Network Designer Job Trends

Network Designer
UK

The median Network Designer salary in the UK is £61,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 634 667 721
Rank change year-on-year +33 +54 +276
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Designer 11 47 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.087% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.094% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 9 36 1
10th Percentile £54,900 - -
25th Percentile £55,500 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £66,500 £62,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% -7.69% +66.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 54,127 49,926 51,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.94% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33,436 25,964 39,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £30,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Network Designer job vacancies in the UK

Network Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Designer over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Designer in the UK

Network Designer
Top 7 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England +29 11 £61,000 +1.67% 3
UK excluding London +19 9 £61,000 +1.67% 3
Midlands +11 7 £61,000 +1.67%
West Midlands +9 7 £61,000 +1.67%
North of England +13 2 £57,500 - 1
London - 2 - -
North West - 2 £57,500 - 1

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) SD-WAN
1 8 (72.73%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) Fortinet
3 6 (54.55%) Wireless
4 5 (45.45%) Firewall
4 5 (45.45%) Juniper
4 5 (45.45%) LAN
4 5 (45.45%) WebEx
5 4 (36.36%) Aruba
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Presales
5 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
6 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
6 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
6 3 (27.27%) WLAN
7 2 (18.18%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) Network Design
7 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (9.09%) Agile
8 1 (9.09%) Azure
8 1 (9.09%) Broadband
8 1 (9.09%) CCNA
8 1 (9.09%) CCNP
8 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement

Network Designer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) SD-WAN
1 8 (72.73%) WAN
2 6 (54.55%) Wireless
3 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 5 (45.45%) LAN
3 5 (45.45%) WebEx
4 3 (27.27%) WLAN
5 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.09%) Broadband
General
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Presales
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Experience
2 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Network Design
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CCNA
1 1 (9.09%) CCNP
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Fortinet
2 5 (45.45%) Juniper
3 4 (36.36%) Aruba
3 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (9.09%) VMware