Network Designer Jobs

Network Designer
UK

The median Network Designer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 890 958
Rank change year-on-year +231 +68 +275
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Designer 50 22 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.090% 0.021% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.022% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 34 19 4
10th Percentile £54,750 - -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +4.04% +1.36%
75th Percentile - £59,763 £70,000
90th Percentile - £60,970 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year +3.45% +4.04% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Network Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Designer in the UK

Network Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Designer in the UK

Network Designer
Top 6 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 30 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 +185 49 £60,000 +3.45% 14
UK excluding London +220 46 £60,000 +3.45% 13
South East +95 27 £60,000 +3.45% 5
West Midlands - 10 £60,000 -
Midlands - 10 £60,000 -
East of England - 9 £60,000 - 2

Network Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Network Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Designer in the job title.

1 49 (98.00%) Security Cleared
1 49 (98.00%) Cisco
2 45 (90.00%) Juniper
3 40 (80.00%) VMware
3 40 (80.00%) Cisco ISE
4 36 (72.00%) SevOne
4 36 (72.00%) Network Management
5 13 (26.00%) SC Cleared
6 12 (24.00%) FortiGate
6 12 (24.00%) Firewall
7 9 (18.00%) Network Design
8 8 (16.00%) OSPF
8 8 (16.00%) BGP
8 8 (16.00%) EIGRP
8 8 (16.00%) Network Security
8 8 (16.00%) DV Cleared
8 8 (16.00%) Fortinet
9 4 (8.00%) JSON
9 4 (8.00%) F5
9 4 (8.00%) Azure
9 4 (8.00%) Ansible
9 4 (8.00%) GCP
9 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
9 4 (8.00%) Data Centre
9 4 (8.00%) Python
9 4 (8.00%) LAN
9 4 (8.00%) WAN
9 4 (8.00%) Ethernet
9 4 (8.00%) Google
9 4 (8.00%) Blue Coat

Network Designer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Azure
1 4 (8.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 40 (80.00%) Cisco ISE
2 12 (24.00%) Firewall
3 8 (16.00%) BGP
3 8 (16.00%) EIGRP
3 8 (16.00%) Network Security
3 8 (16.00%) OSPF
4 4 (8.00%) Ethernet
4 4 (8.00%) LAN
4 4 (8.00%) SD-WAN
4 4 (8.00%) WAN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (8.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (72.00%) Network Management
2 9 (18.00%) Network Design
3 4 (8.00%) Due Diligence
4 1 (2.00%) Energy Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (98.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (26.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (24.00%) FortiGate
2 4 (8.00%) Ansible
2 4 (8.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (98.00%) Cisco
2 45 (90.00%) Juniper
3 40 (80.00%) VMware
4 36 (72.00%) SevOne
5 8 (16.00%) Fortinet
6 4 (8.00%) Blue Coat
6 4 (8.00%) CheckPoint
6 4 (8.00%) F5
6 4 (8.00%) Google