Network Designer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £61,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 503 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Designer 9 55 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 39 0
10th Percentile £54,900 - -
25th Percentile £55,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% - -
75th Percentile £66,500 £61,000 -
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 -
UK median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +1.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,586 33,429 32,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,611 16,250 24,824
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Network Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Designer in the UK excluding London

Network Designer
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 Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Midlands +3 7 £61,000 +1.67%
West Midlands +2 7 £61,000 +1.67%
North of England +15 2 £57,500 - 2
North West - 2 £57,500 - 1
Network Designer
UK

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Network Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) SD-WAN
1 8 (88.89%) WAN
2 7 (77.78%) Fortinet
3 6 (66.67%) Wireless
4 5 (55.56%) Firewall
4 5 (55.56%) Juniper
4 5 (55.56%) LAN
4 5 (55.56%) WebEx
5 4 (44.44%) Aruba
5 4 (44.44%) Cisco
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 4 (44.44%) Presales
5 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
6 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
6 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 3 (33.33%) WLAN
7 2 (22.22%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (22.22%) Migration
7 2 (22.22%) Network Design
7 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (11.11%) Agile
8 1 (11.11%) Azure
8 1 (11.11%) Broadband
8 1 (11.11%) CCNA
8 1 (11.11%) CCNP
8 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement

Network Designer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) SD-WAN
1 8 (88.89%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) Wireless
3 5 (55.56%) Firewall
3 5 (55.56%) LAN
3 5 (55.56%) WebEx
4 3 (33.33%) WLAN
5 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (11.11%) Broadband
General
1 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Presales
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Network Design
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) CCNP
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Fortinet
2 5 (55.56%) Juniper
3 4 (44.44%) Aruba
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (11.11%) VMware