Network Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 703 732
Rank change year-on-year +189 +29 -93
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 257 45 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.076% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.086% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 219 37 78
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,302 £39,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -10.64% +6.82%
75th Percentile £54,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £61,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -26.83% -5.38% +6.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,828 52,627 68,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 47,933 30,028 42,497
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Manager in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
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 Manager 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 +85 98 £38,000 -31.53% 11
Midlands +37 50 £42,500 -46.88% 4
North of England +66 40 £47,500 -8.97% 6
South West +16 40 £56,250 +7.14% 2
East Midlands +18 29 £39,000 -24.38% 3
East of England +32 22 £37,500 -21.88% 2
West Midlands +30 21 £57,500 -28.13% 1
North West +11 21 £37,500 +1.35% 2
Yorkshire +77 17 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Scotland - 11 £62,500 - 2
North East +2 6 £45,000 -3.23% 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Network Manager
UK

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Network Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 62 (24.12%) Firewall
2 52 (20.23%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (17.51%) Microsoft
4 41 (15.95%) Cisco
4 41 (15.95%) LAN
5 40 (15.56%) Active Directory
6 34 (13.23%) VPN
6 34 (13.23%) WAN
7 33 (12.84%) Hyper-V
8 31 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (12.06%) Network Security
9 30 (11.67%) Kalman Filter
10 29 (11.28%) VMware
11 27 (10.51%) Windows
11 27 (10.51%) Azure
11 27 (10.51%) VMware Infrastructure
12 26 (10.12%) Social Skills
12 26 (10.12%) DHCP
12 26 (10.12%) DNS
13 24 (9.34%) Project Delivery
13 24 (9.34%) Service Delivery
14 23 (8.95%) Wi-Fi
15 21 (8.17%) Mentoring
16 19 (7.39%) Degree
17 18 (7.00%) SD-WAN
17 18 (7.00%) Windows Server
18 17 (6.61%) Veeam
18 17 (6.61%) VLAN
18 17 (6.61%) Wireless
19 16 (6.23%) Project Management

Network Manager Skill Set
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 12 (4.67%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.56%) SAS
4 2 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.23%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (10.51%) Azure
3 7 (2.72%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.95%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.56%) AWS
5 4 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.56%) Twilio
6 2 (0.78%) GCP
6 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (24.12%) Firewall
2 41 (15.95%) LAN
3 34 (13.23%) VPN
3 34 (13.23%) WAN
4 31 (12.06%) Network Security
5 26 (10.12%) DHCP
5 26 (10.12%) DNS
6 23 (8.95%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (7.00%) SD-WAN
8 17 (6.61%) VLAN
8 17 (6.61%) Wireless
9 15 (5.84%) SAN
10 13 (5.06%) Internet
11 12 (4.67%) TCP/IP
12 9 (3.50%) Intranet
12 9 (3.50%) SNMP
13 5 (1.95%) 5G
13 5 (1.95%) Radio Access Network
14 4 (1.56%) iSCSI
14 4 (1.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) JIRA
General
1 26 (10.12%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.45%) Finance
3 11 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.50%) Legal
5 8 (3.11%) Marketing
6 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.95%) Local Government
8 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.17%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Banking
10 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.39%) Publishing
11 1 (0.39%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.23%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.67%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.50%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.11%) CCTV
4 8 (3.11%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.56%) IoT
5 4 (1.56%) IPTV
6 3 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.17%) Replication
7 2 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.39%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.39%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.39%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.39%) Social Media
8 1 (0.39%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.51%) Windows
2 18 (7.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.72%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.95%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.56%) Android
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (11.67%) Kalman Filter
3 24 (9.34%) Project Delivery
3 24 (9.34%) Service Delivery
4 21 (8.17%) Mentoring
5 16 (6.23%) Project Management
6 15 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (5.84%) ITIL
6 15 (5.84%) Line Management
7 14 (5.45%) Office Automation
7 14 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (5.45%) Security Patching
8 13 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (4.67%) Network Management
10 10 (3.89%) Coaching
10 10 (3.89%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (3.89%) Migration
11 9 (3.50%) Contingency Planning
11 9 (3.50%) Decision-Making
11 9 (3.50%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (7.39%) Degree
2 8 (3.11%) MCP
3 5 (1.95%) Master's Degree
3 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.56%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.56%) MCSA
4 4 (1.56%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.56%) PMP
4 4 (1.56%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.78%) CCNA
6 2 (0.78%) CCNP
6 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.78%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.39%) BICSI RCDD
7 1 (0.39%) CCIE
7 1 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.78%) SLA
3 1 (0.39%) QA
System Software
1 40 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 33 (12.84%) Hyper-V
3 27 (10.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.23%) WSUS
2 15 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.67%) SmoothWall
4 9 (3.50%) SCCM
5 2 (0.78%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.39%) Ansible
6 1 (0.39%) Core Impact
6 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 45 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 41 (15.95%) Cisco
3 29 (11.28%) VMware
4 17 (6.61%) Veeam
5 16 (6.23%) Aruba
6 9 (3.50%) Apple
6 9 (3.50%) SonicWALL
7 7 (2.72%) Google
8 6 (2.33%) Juniper
9 5 (1.95%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.95%) Sage
10 4 (1.56%) HP
11 3 (1.17%) Dell
12 2 (0.78%) Meraki
13 1 (0.39%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
13 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto