Network Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 697 714 797
Rank change year-on-year +17 +83 -151
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 64 41 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.090% 0.068% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.076% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 55 29 35
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,200 £38,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,634 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,500 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £60,950 £66,624
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -16.67% +11.11%

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 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
East of England +28 21 £47,500 -5.00%
South East +17 21 £47,000 -10.48% 2
North of England +54 18 £42,500 +6.75%
North East -5 9 £42,500 +6.80%
North West - 9 £40,000 -
Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 3
West Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 3
South West -27 1 £42,500 -
Network Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Network Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 41 (64.06%) Cisco
2 33 (51.56%) Firewall
3 29 (45.31%) Juniper
4 27 (42.19%) Security Cleared
5 24 (37.50%) Palo Alto
6 17 (26.56%) Cryptography
6 17 (26.56%) Aerospace
7 16 (25.00%) DV Cleared
8 15 (23.44%) CheckPoint
9 14 (21.88%) OSPF
9 14 (21.88%) Project Management
10 12 (18.75%) Information Security
10 12 (18.75%) Blue Coat
10 12 (18.75%) Network Security
10 12 (18.75%) Information Management
10 12 (18.75%) DNS
10 12 (18.75%) Riverbed
10 12 (18.75%) Infoblox
11 11 (17.19%) FortiGate
11 11 (17.19%) BGP
11 11 (17.19%) EIGRP
12 10 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (15.63%) Network Design
12 10 (15.63%) Fortinet
12 10 (15.63%) DMVPN
13 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
13 9 (14.06%) Aruba
13 9 (14.06%) VMware
14 8 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (12.50%) Cisco Certification

Network Specialist 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 33 (51.56%) Firewall
2 14 (21.88%) OSPF
3 12 (18.75%) DNS
3 12 (18.75%) Network Security
4 11 (17.19%) BGP
4 11 (17.19%) EIGRP
5 10 (15.63%) DMVPN
5 10 (15.63%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (7.81%) VPN
8 3 (4.69%) IPsec
8 3 (4.69%) LAN
8 3 (4.69%) MPLS
8 3 (4.69%) VoIP
8 3 (4.69%) WAAS
8 3 (4.69%) WAN
9 2 (3.13%) 3G
9 2 (3.13%) ADSL
9 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.13%) VDSL
General
1 17 (26.56%) Aerospace
2 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
3 8 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.13%) Military
4 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.56%) Arabic Language
5 1 (1.56%) Billing
5 1 (1.56%) Finance
5 1 (1.56%) French Language
5 1 (1.56%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (1.56%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.13%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
1 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
1 2 (3.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Cryptography
2 14 (21.88%) Project Management
3 12 (18.75%) Information Management
3 12 (18.75%) Information Security
4 10 (15.63%) Network Design
5 8 (12.50%) Network Architecture
5 8 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
5 8 (12.50%) User Experience
6 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.38%) Prototyping
7 5 (7.81%) Software Engineering
8 4 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.25%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.25%) Network Management
9 3 (4.69%) Load Balancing
9 3 (4.69%) Network Virtualisation
9 3 (4.69%) Performance Monitoring
9 3 (4.69%) Roadmaps
9 3 (4.69%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 27 (42.19%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (12.50%) CCDA
3 8 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.81%) CCDP
5 3 (4.69%) CCNA
5 3 (4.69%) CCNP
6 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Firmware
2 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (17.19%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (64.06%) Cisco
2 29 (45.31%) Juniper
3 24 (37.50%) Palo Alto
4 15 (23.44%) CheckPoint
5 12 (18.75%) Blue Coat
5 12 (18.75%) Infoblox
5 12 (18.75%) Riverbed
6 10 (15.63%) Fortinet
7 9 (14.06%) Aruba
7 9 (14.06%) VMware
8 4 (6.25%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (6.25%) McAfee
9 3 (4.69%) Avaya
9 3 (4.69%) F5
10 2 (3.13%) Meraki
11 1 (1.56%) Microsoft