Network Design Job Trends in the South East

Network Design
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 219 272
Rank change year-on-year -18 +53 +78
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 39 57 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.34% 0.72% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.80% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 22 45 56
10th Percentile £50,125 £51,000 £44,725
25th Percentile £51,563 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £55,000 £58,425
Median % change year-on-year +25.45% -5.86% -13.44%
75th Percentile £75,975 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,644 £61,700
% change year-on-year +5.44% -0.09% +21.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,005 7,109 10,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 77.82% 89.65% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,568 3,276 8,000
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Design
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the South East over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 23 February 2026. 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
Hampshire -15 22 £69,000 +25.45% 5
Thames Valley +10 13 £30,000 -55.56% 7
Berkshire -2 12 £30,000 -53.85% 3
Surrey -14 2 £50,000 -25.93%
West Sussex - 1 £75,900 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 2
Kent - 1 £112,500 -
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (17.95%) CATIA
2 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Azure
1 1 (2.56%) Azure API Management
1 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.56%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 17 (43.59%) VPN
2 16 (41.03%) Firewall
3 12 (30.77%) WAN
4 11 (28.21%) LAN
5 9 (23.08%) BGP
5 9 (23.08%) MPLS
6 6 (15.38%) HTTP
6 6 (15.38%) Network Security
7 5 (12.82%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (12.82%) SNMP
8 4 (10.26%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (10.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (10.26%) IPsec
8 4 (10.26%) Junos
9 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
9 2 (5.13%) Wireless
10 1 (2.56%) IPv4
10 1 (2.56%) IPv6
10 1 (2.56%) VoIP
10 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) JIRA
1 7 (17.95%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.56%) Snyk
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 3 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Games
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Architect
2 10 (25.64%) Network Engineer
3 9 (23.08%) Design Engineer
3 9 (23.08%) Network Design Engineer
3 9 (23.08%) Senior
4 8 (20.51%) Systems Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) Lead
5 7 (17.95%) Senior Design Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) Senior Network Design Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Lead Architect
6 5 (12.82%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Network Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Security Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Technical Leader
9 1 (2.56%) Installations Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Senior Security Engineer
9 1 (2.56%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.56%) OAuth
1 1 (2.56%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Acoustics
1 5 (12.82%) Augmented Reality
1 5 (12.82%) PKI
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) BYOD
3 1 (2.56%) CCTV
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) IoT
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.56%) SCADA
3 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Windows
1 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Technical Leadership
2 13 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 9 (23.08%) Requirements Management
4 8 (20.51%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (17.95%) Agile
5 7 (17.95%) Software Engineering
5 7 (17.95%) Waterfall
6 6 (15.38%) Capacity Management
6 6 (15.38%) Performance Testing
7 5 (12.82%) Cryptography
7 5 (12.82%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (12.82%) Decision-Making
7 5 (12.82%) Incident Response
7 5 (12.82%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (12.82%) Security Testing
7 5 (12.82%) Service Design
8 4 (10.26%) Project Management
9 3 (7.69%) High Availability
9 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
10 2 (5.13%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 25 (64.10%) Security Cleared
2 22 (56.41%) DV Cleared
3 16 (41.03%) SC Cleared
4 8 (20.51%) CCNA
4 8 (20.51%) CCNP
4 8 (20.51%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (20.51%) JNCIS
5 6 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.56%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 7 (17.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) NIST
2 1 (2.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) VMware NSX
2 1 (2.56%) KVM
2 1 (2.56%) RHEV
2 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) vRealize
2 7 (17.95%) Endace
3 1 (2.56%) Nagios
3 1 (2.56%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Cisco
2 15 (38.46%) Juniper
3 10 (25.64%) VMware
4 9 (23.08%) F5
5 7 (17.95%) IBM
6 1 (2.56%) Checkmarx
6 1 (2.56%) Peplink
6 1 (2.56%) Qualys
6 1 (2.56%) Ruckus Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.56%) Ubiquiti