (2.11%) C++
1 2 (2.11%) Ladder Logic
1 2 (2.11%) Python
1 2 (2.11%) VB
1 2 (2.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (37.89%) Security Cleared
2 31 (32.63%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (30.53%) SC Cleared
4 24 (25.26%) DV Cleared
5 18 (18.95%) CCNP
6 15 (15.79%) CCNA
7 12 (12.63%) Degree
8 11 (11.58%) JNCIS
9 6 (6.32%) Azure Certification
9 6 (6.32%) CCIE
10 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.11%) AWS Certification
12 2 (2.11%) CWNA
12 2 (2.11%) HND
12 2 (2.11%) JNCIA
12 2 (2.11%) RIBA
13 1 (1.05%) CCNA CyberOps
13 1 (1.05%) CCSA
13 1 (1.05%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 7 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.21%) NIST
3 2 (2.11%) IEC 61131
3 2 (2.11%) IEC 61508
3 2 (2.11%) NIST 800
3 2 (2.11%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (5.26%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.11%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.11%) KVM
2 2 (2.11%) RHEV
2 2 (2.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (8.42%) Endace
2 6 (6.32%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.26%) Nagios
3 5 (5.26%) vRealize
4 2 (2.11%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.05%) Ansible
5 1 (1.05%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.05%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (47.37%) Cisco
2 28 (29.47%) Juniper
3 19 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 16 (16.84%) VMware
5 11 (11.58%) Microsoft
6 9 (9.47%) Palo Alto
7 8 (8.42%) F5
8 7 (7.37%) IBM
8 7 (7.37%) SolarWinds
9 6 (6.32%) Arista
10 5 (5.26%) Meraki
11 4 (4.21%) Avaya
11 4 (4.21%) Mitel
12 3 (3.16%) Checkmarx
12 3 (3.16%) CheckPoint
12 3 (3.16%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (3.16%) Qualys
12 3 (3.16%) Salesforce
12 3 (3.16%) SAP
13 2 (2.11%) Rockwell