Network Design Jobs in the South East

Network Design
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Network Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Design over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 305 320
Rank change year-on-year +18 +15 +107
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 36 75 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.55% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 22 49 37
10th Percentile £49,888 £40,850 £44,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,500 £57,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year +5.22% -9.80% -1.92%

All Process and 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 9,282 13,691 11,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.06% 81.92% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,886 9,318 7,202
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Design in the South East

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the South East over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

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 18 July 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
Hampshire +44 27 £60,000 +4.35% 14
Thames Valley +23 7 £70,000 +27.27% 19
Berkshire +12 7 £70,000 +40.00% 16
Surrey +40 2 - - 4
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (8.33%) CATIA
2 1 (2.78%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.78%) MicroStation
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) BGP
2 10 (27.78%) EIGRP
2 10 (27.78%) Firewall
2 10 (27.78%) Network Security
2 10 (27.78%) OSPF
3 9 (25.00%) WAN
4 8 (22.22%) LAN
5 6 (16.67%) Ethernet
5 6 (16.67%) Junos
5 6 (16.67%) Modbus
5 6 (16.67%) MQTT
6 5 (13.89%) MPLS
7 4 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (11.11%) IPsec
7 4 (11.11%) VPN
8 3 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (5.56%) DMVPN
10 1 (2.78%) VLAN
10 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
1 3 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 6 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (13.89%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Advertising
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Architect
1 9 (25.00%) Designer
1 9 (25.00%) Network Designer
2 8 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Network Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Lead
5 4 (11.11%) Senior
6 3 (8.33%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Design Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Network Design Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Network Manager
8 1 (2.78%) Principal Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Network Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) .NET
1 3 (8.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 6 (16.67%) Biopharmaceutical
2 6 (16.67%) Industry 4.0
2 6 (16.67%) IoT
2 6 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 6 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (16.67%) SCADA
3 2 (5.56%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (5.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 8 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 8 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 7 (19.44%) Agile
3 7 (19.44%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (19.44%) Prototyping
4 6 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 6 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (16.67%) System Testing
5 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 4 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (8.33%) Business Development
6 3 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.33%) Requirements Management
6 3 (8.33%) Waterfall
7 2 (5.56%) Coaching
7 2 (5.56%) Network Architecture
7 2 (5.56%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) C#
1 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 19 (52.78%) SC Cleared
3 13 (36.11%) DV Cleared
4 11 (30.56%) Degree
5 9 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (22.22%) CCNA
6 8 (22.22%) CCNP
7 7 (19.44%) HND
8 6 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
8 6 (16.67%) HNC
9 5 (13.89%) JNCIS
10 2 (5.56%) JNCIA
11 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (2.78%) CCIE
11 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.56%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 6 (16.67%) Functional Safety
3 2 (5.56%) WMI
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) Cisco
2 17 (47.22%) Juniper
3 10 (27.78%) Fortinet
4 8 (22.22%) VMware
5 6 (16.67%) AVEVA
5 6 (16.67%) Rockwell
5 6 (16.67%) Siemens
6 3 (8.33%) IBM
7 2 (5.56%) Arista
7 2 (5.56%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (5.56%) McAfee
7 2 (5.56%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.78%) Microsoft