Network Design Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Network Design Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Network Design Engineer salary in Manchester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - 193
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Design Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.025% - 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 - £60,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 3,613 2,110 4,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.26% 94.49% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,513 1,271 3,423
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,420
North West median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -9.09%

Network Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Network Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Network Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Network Design Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 15 March 2026, Network Design Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Network Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

Network Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Ekahau
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft