Network Design Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Network Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 510 563
Rank change year-on-year +141 +53 +110
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 48 74 114
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.24% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46 57 85
10th Percentile - £39,200 £41,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +8.70% -20.69%
75th Percentile £65,272 £115,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £76,875 - £84,500
UK median annual salary £61,644 £61,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.75% +11.25% -21.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Network Design
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Design trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Design
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Network Design.

Network Design salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Network Design
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Design over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Network Design salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.08%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.08%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 34 (70.83%) Azure
2 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (22.92%) AWS
4 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.25%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (4.17%) IaaS
5 2 (4.17%) PaaS
5 2 (4.17%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 38 (79.17%) Firewall
2 26 (54.17%) WAN
3 20 (41.67%) LAN
4 14 (29.17%) BGP
5 11 (22.92%) VLAN
6 10 (20.83%) OSPF
7 7 (14.58%) EIGRP
8 6 (12.50%) HSRP
8 6 (12.50%) MPLS
8 6 (12.50%) Network Security
8 6 (12.50%) RIP
8 6 (12.50%) SNMP
8 6 (12.50%) SSH
9 5 (10.42%) IPsec
10 4 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (8.33%) DHCP
10 4 (8.33%) DNS
10 4 (8.33%) Junos
11 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
11 3 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JMeter
General
1 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Finance
4 6 (12.50%) Police
5 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.08%) Aviation
6 1 (2.08%) Law
6 1 (2.08%) Local Government
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (39.58%) Network Engineer
2 14 (29.17%) Support Engineer
3 13 (27.08%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 13 (27.08%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 13 (27.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 13 (27.08%) 3rd Line Support
3 13 (27.08%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 12 (25.00%) Senior
4 12 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) Security Engineer
7 5 (10.42%) Architect
7 5 (10.42%) Lead
7 5 (10.42%) Network Architect
8 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) IT Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Lead Network Engineer
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.17%) Onboarding
2 12 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (12.50%) Driving Licence
4 4 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (6.25%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (35.42%) Windows
2 14 (29.17%) Windows Server
2 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2016
2 14 (29.17%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (10.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Mentoring
2 15 (31.25%) Infrastructure Management
3 14 (29.17%) Data Security
4 10 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (20.83%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.58%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 6 (12.50%) Inventory Management
7 6 (12.50%) Line Management
7 6 (12.50%) Network Management
7 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
7 6 (12.50%) Technical Analysis
8 5 (10.42%) SIEM
9 4 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (8.33%) Zero Trust
10 3 (6.25%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.08%) Python
2 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) CCNP
1 13 (27.08%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) CCNA
4 4 (8.33%) JNCIS
5 3 (6.25%) Degree
6 1 (2.08%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.75%) QA
2 5 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.33%) NIST
3 4 (8.33%) SLA
4 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.08%) GDPR
5 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
2 14 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (29.17%) XenApp
3 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.25%) Nessus
3 2 (4.17%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.17%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (4.17%) Iperf
4 1 (2.08%) Ansible
4 1 (2.08%) SCCM
4 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (58.33%) Cisco
2 20 (41.67%) CheckPoint
3 19 (39.58%) VMware
4 18 (37.50%) Meraki
5 14 (29.17%) Citrix
5 14 (29.17%) SonicWALL
6 9 (18.75%) SolarWinds
7 6 (12.50%) Palo Alto
8 4 (8.33%) Juniper
8 4 (8.33%) Microsoft
9 3 (6.25%) IBM
10 2 (4.17%) Arista
10 2 (4.17%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
11 1 (2.08%) Dell
11 1 (2.08%) EqualLogic
11 1 (2.08%) iManage