Network Design Jobs in the South West

Network Design
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 251 221
Rank change year-on-year +93 -30 +56
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 21 43 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.59% 0.41% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.51% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 21 28 20
10th Percentile £51,250 £27,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £29,375 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £35,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.34% -48.15% +42.11%
75th Percentile £95,000 £43,438 £76,250
90th Percentile - £55,000 £77,125
England median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% - -8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,260 8,462 6,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 91.73% 79.70% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,902 5,967 3,487
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £30,645
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,000 £54,590
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% -4.74% +9.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the South West

Network Design
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Network Design in the South West

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the South West over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the South West

Network Design
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Bristol +73 9 £95,000 +80.95% 4
Gloucestershire +64 7 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Somerset +21 5 £56,121 - 2
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (23.81%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) AWS
1 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
2 2 (9.52%) IaaS
2 2 (9.52%) PaaS
2 2 (9.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) Firewall
2 12 (57.14%) VPN
3 11 (52.38%) Network Security
3 11 (52.38%) WAN
4 8 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (28.57%) EIGRP
5 6 (28.57%) OSPF
6 5 (23.81%) ADSL
6 5 (23.81%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (23.81%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (23.81%) LoRaWAN
6 5 (23.81%) Modbus
6 5 (23.81%) MPLS
6 5 (23.81%) RIP
6 5 (23.81%) SNMP
6 5 (23.81%) SSH
7 3 (14.29%) VLAN
7 3 (14.29%) Wireless
8 2 (9.52%) DHCP
8 2 (9.52%) DNS
Development Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (23.81%) Police
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Network Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Security Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security Lead
3 6 (28.57%) Lead
3 6 (28.57%) Lead Cloud Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Presales Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Presales Network Engineer
4 5 (23.81%) Senior
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) IT Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Cisco Design Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Delivery Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Solutions Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Driving Licence
1 5 (23.81%) Operational Technology
2 2 (9.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Mentoring
1 13 (61.90%) Roadmaps
2 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (33.33%) Presales
2 7 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security
3 6 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
3 6 (28.57%) Technology Transformation
3 6 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (23.81%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (23.81%) Identity Management
4 5 (23.81%) Inventory Management
4 5 (23.81%) Line Management
4 5 (23.81%) Network Management
4 5 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (23.81%) Technical Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (9.52%) Coaching
6 2 (9.52%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (9.52%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) CCNA
1 7 (33.33%) CCNP
1 7 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (28.57%) CISM
2 6 (28.57%) CISSP
3 5 (23.81%) CCDA
3 5 (23.81%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) NIST
2 6 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 6 (28.57%) NCSC
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (4.76%) GDPR
4 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
4 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Ansible
2 5 (23.81%) CASB
2 5 (23.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (9.52%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Cisco
2 11 (52.38%) SolarWinds
3 8 (38.10%) Meraki
3 8 (38.10%) Palo Alto
4 7 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 5 (23.81%) Aerohive Networks
5 5 (23.81%) CheckPoint
5 5 (23.81%) Ekahau
5 5 (23.81%) Extreme Networks
5 5 (23.81%) Juniper