Network Design Job Trends

Network Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 506 476
Rank change year-on-year -40 -30 +151
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 109 251 253
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.40% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.46% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 71 143 196
10th Percentile £47,875 £47,500 £43,125
25th Percentile £51,875 £52,500 £51,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £76,450 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £98,700 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.45% -4.35% +13.09%

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 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the UK

Network Design
Top 16 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 5 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
England -27 104 £66,750 +11.25% 63
UK excluding London +11 91 £63,500 +15.45% 66
South East +16 44 £57,500 +4.55% 25
Work from Home +43 25 £69,000 +17.45% 25
Midlands +36 18 £56,123 -2.40% 4
North of England +33 15 £63,500 +15.45% 20
London -3 14 £85,000 +1.80% 14
West Midlands +18 9 £61,000 +1.67% 3
East Midlands +13 9 £53,000 -7.83% 1
East of England +25 8 £75,000 +27.66% 2
North West +38 7 £57,500 +9.52% 11
Yorkshire -8 6 £37,500 -53.13% 6
South West -4 5 £77,500 +40.91% 7
Scotland +14 2 £77,500 +47.62% 6
Wales +10 2 £49,750 - 3
North East - 2 £71,250 - 3

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.75%) WinCC
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.50%) CATIA
2 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.75%) SAP APO
1 3 (2.75%) SAP IBP
2 2 (1.83%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.60%) Azure
2 6 (5.50%) AWS
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.75%) Azure API Management
3 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.75%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.83%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (1.83%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 52 (47.71%) LAN
1 52 (47.71%) WAN
2 45 (41.28%) Firewall
3 30 (27.52%) Network Security
4 29 (26.61%) VPN
5 15 (13.76%) Modbus
5 15 (13.76%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (11.93%) TCP/IP
6 13 (11.93%) Wireless
7 12 (11.01%) SD-WAN
7 12 (11.01%) WLAN
8 11 (10.09%) Internet
9 10 (9.17%) BGP
10 9 (8.26%) MQTT
11 8 (7.34%) Ethernet
11 8 (7.34%) SAN
12 7 (6.42%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (6.42%) Junos
12 7 (6.42%) MPLS
13 6 (5.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.75%) Power BI
1 3 (2.75%) Tableau
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.50%) JIRA
1 6 (5.50%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.75%) Snyk
3 1 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.35%) Manufacturing
3 10 (9.17%) Finance
3 10 (9.17%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.75%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.75%) Games
5 3 (2.75%) Retail
6 2 (1.83%) Banking
6 2 (1.83%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.83%) French Language
6 2 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.83%) Marketing
6 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.83%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.92%) Advertising
7 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.92%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (32.11%) Network Engineer
2 33 (30.28%) Senior
3 20 (18.35%) Architect
4 18 (16.51%) Senior Network Engineer
5 15 (13.76%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (11.01%) Network Architect
7 11 (10.09%) Design Engineer
7 11 (10.09%) Network Design Engineer
8 10 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Lead
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Design Engineer
9 9 (8.26%) Senior Network Design Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (7.34%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (6.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (5.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (4.59%) Unified Communications Engineer
14 4 (3.67%) Security Engineer
14 4 (3.67%) Senior Automation Engineer
15 3 (2.75%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) .NET
1 4 (3.67%) 802.1X
1 4 (3.67%) CSS
2 3 (2.75%) OAuth
2 3 (2.75%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.92%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.92%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 29 (26.61%) Data Centre
2 18 (16.51%) SCADA
3 17 (15.60%) Operational Technology
4 15 (13.76%) Renewable Energy
5 13 (11.93%) IoT
6 10 (9.17%) Biopharmaceutical
7 9 (8.26%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (4.59%) CCTV
8 5 (4.59%) Driving Licence
8 5 (4.59%) Management Information System
8 5 (4.59%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (3.67%) Security Posture
10 3 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (2.75%) BYOD
10 3 (2.75%) Cloud Native
10 3 (2.75%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (2.75%) CMDB
10 3 (2.75%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (2.75%) FMCG
10 3 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.68%) Windows
2 13 (11.93%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.50%) Linux
4 3 (2.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.92%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.27%) Project Delivery
2 19 (17.43%) Mentoring
3 17 (15.60%) High Availability
4 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (14.68%) Requirements Management
4 16 (14.68%) Roadmaps
5 13 (11.93%) Asset Management
5 13 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (11.93%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (11.93%) Risk Assessment
6 12 (11.01%) Decision-Making
7 10 (9.17%) Network Architecture
7 10 (9.17%) System Testing
8 9 (8.26%) Agile
8 9 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (8.26%) Presales
8 9 (8.26%) Prototyping
8 9 (8.26%) Software Engineering
8 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.34%) Python
2 7 (6.42%) C#
3 5 (4.59%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.75%) C
4 3 (2.75%) C++
5 2 (1.83%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (1.83%) VB
5 2 (1.83%) VBA
6 1 (0.92%) Java
6 1 (0.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (33.03%) Security Cleared
2 35 (32.11%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (27.52%) SC Cleared
4 24 (22.02%) DV Cleared
5 22 (20.18%) Degree
6 20 (18.35%) CCNP
7 19 (17.43%) CCNA
8 12 (11.01%) JNCIS
9 11 (10.09%) HND
10 9 (8.26%) Chartered Engineer
10 9 (8.26%) HNC
11 7 (6.42%) CCIE
12 6 (5.50%) Azure Certification
13 5 (4.59%) JNCIA
14 4 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (2.75%) CWNA
16 2 (1.83%) CWAP
16 2 (1.83%) CWDP
16 2 (1.83%) CWSP
16 2 (1.83%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.67%) NIST
2 4 (3.67%) QA
3 3 (2.75%) IEC 61131
3 3 (2.75%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.83%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.92%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (13.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (8.26%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (5.50%) Active Directory
4 3 (2.75%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.75%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.83%) KVM
5 2 (1.83%) RHEV
5 2 (1.83%) Xen
Systems Management
1 10 (9.17%) Functional Safety
2 8 (7.34%) Endace
3 6 (5.50%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.59%) Nagios
5 3 (2.75%) Ansible
5 3 (2.75%) vRealize
6 2 (1.83%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.92%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.92%) Terraform
7 1 (0.92%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 49 (44.95%) Cisco
2 31 (28.44%) Juniper
3 24 (22.02%) VMware
4 17 (15.60%) Fortinet
5 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
5 12 (11.01%) Rockwell
5 12 (11.01%) Siemens
6 11 (10.09%) Palo Alto
7 9 (8.26%) AVEVA
8 8 (7.34%) F5
9 7 (6.42%) Arista
9 7 (6.42%) SolarWinds
10 6 (5.50%) IBM
11 4 (3.67%) Avaya
11 4 (3.67%) Meraki
11 4 (3.67%) Mitel
12 3 (2.75%) CheckPoint
12 3 (2.75%) Extreme Networks
12 3 (2.75%) Qualys
12 3 (2.75%) Ruckus Wireless