Network Design Jobs

Network Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 587 673
Rank change year-on-year +71 +86 +98
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 177 327 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.39% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 145 227 198
10th Percentile £47,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,644 £61,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.75% +11.25% -21.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,121 £55,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.12% +5.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +65 161 £60,000 - 138
UK excluding London +117 132 £56,121 +1.12% 105
Work from Home +169 47 £56,121 -10.21% 78
South East +79 47 £55,000 -1.26% 41
London +61 43 £82,500 - 46
Midlands +86 38 £51,876 -30.83% 13
West Midlands +59 38 £51,876 -35.16% 10
South West +94 20 £56,121 +60.34% 14
Scotland +118 10 £95,000 +46.15% 3
North of England +49 8 £47,500 -13.64% 24
North West +28 7 £44,250 -25.43% 12
East of England +56 5 £65,000 +34.02% 5
Wales +34 3 £55,000 +100.00% 4
North East +47 1 £76,000 +68.89% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (15.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (7.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.13%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.56%) MicroStation
2 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 64 (36.16%) Azure
2 33 (18.64%) AWS
3 31 (17.51%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (9.04%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.78%) OneDrive
6 11 (6.21%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.39%) GCP
8 4 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.69%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.13%) IaaS
10 2 (1.13%) IBM Cloud
10 2 (1.13%) PaaS
10 2 (1.13%) SaaS
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.56%) Route 53
11 1 (0.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 86 (48.59%) Firewall
2 75 (42.37%) WAN
3 53 (29.94%) BGP
4 49 (27.68%) Network Security
5 48 (27.12%) LAN
6 31 (17.51%) OSPF
7 29 (16.38%) MPLS
7 29 (16.38%) VPN
8 27 (15.25%) IPsec
9 23 (12.99%) VLAN
10 22 (12.43%) Junos
11 20 (11.30%) EIGRP
12 19 (10.73%) Cisco IOS
12 19 (10.73%) TCP/IP
13 17 (9.60%) DHCP
13 17 (9.60%) DNS
14 16 (9.04%) Wireless
15 12 (6.78%) SD-WAN
16 11 (6.21%) Wi-Fi
17 7 (3.95%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.69%) Big Data
2 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.13%) GitLab
1 2 (1.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.13%) JMeter
2 1 (0.56%) Robot Framework
General
1 43 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.64%) Finance
3 18 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.08%) Legal
5 8 (4.52%) Police
6 7 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.82%) Banking
7 5 (2.82%) Retail
8 4 (2.26%) Law
8 4 (2.26%) Marketing
8 4 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.26%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.69%) Advertising
9 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.13%) Automotive
10 2 (1.13%) Aviation
10 2 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.13%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) German Language
Job Titles
1 59 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 34 (19.21%) Architect
3 25 (14.12%) Network Architect
4 24 (13.56%) Lead
5 21 (11.86%) Senior
6 20 (11.30%) Security Engineer
7 18 (10.17%) Field Engineer
7 18 (10.17%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (9.04%) Cloud Engineer
8 16 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (9.04%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 16 (9.04%) Network Field Engineer
9 14 (7.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 14 (7.91%) Support Engineer
10 13 (7.34%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 13 (7.34%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 13 (7.34%) 3rd Line Support
10 13 (7.34%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 13 (7.34%) Cloud Security Lead
11 12 (6.78%) Cloud Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.13%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.56%) Jinja
2 1 (0.56%) OpenConfig
2 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.30%) Data Centre
2 17 (9.60%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.91%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (7.91%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.39%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.82%) IoT
6 4 (2.26%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.69%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.13%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.13%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.13%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.13%) Robotics
8 2 (1.13%) Self-Driving Car
9 1 (0.56%) BYOD
9 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.86%) Windows
2 17 (9.60%) Windows Server
3 14 (7.91%) Windows Server 2016
3 14 (7.91%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (5.08%) Linux
5 2 (1.13%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (18.64%) Mentoring
2 31 (17.51%) Technical Leadership
3 25 (14.12%) Roadmaps
4 23 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (10.73%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 18 (10.17%) Infrastructure Management
7 17 (9.60%) Cloud Security
8 16 (9.04%) Requirements Gathering
9 14 (7.91%) Data Security
9 14 (7.91%) Project Delivery
10 13 (7.34%) Change Management
10 13 (7.34%) Network Management
10 13 (7.34%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (7.34%) Strategic Roadmap
10 13 (7.34%) Task Automation
10 13 (7.34%) Technology Transformation
11 12 (6.78%) Customer Requirements
11 12 (6.78%) Mobile Device Management
11 12 (6.78%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 33 (18.64%) PowerShell
2 11 (6.21%) SQL
3 2 (1.13%) C++
3 2 (1.13%) Python
3 2 (1.13%) R
4 1 (0.56%) Bash
4 1 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 53 (29.94%) Cisco Certification
3 49 (27.68%) CCNP
4 43 (24.29%) SC Cleared
5 33 (18.64%) CCNA
6 21 (11.86%) JNCIS
7 16 (9.04%) Degree
7 16 (9.04%) DV Cleared
8 15 (8.47%) CISM
8 15 (8.47%) CISSP
9 9 (5.08%) CCIE
10 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.69%) APMG
11 3 (1.69%) CCSE
11 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.13%) HND
12 2 (1.13%) JNCIE
12 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.73%) SLA
2 16 (9.04%) NIST
3 13 (7.34%) Accessibility
4 12 (6.78%) NCSC
5 9 (5.08%) QA
6 5 (2.82%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.26%) GDPR
7 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 23 (12.99%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (7.91%) XenApp
4 12 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.69%) Firmware
7 2 (1.13%) Docker
8 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (16.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (11.86%) FortiGate
3 15 (8.47%) Single Sign-On
4 12 (6.78%) SCCM
5 3 (1.69%) Ansible
5 3 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.13%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (1.13%) Iperf
6 2 (1.13%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.13%) Nessus
6 2 (1.13%) Terraform
6 2 (1.13%) WMI
7 1 (0.56%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 82 (46.33%) Cisco
2 56 (31.64%) Juniper
3 29 (16.38%) Meraki
4 26 (14.69%) Microsoft
5 23 (12.99%) CheckPoint
5 23 (12.99%) VMware
6 22 (12.43%) Fortinet
7 14 (7.91%) Citrix
7 14 (7.91%) SonicWALL
8 11 (6.21%) Palo Alto
9 9 (5.08%) SolarWinds
10 8 (4.52%) Arista
11 7 (3.95%) F5
12 5 (2.82%) SAP
12 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
13 4 (2.26%) Google
13 4 (2.26%) McAfee
14 3 (1.69%) Aruba
14 3 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
14 3 (1.69%) IBM