Network Design Job Trends in Hampshire

Network Design
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 122 104
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 +76
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 30 44 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 1.22% 1.41% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.77% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22 36 8
10th Percentile £51,250 £49,550 £47,385
25th Percentile £53,438 £52,500 £51,694
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,800 £55,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +21.45% -7.95% +6.22%
75th Percentile £75,975 £58,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £79,950 £70,250 -
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,032 2,479 1,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.74% 79.56% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,515 990
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,980 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £82,500
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 Hampshire

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Network Design
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Network Design in Hampshire

Network Design
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Basingstoke -8 19 £69,000 +25.45% 6
Fareham - 4 - -
Petersfield - 2 - -
Portsmouth +9 1 £75,900 +58.13% 2
Gosport - 1 £64,600 -
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 7 (23.33%) CATIA
2 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 17 (56.67%) VPN
2 16 (53.33%) LAN
3 13 (43.33%) WAN
4 11 (36.67%) Firewall
5 7 (23.33%) Network Security
6 6 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (16.67%) Junos
8 4 (13.33%) BGP
8 4 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
8 4 (13.33%) IPsec
8 4 (13.33%) Modbus
8 4 (13.33%) MPLS
8 4 (13.33%) MQTT
9 2 (6.67%) IPv4
9 2 (6.67%) IPv6
9 2 (6.67%) TCP/IP
9 2 (6.67%) VLAN
10 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) JIRA
1 7 (23.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (13.33%) Manufacturing
1 4 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Design Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Network Design Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) Senior
3 9 (30.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 9 (30.00%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 9 (30.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (26.67%) Systems Engineer
5 7 (23.33%) Architect
6 6 (20.00%) Network Architect
7 4 (13.33%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (10.00%) Lead
8 3 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (10.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 3 (10.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
9 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
9 2 (6.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
9 2 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) .NET
1 2 (6.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.33%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (13.33%) Industry 4.0
2 4 (13.33%) IoT
2 4 (13.33%) Operational Technology
2 4 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (13.33%) SCADA
3 3 (10.00%) Acoustics
3 3 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Requirements Management
2 11 (36.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (23.33%) Agile
3 7 (23.33%) Software Engineering
3 7 (23.33%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (23.33%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (23.33%) Waterfall
4 6 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (16.67%) High Availability
5 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
6 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.33%) Network Management
6 4 (13.33%) Project Management
6 4 (13.33%) Prototyping
6 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (13.33%) System Testing
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) C#
1 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) SC Cleared
1 17 (56.67%) Security Cleared
2 14 (46.67%) DV Cleared
3 11 (36.67%) CCNA
3 11 (36.67%) CCNP
3 11 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (33.33%) JNCIS
5 4 (13.33%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Degree
5 4 (13.33%) HNC
5 4 (13.33%) HND
6 3 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (10.00%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.67%) KVM
3 2 (6.67%) RHEV
3 2 (6.67%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Endace
2 4 (13.33%) Functional Safety
3 2 (6.67%) Nagios
3 2 (6.67%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Cisco
1 17 (56.67%) Juniper
2 7 (23.33%) IBM
3 6 (20.00%) F5
3 6 (20.00%) VMware
4 4 (13.33%) AVEVA
4 4 (13.33%) Rockwell
4 4 (13.33%) Siemens
5 2 (6.67%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.33%) Fortinet