Network Design Services: Network design that scales with you, not against you
A network built for today’s headcount breaks the day you hire your fiftieth employee. Good network design plans for growth, segmentation and failure before any hardware goes in, not after something falls over.
Built for the environment, not a generic spec sheet
Multi-site organisations
WAN design connecting sites securely and reliably, without every branch office becoming its own support headache.
Growing offices
LAN design that scales as headcount grows, instead of needing a redesign every time you add a floor.
Security-conscious environments
VLAN segmentation separating guest, staff and operational traffic, so a compromised guest device can’t see the rest of the network.
What network design costs
Indicative ranges, supplied and installed. Every project is scoped individually, this is a starting point for budgeting, not a quote.
| Configuration | Typical use | From |
|---|---|---|
| Network design & consultancy | Per site, scoped to complexity | £950 +VAT |
| Full network audit & roadmap | Existing estate review | £1,500 +VAT |
| VLAN segmentation design | Per site | £650 +VAT |
| Redundancy & failover design | Business-critical sites | £1,200 +VAT |
Public sector and education purchase orders accepted.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0845 095 3600 or email info@efficient-is.co.uk: we’ll give you a straight answer, not a sales script.
Assess, design, install, support, one team throughout
Assess
Site survey or environment review, requirements gathering, budget options.
Design
A specification matched to your actual requirement, not the biggest number on a spec sheet.
Install & commission
Delivered by our engineers in Scotland, or a vetted local partner, anywhere in the UK, tested and commissioned before we call it done.
Handover, training & support
Documentation, formal handover, hands-on training, and optional ongoing managementit@efficient-is.co.uk.
Network Design Services: Answered Plainly
How much does network design cost for a small business?
A single-site network design and consultancy engagement typically starts from around £950, scaling with the number of locations, users and existing systems involved.
Do you design networks with redundancy and failover built in?
Yes, for any site where downtime has a real cost, we design in redundant paths and failover from the outset rather than treating it as an optional extra.
Can you design around our existing hardware?
In most cases yes, an existing network audit at the start of the engagement confirms what can be kept, reused or needs replacing before the new design is finalised.
Have a network, cloud or CCTV project in mind?
Tell us the environment and the outcome you need, we’ll tell you what’s realistic.
Do you provide network design for organisations expanding into new sites?
Yes. A common scenario is a business opening a second or third site and needing the new location’s network designed to match the existing one, so IT support, security policy and user experience stay consistent across every site rather than each office being a one off.
What happens if our existing network doesn’t match industry best practice?
That’s exactly what the audit and roadmap stage is for. We document where the existing setup falls short of current good practice, whether that’s flat networking with no VLAN segmentation, single points of failure, or ageing hardware, and set out a prioritised plan rather than recommending a full rebuild by default.
Does network design cover resilience and failover, or just day to day performance?
Both. A network design document sets out where redundancy matters, such as dual internet circuits, resilient core switching or failover routing, alongside the day to day layout, VLAN segmentation and capacity planning, so the design holds up when a single component fails rather than only when everything is working normally.
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