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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 380 382
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 +212
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 24 62 95
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.38% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 19 36 85
10th Percentile £49,598 £45,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £56,121 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.95% -33.98% +54.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,272 £106,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +18.18%

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 13,628 16,112 18,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.97% 92.82% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,711 9,753 15,128
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

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 20 December 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (66.67%) LAN
2 11 (45.83%) Firewall
3 9 (37.50%) WAN
4 7 (29.17%) VPN
5 5 (20.83%) BGP
5 5 (20.83%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (20.83%) MPLS
6 4 (16.67%) IPsec
6 4 (16.67%) Junos
6 4 (16.67%) SAN
7 3 (12.50%) Network Security
8 2 (8.33%) Wireless
9 1 (4.17%) 4G
9 1 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (4.17%) IOS XR
9 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
9 1 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (4.17%) VLAN
9 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.17%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (4.17%) French Language
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Network Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Senior
2 9 (37.50%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Design Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Network Design Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Design Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior Network Design Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) Architect
5 3 (12.50%) Network Administrator
5 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
6 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Associate Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) ICT Consultant
7 1 (4.17%) Lead
7 1 (4.17%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Jinja
1 1 (4.17%) NETCONF
1 1 (4.17%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (8.33%) CMDB
4 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) NHS
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
3 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (20.83%) Project Management
2 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 4 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (12.50%) High Availability
3 3 (12.50%) ITIL
3 3 (12.50%) Non-Blocking Code
3 3 (12.50%) Physics
3 3 (12.50%) Requirements Management
4 2 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 2 (8.33%) Change Control
4 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.33%) ITSM
4 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.33%) Service Management
4 2 (8.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 10 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) CCNA
4 5 (20.83%) Degree
5 4 (16.67%) Azure Certification
5 4 (16.67%) CCNP
5 4 (16.67%) JNCIS
6 3 (12.50%) CCIE
7 1 (4.17%) BICSI RCDD
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Endace
1 3 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 2 (8.33%) Nagios
3 1 (4.17%) Ansible
3 1 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco
2 11 (45.83%) Juniper
3 7 (29.17%) Fortinet
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 5 (20.83%) Palo Alto
5 4 (16.67%) Arista
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
6 3 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (8.33%) CheckPoint
7 2 (8.33%) F5
8 1 (4.17%) Aruba
8 1 (4.17%) Peplink
8 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
8 1 (4.17%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (4.17%) Veeam