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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 228 213
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 +122
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 42 73 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.40% 0.78% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.89% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 29 54 35
10th Percentile £49,598 £47,650 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -9.84%
75th Percentile £75,900 £65,875 £73,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £66,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.69% +18.18%

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 8,453 8,218 6,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.34% 87.53% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5,033 4,116 4,705
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £43,750 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 24 December 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 24 December 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 +24 25 £69,000 +25.45% 4
Thames Valley +16 14 £53,065 -33.67% 3
Berkshire +6 12 £53,065 -33.67% 2
Buckinghamshire +8 2 - -
Surrey +6 2 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Kent - 1 £112,500 - 4
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 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.38%) WinCC
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) CATIA
2 2 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.38%) Azure
1 1 (2.38%) Azure API Management
1 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (47.62%) LAN
2 18 (42.86%) Firewall
3 17 (40.48%) VPN
4 14 (33.33%) WAN
5 9 (21.43%) Network Security
6 6 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (9.52%) BGP
7 4 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (9.52%) IPsec
7 4 (9.52%) Junos
7 4 (9.52%) MPLS
8 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
8 3 (7.14%) Wireless
9 2 (4.76%) 802.11
9 2 (4.76%) Internet
9 2 (4.76%) IPv4
9 2 (4.76%) IPv6
9 2 (4.76%) VoIP
9 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (4.76%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (16.67%) JIRA
1 7 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.38%) Snyk
General
1 5 (11.90%) Finance
1 5 (11.90%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.76%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Network Engineer
1 13 (30.95%) Senior
2 12 (28.57%) Architect
3 11 (26.19%) Design Engineer
3 11 (26.19%) Network Design Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Senior Design Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Senior Network Design Engineer
5 9 (21.43%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (16.67%) Network Architect
7 4 (9.52%) Lead
8 3 (7.14%) Administrator
8 3 (7.14%) Integration Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Lead Architect
8 3 (7.14%) Network Administrator
8 3 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 3 (7.14%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Network Security Architect
9 2 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.38%) OAuth
2 1 (2.38%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) Acoustics
2 3 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (4.76%) BYOD
3 2 (4.76%) CCTV
3 2 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.76%) IoT
3 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (4.76%) SCADA
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
1 6 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 10 (23.81%) Requirements Gathering
2 10 (23.81%) Technical Leadership
3 8 (19.05%) Decision-Making
3 8 (19.05%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (16.67%) Agile
4 7 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 7 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 6 (14.29%) High Availability
6 5 (11.90%) Network Management
6 5 (11.90%) Presales
7 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
7 4 (9.52%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.52%) Project Management
8 3 (7.14%) Non-Blocking Code
8 3 (7.14%) Physics
8 3 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.14%) Security Testing
8 3 (7.14%) Service Design
9 2 (4.76%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 23 (54.76%) Security Cleared
2 19 (45.24%) DV Cleared
3 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 10 (23.81%) CCNA
4 10 (23.81%) CCNP
4 10 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (23.81%) JNCIS
5 4 (9.52%) Degree
6 3 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.76%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (2.38%) IEC 61131
2 1 (2.38%) IEC 61508
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
2 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) VMware NSX
2 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.76%) KVM
3 2 (4.76%) RHEV
3 2 (4.76%) Xen
4 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Endace
1 5 (11.90%) vRealize
2 3 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.76%) Nagios
3 2 (4.76%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Cisco
2 17 (40.48%) Juniper
3 8 (19.05%) VMware
4 7 (16.67%) IBM
5 6 (14.29%) F5
6 3 (7.14%) Arista
6 3 (7.14%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (7.14%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.76%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.76%) Ruckus Wireless
7 2 (4.76%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.38%) Checkmarx
8 1 (2.38%) Peplink
8 1 (2.38%) Qualys
8 1 (2.38%) Rockwell
8 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (2.38%) Siemens
8 1 (2.38%) Ubiquiti