Network Design Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 227 237
Rank change year-on-year +54 +10 -8
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 11 22 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.32% 0.33% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.39% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 22
10th Percentile £49,598 £42,050 £48,875
25th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £81,750 £79,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% - +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,235 5,678 5,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.99% 84.54% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 3,870 3,051
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the Thames Valley

Network Design
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Network Design in the Thames Valley

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the Thames Valley

Network Design
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Berkshire +22 9 £65,000 -7.14% 11
Oxfordshire +43 2 £90,000 +76.40% 1
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) WAN
2 6 (54.55%) LAN
2 6 (54.55%) MPLS
3 5 (45.45%) BGP
3 5 (45.45%) IPsec
3 5 (45.45%) Junos
4 4 (36.36%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (9.09%) DMZ
5 1 (9.09%) DWDM
5 1 (9.09%) Firewall
5 1 (9.09%) Internet
5 1 (9.09%) Network Security
5 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 1 (9.09%) VPN
5 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
1 6 (54.55%) Network Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Lead Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
1 2 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (18.18%) Robotics
1 2 (18.18%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (18.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Non-Blocking Code
3 2 (18.18%) Physics
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
4 1 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CCNP
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (54.55%) CCNA
2 6 (54.55%) JNCIS
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) CCIE
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) SLA
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Cisco
1 6 (54.55%) Juniper
2 2 (18.18%) Arista
2 2 (18.18%) Extreme Networks
2 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) VMware