Network Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 422 408 399
Rank change year-on-year -14 -9 +103
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 84 159 140
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.42% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.48% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 61 98 111
10th Percentile £49,598 £46,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,575 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +20.37%

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 33,806 33,408 26,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.20% 88.00% 92.49%
Number of salaries quoted 19,379 15,528 19,886
10th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £38,272
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Network Design

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 24 December 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 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
South East +1 42 £57,500 +4.55% 24
Midlands +10 15 £59,123 +7.50% 5
West Midlands +24 11 £65,000 +15.56% 1
North of England +9 10 £65,000 +10.64% 7
East of England +20 8 £75,000 +27.66% 2
Yorkshire -5 5 £37,500 -53.13% 1
South West -6 5 £77,500 +40.91% 8
Scotland +1 4 £75,000 +42.86% 3
East Midlands -2 4 £53,000 -3.64% 4
North West +21 3 £63,500 +20.95% 6
Wales +3 3 £49,750 - 3
North East - 2 £71,250 -
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.57%) WinCC
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (8.33%) CATIA
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.57%) SAP APO
1 3 (3.57%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.52%) Azure
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.38%) AWS
4 2 (2.38%) GCP
5 1 (1.19%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (51.19%) LAN
2 38 (45.24%) Firewall
3 37 (44.05%) WAN
4 22 (26.19%) Network Security
4 22 (26.19%) VPN
5 10 (11.90%) WLAN
6 9 (10.71%) TCP/IP
7 6 (7.14%) BGP
7 6 (7.14%) Internet
7 6 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (7.14%) MPLS
7 6 (7.14%) SAN
7 6 (7.14%) SD-WAN
7 6 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (7.14%) Wireless
8 5 (5.95%) Modbus
9 4 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (4.76%) IPsec
9 4 (4.76%) Junos
9 4 (4.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) Power BI
1 3 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (8.33%) JIRA
1 7 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.19%) Snyk
General
1 17 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Manufacturing
3 8 (9.52%) Finance
4 4 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.57%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.57%) Retail
6 2 (2.38%) Games
7 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (29.76%) Network Engineer
2 24 (28.57%) Senior
3 19 (22.62%) Architect
4 15 (17.86%) Senior Network Engineer
5 13 (15.48%) Network Architect
6 11 (13.10%) Design Engineer
6 11 (13.10%) Network Design Engineer
7 10 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (10.71%) Senior Design Engineer
8 9 (10.71%) Senior Network Design Engineer
9 6 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (5.95%) Lead
10 5 (5.95%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.76%) Unified Communications Engineer
12 3 (3.57%) Administrator
12 3 (3.57%) Consultant
12 3 (3.57%) Network Consultant
12 3 (3.57%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.19%) OAuth
2 1 (1.19%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.52%) SCADA
3 6 (7.14%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.95%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.95%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (4.76%) CCTV
5 4 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.57%) Acoustics
6 3 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (3.57%) FMCG
7 2 (2.38%) BYOD
7 2 (2.38%) CMDB
7 2 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.38%) IoT
8 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (17.86%) Windows
2 13 (15.48%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.95%) Linux
4 3 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.24%) Requirements Management
2 13 (15.48%) High Availability
3 11 (13.10%) Decision-Making
3 11 (13.10%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (11.90%) Requirements Gathering
4 10 (11.90%) Roadmaps
5 9 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (10.71%) Software Engineering
5 9 (10.71%) Systems Engineering
6 8 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 8 (9.52%) Presales
7 7 (8.33%) Agile
7 7 (8.33%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.33%) Project Management
7 7 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.33%) Waterfall
8 6 (7.14%) Computer Science
8 6 (7.14%) Network Architecture
9 5 (5.95%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) C
1 2 (2.38%) C#
1 2 (2.38%) C++
1 2 (2.38%) Ladder Logic
1 2 (2.38%) VB
1 2 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 26 (30.95%) SC Cleared
3 23 (27.38%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (27.38%) DV Cleared
4 15 (17.86%) CCNP
5 14 (16.67%) CCNA
6 11 (13.10%) Degree
7 10 (11.90%) JNCIS
8 3 (3.57%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.57%) CCIE
8 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.38%) CWAP
9 2 (2.38%) CWDP
9 2 (2.38%) CWNA
9 2 (2.38%) CWSP
9 2 (2.38%) HND
9 2 (2.38%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.19%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 7 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (3.57%) IEC 61131
2 3 (3.57%) IEC 61508
2 3 (3.57%) QA
3 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.38%) NIST
3 2 (2.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.95%) VMware NSX
3 4 (4.76%) Active Directory
4 3 (3.57%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.38%) KVM
5 2 (2.38%) RHEV
5 2 (2.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) Endace
2 6 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 5 (5.95%) Nagios
3 5 (5.95%) vRealize
4 2 (2.38%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (45.24%) Cisco
2 26 (30.95%) Juniper
3 16 (19.05%) Fortinet
3 16 (19.05%) VMware
4 9 (10.71%) F5
5 8 (9.52%) Microsoft
6 7 (8.33%) IBM
7 6 (7.14%) Palo Alto
8 4 (4.76%) Avaya
8 4 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (4.76%) Mitel
9 3 (3.57%) Arista
9 3 (3.57%) CheckPoint
9 3 (3.57%) Rockwell
9 3 (3.57%) SAP
9 3 (3.57%) Siemens
9 3 (3.57%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.38%) Meraki
10 2 (2.38%) Ruckus Wireless
11 1 (1.19%) Aruba