Network Design Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Design
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 559 592
Rank change year-on-year +21 +33 -138
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 229 192 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.34% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 164 137 170
10th Percentile £30,625 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,600 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £80,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -21.43% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,784 56,422 67,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.60% 95.60% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 41,279 29,104 41,046
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Network Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Design in the UK excluding London

Network Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
South East +21 82 £57,500 - 17
North of England +47 45 £61,185 +35.97% 18
Midlands +5 35 £77,500 +29.17% 15
South West -27 34 £35,000 -44.00% 13
Yorkshire +96 30 £62,500 +17.92% 9
West Midlands +23 30 £80,000 +33.33% 10
Scotland -40 24 £65,000 +25.60% 4
Wales +25 13 £27,500 - 1
North West -20 11 £61,185 +35.97% 7
East of England -6 6 £48,500 -39.38% 6
East Midlands -7 5 £37,500 - 5
North East -14 4 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Network Design
UK

Network Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.31%) WinCC
Applications
1 10 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) Simulink
2 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 42 (18.34%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (17.03%) Azure
3 18 (7.86%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.99%) AWS
5 14 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.80%) IaaS
7 10 (4.37%) PaaS
8 6 (2.62%) SaaS
9 4 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.75%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.44%) GCP
11 1 (0.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 81 (35.37%) Firewall
2 57 (24.89%) WAN
3 46 (20.09%) LAN
4 45 (19.65%) BGP
4 45 (19.65%) TCP/IP
5 31 (13.54%) OSPF
5 31 (13.54%) VPN
6 25 (10.92%) Cisco ASA
7 23 (10.04%) DMVPN
7 23 (10.04%) EIGRP
8 22 (9.61%) VLAN
9 19 (8.30%) Wireless
10 18 (7.86%) Cisco IOS
10 18 (7.86%) DNS
11 16 (6.99%) DHCP
11 16 (6.99%) MPLS
12 15 (6.55%) Network Security
12 15 (6.55%) NGFW
12 15 (6.55%) SD-WAN
13 14 (6.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.18%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.18%) LabVIEW
1 5 (2.18%) NetBeans
1 5 (2.18%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.44%) Selenium
3 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 44 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.92%) Finance
3 17 (7.42%) Telecoms
4 14 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.24%) Legal
5 12 (5.24%) Retail
6 8 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.31%) Banking
9 3 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.87%) Automotive
10 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.44%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (26.64%) Network Engineer
2 38 (16.59%) Architect
3 32 (13.97%) Senior
4 31 (13.54%) Lead
5 24 (10.48%) Network Architect
6 13 (5.68%) Senior Network Engineer
7 11 (4.80%) Consultant
7 11 (4.80%) Project Consultant
7 11 (4.80%) Senior Consultant
7 11 (4.80%) Senior Network Consultant
7 11 (4.80%) Senior Project Consultant
8 10 (4.37%) Citrix Architect
8 10 (4.37%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.37%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 10 (4.37%) DevOps Architect
8 10 (4.37%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.37%) Network Specialist
8 10 (4.37%) Technical Leader
9 9 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.93%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.37%) ARM Templates
1 10 (4.37%) JSON
1 10 (4.37%) YAML
2 5 (2.18%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.18%) JavaFX
3 1 (0.44%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.44%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 53 (23.14%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.37%) Private Cloud
3 10 (4.37%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.06%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.18%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.18%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.75%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.75%) SCADA
8 3 (1.31%) PMI
9 2 (0.87%) BYOD
9 2 (0.87%) CCTV
9 2 (0.87%) IoT
9 2 (0.87%) NHS
9 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.44%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 43 (18.78%) Windows
2 36 (15.72%) Linux
3 16 (6.99%) Windows 10
4 14 (6.11%) Windows Server
5 13 (5.68%) Android
6 7 (3.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.75%) CentOS
8 4 (1.75%) VMS
9 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (13.10%) Agile
1 30 (13.10%) Customer Service
1 30 (13.10%) ITIL
2 29 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (12.66%) Network Management
3 23 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (9.61%) Migration
5 21 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
6 20 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (7.86%) Roadmaps
8 17 (7.42%) Computer Science
8 17 (7.42%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (7.42%) Network Monitoring
9 16 (6.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (6.99%) Mentoring
9 16 (6.99%) Network Virtualisation
9 16 (6.99%) Presales
10 15 (6.55%) SDLC
10 15 (6.55%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.17%) PowerShell
2 17 (7.42%) Python
3 16 (6.99%) SQL
4 9 (3.93%) Java
5 7 (3.06%) MATLAB
6 5 (2.18%) Bash
6 5 (2.18%) C++
6 5 (2.18%) Fortran
7 4 (1.75%) C#
8 3 (1.31%) C
9 1 (0.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 83 (36.24%) Security Cleared
2 46 (20.09%) Cisco Certification
2 46 (20.09%) SC Cleared
3 38 (16.59%) Degree
4 30 (13.10%) CCNA
5 25 (10.92%) CCNP
6 17 (7.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.37%) JNCIE
8 9 (3.93%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.49%) CCIE
10 7 (3.06%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.62%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (2.18%) AWS Certification
12 5 (2.18%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.18%) MCP
13 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (1.31%) CISSP
14 3 (1.31%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 2 (0.87%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.37%) SLA
2 5 (2.18%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.18%) TickIT
3 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.75%) GDPR
4 3 (1.31%) QA
5 2 (0.87%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.87%) NIST
6 1 (0.44%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (13.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (10.48%) Active Directory
3 16 (6.99%) vSphere
4 11 (4.80%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.80%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.75%) Firmware
6 4 (1.75%) pfSense
6 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (12.23%) FortiGate
2 15 (6.55%) Terraform
3 11 (4.80%) Ansible
4 8 (3.49%) Nagios
5 6 (2.62%) Endace
5 6 (2.62%) Icinga
6 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.31%) Wonderware InTouch
8 2 (0.87%) Functional Safety
8 2 (0.87%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.44%) Iperf
9 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.44%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.44%) Nmap
9 1 (0.44%) Puppet
9 1 (0.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 80 (34.93%) Cisco
2 46 (20.09%) Juniper
3 42 (18.34%) Fortinet
4 31 (13.54%) VMware
5 30 (13.10%) Microsoft
6 25 (10.92%) McAfee
7 23 (10.04%) Palo Alto
8 19 (8.30%) CheckPoint
9 15 (6.55%) Veeam
10 11 (4.80%) Citrix
10 11 (4.80%) Oracle
11 8 (3.49%) F5
11 8 (3.49%) Nokia
12 6 (2.62%) IBM
12 6 (2.62%) SolarWinds
13 5 (2.18%) Aruba
13 5 (2.18%) Atlassian
13 5 (2.18%) Meraki
13 5 (2.18%) Ruckus Wireless
14 4 (1.75%) QNAP