Network Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Design over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 599 675 790
Rank change year-on-year +76 +115 -233
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 328 322 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.31% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.33% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 228 199 335
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,075 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,185 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -21.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £73,125 £83,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £83,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% - +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,862 98,882 150,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,922 58,137 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,251 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,251
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +92 282 £60,000 +9.09% 100
UK excluding London +10 226 £55,500 +5.71% 80
London +114 92 £82,500 +20.00% 23
South East +34 78 £55,700 -3.13% 27
Work from Home +38 73 £62,500 +8.70% 43
North of England +50 43 £57,500 +27.78% 15
Midlands +23 34 £75,000 +25.00% 16
South West -45 34 £35,000 -36.07% 12
Yorkshire +118 29 £62,500 +17.92% 8
West Midlands +32 29 £80,000 +33.33% 10
Scotland -47 24 £65,000 +25.60% 6
Wales +27 15 £27,500 - 1
North West -3 10 £61,185 +35.97% 6
East of England -3 6 £48,500 -39.38% 4
East Midlands -11 5 £37,500 - 6
North East -19 4 £45,000 +20.00% 1

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 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.91%) WinCC
3 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Simulink
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.68%) Azure
2 53 (16.16%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (9.76%) AWS
4 24 (7.32%) IaaS
5 23 (7.01%) PaaS
6 18 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 17 (5.18%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.57%) SaaS
9 4 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.22%) OCI
9 4 (1.22%) OneDrive
10 3 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.30%) GCP
11 1 (0.30%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.30%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.30%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 102 (31.10%) Firewall
2 97 (29.57%) WAN
3 74 (22.56%) LAN
4 62 (18.90%) BGP
5 61 (18.60%) TCP/IP
6 56 (17.07%) VPN
7 47 (14.33%) MPLS
8 43 (13.11%) OSPF
9 38 (11.59%) Internet
10 30 (9.15%) SD-WAN
10 30 (9.15%) Wireless
11 28 (8.54%) Network Security
12 27 (8.23%) Cisco ASA
13 26 (7.93%) DNS
14 25 (7.62%) VLAN
15 24 (7.32%) DHCP
16 23 (7.01%) Cisco IOS
16 23 (7.01%) EIGRP
17 22 (6.71%) DMVPN
18 18 (5.49%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Big Data
3 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.52%) LabVIEW
1 5 (1.52%) NetBeans
1 5 (1.52%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.22%) JIRA
3 1 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.30%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.30%) Selenium
3 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (21.65%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.99%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (14.02%) Telecoms
4 38 (11.59%) Finance
5 18 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (4.57%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.96%) Retail
8 12 (3.66%) Legal
9 10 (3.05%) Banking
10 9 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.74%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.44%) Marketing
11 8 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Games
12 5 (1.52%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.22%) Law
13 4 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.22%) Police
14 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 108 (32.93%) Network Engineer
2 70 (21.34%) Senior
3 66 (20.12%) Architect
4 39 (11.89%) Network Architect
5 35 (10.67%) Senior Network Engineer
6 33 (10.06%) Lead
7 19 (5.79%) Network Manager
8 17 (5.18%) Senior Architect
9 15 (4.57%) Cloud Architect
10 14 (4.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
10 14 (4.27%) Consultant
10 14 (4.27%) Juniper Engineer
10 14 (4.27%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (4.27%) Principal Network Engineer
11 13 (3.96%) Citrix Architect
11 13 (3.96%) DevOps Architect
11 13 (3.96%) Project Consultant
11 13 (3.96%) Senior Network Architect
12 12 (3.66%) IT Manager
13 11 (3.35%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.96%) ARM Templates
1 13 (3.96%) JSON
1 13 (3.96%) YAML
2 6 (1.83%) 802.1X
3 5 (1.52%) JavaFX
4 4 (1.22%) HTML
5 2 (0.61%) LDAP
6 1 (0.30%) .NET
6 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.30%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.30%) Node-RED
6 1 (0.30%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 97 (29.57%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.96%) Private Cloud
3 13 (3.96%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.35%) Hedge funds
5 9 (2.74%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.13%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.52%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.52%) CCTV
9 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.22%) PKI
10 4 (1.22%) SCADA
11 3 (0.91%) IoT
11 3 (0.91%) PMI
12 2 (0.61%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 59 (17.99%) Windows
2 45 (13.72%) Linux
3 22 (6.71%) Windows 10
4 21 (6.40%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.96%) Android
5 13 (3.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.83%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.22%) CentOS
8 4 (1.22%) VMS
9 3 (0.91%) Debian
10 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (17.99%) Roadmaps
2 55 (16.77%) Customer Service
3 54 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (15.85%) Mentoring
5 41 (12.50%) Agile
6 39 (11.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 39 (11.89%) Technology Roadmap
7 37 (11.28%) ITIL
7 37 (11.28%) Technical Leadership
8 33 (10.06%) Network Management
8 33 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (8.23%) Change Management
11 27 (8.23%) Infrastructure Management
12 26 (7.93%) Data Modelling
12 26 (7.93%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (7.62%) Line Management
14 23 (7.01%) DevOps
14 23 (7.01%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.76%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.40%) Python
2 21 (6.40%) SQL
3 9 (2.74%) Java
4 8 (2.44%) Bash
4 8 (2.44%) C#
5 7 (2.13%) MATLAB
6 5 (1.52%) C++
6 5 (1.52%) Fortran
7 3 (0.91%) C
8 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 72 (21.95%) Degree
3 66 (20.12%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (16.16%) SC Cleared
5 39 (11.89%) CCNP
6 33 (10.06%) CCNA
7 19 (5.79%) CCIE
7 19 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.05%) AWS Certification
8 10 (3.05%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.05%) JNCIE
9 9 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (2.44%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.52%) JNCIP
11 5 (1.52%) MCP
11 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.91%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.91%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.79%) SLA
2 5 (1.52%) GDPR
2 5 (1.52%) ISO 9001
2 5 (1.52%) TickIT
3 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.22%) QA
4 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.61%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.61%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 36 (10.98%) Active Directory
3 19 (5.79%) Hyper-V
3 19 (5.79%) vSphere
4 14 (4.27%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.22%) Firmware
6 4 (1.22%) pfSense
6 4 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.61%) Docker
8 1 (0.30%) KVM
Systems Management
1 35 (10.67%) FortiGate
2 21 (6.40%) Terraform
3 20 (6.10%) Ansible
4 9 (2.74%) Nagios
5 8 (2.44%) Icinga
6 6 (1.83%) Endace
7 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.22%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (1.22%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.22%) Stealthwatch
9 3 (0.91%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (0.91%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.91%) Puppet
9 3 (0.91%) Salt
9 3 (0.91%) Wonderware InTouch
10 2 (0.61%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.61%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.61%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 106 (32.32%) Cisco
2 84 (25.61%) Juniper
3 65 (19.82%) Fortinet
4 51 (15.55%) VMware
5 40 (12.20%) Microsoft
6 29 (8.84%) Palo Alto
7 24 (7.32%) CheckPoint
7 24 (7.32%) McAfee
8 21 (6.40%) Sandvine
9 18 (5.49%) Citrix
10 17 (5.18%) Oracle
11 15 (4.57%) SolarWinds
11 15 (4.57%) Veeam
12 12 (3.66%) F5
13 10 (3.05%) Meraki
13 10 (3.05%) Nokia
14 6 (1.83%) Aruba
14 6 (1.83%) Ericsson
14 6 (1.83%) IBM
15 5 (1.52%) Atlassian