Network Design Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 538 574
Rank change year-on-year +144 +36 +41
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 192 231 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.37% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 108 161 132
10th Percentile £47,500 £30,625 £35,463
25th Percentile £52,375 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,750 £55,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% +0.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,625 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -17.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +66 73 £75,000 +22.58% 28
Yorkshire +91 64 £85,000 +36.00% 13
Midlands +76 43 £51,844 -33.10% 15
West Midlands +70 40 £51,844 -35.20% 9
South East +30 38 £60,000 +4.35% 31
South West +97 22 £56,121 +60.34% 24
Scotland +107 8 £95,000 +52.00% 7
North West -2 8 £61,500 +0.51% 12
East of England +47 4 £72,500 +49.48% 2
East Midlands +40 3 - - 6
Wales +31 3 £55,000 +100.00% 2
North East +47 1 £76,000 +68.89% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.52%) MicroStation
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 38 (19.79%) Azure
2 24 (12.50%) AWS
3 16 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.21%) GCP
5 6 (3.13%) OCI
6 2 (1.04%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.04%) IaaS
6 2 (1.04%) PaaS
6 2 (1.04%) SaaS
7 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 124 (64.58%) Firewall
2 65 (33.85%) WAN
3 45 (23.44%) LAN
4 44 (22.92%) BGP
5 43 (22.40%) Network Security
6 34 (17.71%) VPN
7 33 (17.19%) MPLS
8 29 (15.10%) OSPF
9 24 (12.50%) IPsec
10 22 (11.46%) Junos
11 19 (9.90%) Cisco IOS
12 18 (9.38%) EIGRP
13 16 (8.33%) VLAN
14 15 (7.81%) Wi-Fi
15 13 (6.77%) TCP/IP
16 10 (5.21%) Modbus
17 8 (4.17%) Internet
17 8 (4.17%) Wireless
18 7 (3.65%) SD-WAN
19 6 (3.13%) SSH
Development Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.04%) JMeter
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
General
1 30 (15.63%) Finance
2 19 (9.90%) Social Skills
3 13 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.65%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.65%) Police
6 5 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.56%) Advertising
8 2 (1.04%) Automotive
8 2 (1.04%) Aviation
9 1 (0.52%) Games
9 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (21.88%) IT Engineer
1 42 (21.88%) Network Engineer
2 28 (14.58%) Architect
3 23 (11.98%) Network Architect
4 22 (11.46%) Lead
5 19 (9.90%) Instrumentation Engineer
6 16 (8.33%) Senior
6 16 (8.33%) Support Engineer
7 14 (7.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 14 (7.29%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (7.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 14 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (7.29%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 14 (7.29%) Security Engineer
8 13 (6.77%) Cloud Security Lead
8 13 (6.77%) Senior Network Engineer
9 12 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (6.25%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 12 (6.25%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 9 (4.69%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.04%) .NET
1 2 (1.04%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.04%) CSS
1 2 (1.04%) Yocto
2 1 (0.52%) Jinja
2 1 (0.52%) Node-RED
2 1 (0.52%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (35.94%) Operational Technology
2 16 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.65%) IoT
5 6 (3.13%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.13%) SCADA
6 5 (2.60%) Biopharmaceutical
6 5 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.08%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.08%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.04%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.04%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.04%) Robotics
9 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.04%) Self-Driving Car
9 2 (1.04%) TM Forum
10 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.10%) Windows
2 18 (9.38%) Windows Server
3 16 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (4.17%) Linux
5 4 (2.08%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (1.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (34.38%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (33.85%) Network Management
3 42 (21.88%) Mentoring
4 30 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 25 (13.02%) Roadmaps
6 23 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 16 (8.33%) Data Security
8 16 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
8 16 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (6.77%) Cloud Security
9 13 (6.77%) Strategic Roadmap
10 12 (6.25%) Line Management
10 12 (6.25%) Technology Transformation
10 12 (6.25%) Threat Modelling
11 11 (5.73%) Project Delivery
12 10 (5.21%) Agile
13 9 (4.69%) Load Balancing
13 9 (4.69%) Presales
14 8 (4.17%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.42%) PowerShell
2 12 (6.25%) Python
3 4 (2.08%) C#
3 4 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.04%) C
4 2 (1.04%) C++
4 2 (1.04%) Java
5 1 (0.52%) Bash
5 1 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (26.56%) Security Cleared
2 40 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (19.27%) CCNP
3 37 (19.27%) SC Cleared
4 36 (18.75%) CCNA
5 21 (10.94%) JNCIS
6 16 (8.33%) DV Cleared
7 12 (6.25%) CISM
7 12 (6.25%) CISSP
8 11 (5.73%) Degree
9 5 (2.60%) CCDA
9 5 (2.60%) CCDP
9 5 (2.60%) HND
10 4 (2.08%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (2.08%) HNC
11 2 (1.04%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.04%) CCIE
11 2 (1.04%) JNCIA
11 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.04%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.33%) NIST
2 15 (7.81%) SLA
3 12 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 12 (6.25%) NCSC
4 4 (2.08%) GDPR
5 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.56%) QA
6 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 79 (41.15%) Active Directory
2 57 (29.69%) Virtual Servers
3 22 (11.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (8.33%) XenApp
5 3 (1.56%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.04%) Firmware
6 2 (1.04%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.52%) Docker
7 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (6.77%) Ansible
2 13 (6.77%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.60%) CASB
3 5 (2.60%) Functional Safety
3 5 (2.60%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.04%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 2 (1.04%) Iperf
4 2 (1.04%) WMI
5 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (36.98%) Cisco
2 49 (25.52%) Juniper
3 24 (12.50%) Meraki
3 24 (12.50%) VMware
4 22 (11.46%) CheckPoint
5 20 (10.42%) Fortinet
6 16 (8.33%) Citrix
6 16 (8.33%) SonicWALL
7 14 (7.29%) SolarWinds
8 11 (5.73%) Microsoft
8 11 (5.73%) Palo Alto
9 8 (4.17%) Extreme Networks
10 5 (2.60%) Aerohive Networks
10 5 (2.60%) Ekahau
10 5 (2.60%) SAP
10 5 (2.60%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.08%) Arista
11 4 (2.08%) AVEVA
11 4 (2.08%) Rockwell
11 4 (2.08%) Siemens