Network Design Job Trends in London

Network Design
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 339 353
Rank change year-on-year -23 +14 +205
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 14 90 94
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.10% 0.56% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.60% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8 57 68
10th Percentile £61,125 £58,016 £55,000
25th Percentile £64,688 £68,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £82,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -10.81% +41.22%
75th Percentile £94,688 £97,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £113,625 £99,400 £115,000
England median annual salary £66,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,047 15,025 16,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.09% 94.20% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,529 13,255
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £120,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in London

Network Design
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in London over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in London

Network Design
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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 London +33 1 - - 3
West London - 1 £87,500 - 1
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (14.29%) Azure API Management
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Firewall
1 7 (50.00%) WAN
2 6 (42.86%) Network Security
3 5 (35.71%) VPN
4 4 (28.57%) BGP
4 4 (28.57%) LAN
4 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
4 4 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (28.57%) Wireless
5 3 (21.43%) EIGRP
5 3 (21.43%) OSPF
5 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
5 3 (21.43%) VoIP
6 2 (14.29%) HTTP
6 2 (14.29%) Internet
6 2 (14.29%) IPsec
6 2 (14.29%) MPLS
6 2 (14.29%) RTP
6 2 (14.29%) SSL
6 2 (14.29%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Snyk
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Advertising
4 1 (7.14%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (7.14%) French Language
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Product Management Director
2 2 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Associate Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (7.14%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) ICT Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Juniper Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) OAuth
1 2 (14.29%) OAuth2
2 1 (7.14%) 802.1X
2 1 (7.14%) Jinja
2 1 (7.14%) NETCONF
2 1 (7.14%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Management Information System
1 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team
3 1 (7.14%) CMDB
3 1 (7.14%) e-Health
3 1 (7.14%) NHS
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Network Monitoring
1 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (28.57%) High Availability
2 4 (28.57%) Information Security
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
3 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) Zero Trust
4 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 2 (14.29%) Commercialisation
4 2 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Ideation Sessions
4 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) CCNP
3 3 (21.43%) Azure Certification
3 3 (21.43%) CCIE
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (7.14%) CCNA
5 1 (7.14%) CCNA CyberOps
5 1 (7.14%) CCSA
5 1 (7.14%) CCSE
5 1 (7.14%) Check Point Certification
5 1 (7.14%) CISSP
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) JNCIP
5 1 (7.14%) JNCIS
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Ansible
1 1 (7.14%) CA Spectrum
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Cisco
2 5 (35.71%) Palo Alto
3 4 (28.57%) SolarWinds
4 3 (21.43%) Arista
4 3 (21.43%) Fortinet
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 2 (14.29%) Brocade
5 2 (14.29%) Checkmarx
5 2 (14.29%) Juniper
5 2 (14.29%) Qualys
5 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
5 2 (14.29%) Zscaler
6 1 (7.14%) Aruba
6 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
6 1 (7.14%) Meraki
6 1 (7.14%) VMware