Network Design Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Design
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 229 236
Rank change year-on-year +70 +7 +50
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 38 26 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.92% 0.33% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 32 20 15
10th Percentile - - £37,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +33.33% +17.07%
75th Percentile £67,500 £115,000 £74,750
90th Percentile £77,500 - £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.83% +4.55% -12.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,781 6,392 5,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.20% 81.17% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 4,666 3,157
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the West Midlands

Network Design
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Network Design in the West Midlands

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the West Midlands

Network Design
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +55 33 £50,000 -37.50% 11
Solihull - 2 £75,000 -
Herefordshire - 2 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £53,688 - 6
Network Design
England

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (42.11%) Azure
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (76.32%) WAN
2 28 (73.68%) LAN
3 17 (44.74%) Firewall
4 14 (36.84%) BGP
4 14 (36.84%) IPsec
4 14 (36.84%) MPLS
5 13 (34.21%) Cisco IOS
5 13 (34.21%) Junos
6 3 (7.89%) Network Security
7 2 (5.26%) VLAN
7 2 (5.26%) VPN
8 1 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.63%) Internet
8 1 (2.63%) IOS XR
8 1 (2.63%) OSPF
8 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.63%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) GitLab
1 1 (2.63%) Robot Framework
General
1 9 (23.68%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Advertising
4 1 (2.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Support Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 14 (36.84%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) 3rd Line Support
2 14 (36.84%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 13 (34.21%) Architect
3 13 (34.21%) Network Architect
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Change Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Junior
4 5 (13.16%) Junior Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Junior Change Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Juniper Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Jinja
1 1 (2.63%) OpenConfig
1 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (42.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Windows
1 16 (42.11%) Windows Server
1 16 (42.11%) Windows Server 2016
1 16 (42.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Data Security
1 16 (42.11%) Infrastructure Management
1 16 (42.11%) Mentoring
2 14 (36.84%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (23.68%) Requirements Gathering
4 6 (15.79%) Change Management
5 5 (13.16%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (13.16%) Data Privacy
5 5 (13.16%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 5 (13.16%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (13.16%) Journey Map
5 5 (13.16%) Line Management
5 5 (13.16%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.16%) Project Management
5 5 (13.16%) User Journey Map
6 2 (5.26%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (5.26%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.26%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (42.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 16 (42.11%) CCNP
2 16 (42.11%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (39.47%) CCNA
4 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
5 13 (34.21%) JNCIS
6 3 (7.89%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (26.32%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
1 16 (42.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 16 (42.11%) XenApp
2 1 (2.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (81.58%) Cisco
2 16 (42.11%) CheckPoint
2 16 (42.11%) Citrix
2 16 (42.11%) Meraki
2 16 (42.11%) SonicWALL
2 16 (42.11%) VMware
3 15 (39.47%) Juniper
4 5 (13.16%) SAP
4 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.63%) Aruba
5 1 (2.63%) F5