Network Design Job Trends in Manchester

Network Design
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 154 152
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 +84
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 3 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.10% 0.11% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.12% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £53,850 - -
25th Percentile £55,875 £40,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £41,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.88% -31.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £68,875 £41,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,550 - -
North West median annual salary £63,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.95% -19.23% +44.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,312 2,490 2,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.67% 93.86% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,396 1,165 1,857
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Network Design
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Design in Manchester

Network Design
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 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Fortinet