Hybrid/Remote Network Design Job Trends

Network Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Network Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 372 502
Rank change year-on-year +15 +130 +43
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 39 46 70
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.31% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.33% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 21 44 54
10th Percentile - - £37,100
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,193 £115,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,822 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.09% +1.37% +9.09%

All Process & 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 15,256 13,894 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.05% 91.08%
Number of salaries quoted 10,822 8,909 23,455
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,208 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.35% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Network Design
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Design

Network Design
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Design over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Network Design salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Network Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.13%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) AutoCAD
1 2 (5.13%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.13%) AWS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.56%) dbt
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
5 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (41.03%) BGP
1 16 (41.03%) MPLS
2 13 (33.33%) VPN
3 12 (30.77%) WAN
4 11 (28.21%) 4G
4 11 (28.21%) Broadband
4 11 (28.21%) Cisco IOS
4 11 (28.21%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (28.21%) IOS XR
5 10 (25.64%) Firewall
5 10 (25.64%) LAN
6 6 (15.38%) Network Security
7 5 (12.82%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (12.82%) HTTP
7 5 (12.82%) SNMP
7 5 (12.82%) Wireless
8 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications
9 2 (5.13%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (5.13%) DMVPN
9 2 (5.13%) SAN
Development Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Telecoms
2 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 11 (28.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (17.95%) Finance
5 4 (10.26%) Marketing
6 2 (5.13%) Law
7 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (51.28%) Network Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Associate Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (12.82%) Senior
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Network Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Head of Infrastructure
6 4 (10.26%) Head of IT
6 4 (10.26%) Head of IT Infrastructure
6 4 (10.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Cisco Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Juniper Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Juniper Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) LAN Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Network Consultant
7 3 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.21%) Jinja
1 11 (28.21%) NETCONF
1 11 (28.21%) YANG
2 2 (5.13%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Social Media
2 5 (12.82%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.82%) PKI
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) CMDB
4 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Agile
2 11 (28.21%) Data Science
2 11 (28.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (28.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
4 7 (17.95%) Cloud Security
5 6 (15.38%) Incident Response
5 6 (15.38%) Project Management
6 5 (12.82%) Capacity Management
6 5 (12.82%) Cryptography
6 5 (12.82%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (12.82%) Performance Testing
6 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.82%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (17.95%) CCNP
2 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.26%) CCNA
4 4 (10.26%) Degree
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.13%) PMP
7 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.56%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) GRC
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (15.38%) Endace
2 1 (2.56%) Nagios
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (69.23%) Cisco
2 11 (28.21%) Juniper
3 6 (15.38%) F5
4 4 (10.26%) Apple
4 4 (10.26%) Fortinet
5 3 (7.69%) Aruba
5 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.13%) DIgSILENT
6 2 (5.13%) VMware
7 1 (2.56%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.56%) Databricks
7 1 (2.56%) Veeam