Network Design Jobs in England

Network Design
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 646 754
Rank change year-on-year +82 +108 -208
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 284 296 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.32% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.34% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 202 186 273
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,813 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,563 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £82,188 £76,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £84,375 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,593 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.17% -21.43% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,201 88,357 126,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,948 52,208 73,866
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,291 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,783 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Design in England

Network Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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 3 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
London +109 93 £82,500 +20.00% 21
South East +25 78 £55,700 -5.19% 25
North of England +47 44 £55,000 +22.22% 14
Midlands +21 34 £75,000 +25.00% 14
South West -36 34 £35,000 -29.29% 11
Yorkshire +101 29 £62,500 +17.92% 8
West Midlands +22 29 £80,000 +33.33% 8
North West -13 11 £59,343 +31.87% 5
East of England -3 6 £48,500 -39.38% 4
East Midlands -3 5 £37,500 - 6
North East -17 4 £45,000 +20.00% 1
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) WinCC
4 1 (0.35%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.35%) Simulink
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 50 (17.61%) Azure
1 50 (17.61%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (11.27%) AWS
3 20 (7.04%) IaaS
4 19 (6.69%) PaaS
5 14 (4.93%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.76%) SaaS
8 4 (1.41%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.35%) GCP
10 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.35%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.35%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 81 (28.52%) WAN
2 77 (27.11%) Firewall
3 62 (21.83%) BGP
4 58 (20.42%) LAN
5 54 (19.01%) VPN
6 47 (16.55%) MPLS
6 47 (16.55%) TCP/IP
7 44 (15.49%) OSPF
8 33 (11.62%) Internet
9 31 (10.92%) SD-WAN
10 26 (9.15%) DNS
10 26 (9.15%) Network Security
10 26 (9.15%) Wireless
11 25 (8.80%) VLAN
12 24 (8.45%) DHCP
13 23 (8.10%) EIGRP
14 22 (7.75%) DMVPN
15 18 (6.34%) NGFW
16 15 (5.28%) Cisco ASA
16 15 (5.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.76%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.35%) Big Data
3 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.76%) LabVIEW
1 5 (1.76%) NetBeans
1 5 (1.76%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.41%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 64 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (11.27%) Telecoms
4 27 (9.51%) Finance
5 12 (4.23%) Legal
6 11 (3.87%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.87%) Retail
7 10 (3.52%) Banking
8 9 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.82%) Marketing
10 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.76%) Games
11 5 (1.76%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.41%) Law
12 4 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.70%) Automotive
13 2 (0.70%) Billing
13 2 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 95 (33.45%) Network Engineer
2 62 (21.83%) Architect
3 57 (20.07%) Senior
4 39 (13.73%) Network Architect
5 35 (12.32%) Senior Network Engineer
6 33 (11.62%) Lead
7 15 (5.28%) Cloud Architect
7 15 (5.28%) Senior Architect
8 14 (4.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 14 (4.93%) Juniper Engineer
8 14 (4.93%) Network Manager
8 14 (4.93%) Principal Engineer
8 14 (4.93%) Principal Network Engineer
9 13 (4.58%) Citrix Architect
9 13 (4.58%) DevOps Architect
9 13 (4.58%) Senior Network Architect
10 11 (3.87%) Network Specialist
11 10 (3.52%) Core Network Engineer
11 10 (3.52%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (3.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.58%) ARM Templates
1 13 (4.58%) JSON
1 13 (4.58%) YAML
2 6 (2.11%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.76%) JavaFX
4 4 (1.41%) HTML
5 2 (0.70%) LDAP
6 1 (0.35%) .NET
6 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.35%) Node-RED
6 1 (0.35%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 77 (27.11%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.58%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.58%) Private Cloud
2 13 (4.58%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.87%) Hedge funds
4 9 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.46%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.76%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.76%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.41%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.41%) PKI
8 4 (1.41%) SCADA
9 3 (1.06%) CCTV
9 3 (1.06%) IoT
9 3 (1.06%) PMI
10 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 56 (19.72%) Windows
2 37 (13.03%) Linux
3 23 (8.10%) Windows 10
4 18 (6.34%) Windows Server
5 14 (4.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (4.58%) Android
7 9 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.11%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.41%) VMS
10 3 (1.06%) Debian
11 1 (0.35%) Unix
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.77%) Roadmaps
2 55 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (17.25%) Mentoring
4 44 (15.49%) Customer Service
5 41 (14.44%) Agile
6 40 (14.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (13.73%) Technology Roadmap
8 38 (13.38%) Technical Leadership
9 33 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (11.27%) Network Management
11 28 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
12 27 (9.51%) Infrastructure Management
13 26 (9.15%) Data Modelling
14 23 (8.10%) Customer Experience
14 23 (8.10%) Network Monitoring
15 22 (7.75%) Computer Science
16 21 (7.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (7.39%) Disaster Recovery
16 21 (7.39%) Line Management
16 21 (7.39%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.86%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.39%) Python
3 17 (5.99%) SQL
4 9 (3.17%) Java
5 8 (2.82%) C#
6 7 (2.46%) MATLAB
7 5 (1.76%) C++
7 5 (1.76%) Fortran
8 4 (1.41%) Bash
9 3 (1.06%) C
10 1 (0.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 69 (24.30%) Degree
3 51 (17.96%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (12.68%) SC Cleared
5 35 (12.32%) CCNP
6 20 (7.04%) CCNA
7 19 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (6.34%) CCIE
9 9 (3.17%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.17%) JNCIE
9 9 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.82%) DV Cleared
11 7 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.76%) MCP
12 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.41%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.41%) JNCIP
14 3 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (1.06%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.69%) SLA
2 5 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.76%) GDPR
2 5 (1.76%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.76%) TickIT
3 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.06%) QA
5 2 (0.70%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.70%) NIST
6 1 (0.35%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (15.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 29 (10.21%) Active Directory
3 20 (7.04%) vSphere
4 19 (6.69%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.93%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.41%) Firmware
7 4 (1.41%) pfSense
8 2 (0.70%) Docker
9 1 (0.35%) KVM
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (11.62%) FortiGate
2 13 (4.58%) Terraform
3 12 (4.23%) Ansible
4 9 (3.17%) Nagios
5 8 (2.82%) Icinga
6 6 (2.11%) Endace
7 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.41%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.41%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.41%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (1.06%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (1.06%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.06%) Puppet
9 3 (1.06%) Salt
9 3 (1.06%) Wonderware InTouch
10 2 (0.70%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.70%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.70%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.35%) Nessus
11 1 (0.35%) Nmap
Vendors
1 90 (31.69%) Cisco
2 79 (27.82%) Juniper
3 52 (18.31%) Fortinet
3 52 (18.31%) VMware
4 37 (13.03%) Microsoft
5 21 (7.39%) Sandvine
6 18 (6.34%) Citrix
7 15 (5.28%) Veeam
8 14 (4.93%) Palo Alto
8 14 (4.93%) SolarWinds
9 12 (4.23%) F5
10 11 (3.87%) McAfee
10 11 (3.87%) Meraki
11 10 (3.52%) CheckPoint
12 9 (3.17%) Nokia
13 6 (2.11%) Aruba
13 6 (2.11%) Ericsson
13 6 (2.11%) IBM
14 5 (1.76%) Atlassian
14 5 (1.76%) Ruckus Wireless