Network Design Job Trends in the North East

Network Design
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.096% - 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £48,713
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.68%
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 853 1,037 515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 82.02% 79.40% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 546 509 421
10th Percentile £25,086 £24,992 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £35,500 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in the North East

Network Design
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Network Design

Network Design
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the North East region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £77,500 - 1
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) IT Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto