Network Design Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 162 182
Rank change year-on-year +8 +20 +34
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 16 13 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.39% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.42% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 22
10th Percentile £36,339 £61,250 -
25th Percentile £49,598 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56,533 - £85,000
90th Percentile £61,163 £95,000 -
South East median annual salary £64,050 £55,000 £55,775
% change year-on-year +16.45% -1.39% -14.19%

All Process & 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 3,283 3,094 3,858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.13% 91.92% 88.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,792 1,359 2,727
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,463 £45,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.56% -0.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.25% +12.38% -4.55%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Network Design
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

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 20 January 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
Berkshire +4 14 £53,065 -26.81% 2
Buckinghamshire +6 2 - - 2
Network Design
South East

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (43.75%) SharePoint
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (6.25%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) Firewall
2 5 (31.25%) LAN
3 3 (18.75%) Wireless
4 2 (12.50%) 5G
4 2 (12.50%) 802.11
4 2 (12.50%) Internet
4 2 (12.50%) Modbus
4 2 (12.50%) Network Security
4 2 (12.50%) VoIP
4 2 (12.50%) WAN
4 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Lead
2 4 (25.00%) Lead Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (18.75%) Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Network Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Installations Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
1 3 (18.75%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (12.50%) BYOD
2 2 (12.50%) CCTV
2 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (12.50%) IoT
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (12.50%) SCADA
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
1 8 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (25.00%) Presales
1 4 (25.00%) Security Testing
1 4 (25.00%) Service Design
1 4 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (18.75%) Non-Blocking Code
2 3 (18.75%) Physics
3 2 (12.50%) AI
3 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (12.50%) Economics
3 2 (12.50%) Logistics
3 2 (12.50%) Machine Learning
3 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 2 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.25%) Network Management
4 1 (6.25%) SIEM
4 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.25%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 8 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) IEC 61131
1 1 (6.25%) IEC 61508
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
1 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) VMware NSX
2 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) vRealize
2 3 (18.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (18.75%) Arista
2 3 (18.75%) Extreme Networks
2 3 (18.75%) Palo Alto
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper
4 1 (6.25%) Peplink
4 1 (6.25%) Rockwell
4 1 (6.25%) Siemens
4 1 (6.25%) Ubiquiti