The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Administrator role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Administrator
Rank 773 753 715
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Administrator 108 131 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.098% 0.109% 0.138%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.103% 0.115% 0.146%
Number of salaries quoted 101 123 156
Average salary £28,500 £40,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.75% +26.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,950 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,200 £52,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £28,500 £32,500 £26,750
% change year-on-year
-12.30% +21.49%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104395 114295 119568
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.98% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 86968 98064 101411
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Network Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Network Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Network Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK.

Network Administrator Salary Trend

Network Administrator
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Administrator over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 within the UK.

Network Administrator Salary Histogram

Network Administrator
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Administrator within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -2 91 £28,250 -29.37% 19
London +9 28 £29,000 -35.55% 8
South East +11 20 £35,250 -11.87% 5
South Wales - 14 £32,500 -
Wales - 14 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands -16 12 £27,000 -10.00%
City of London +21 11 £22,500 -47.36% 1
Warwickshire +6 11 £27,000 -1.81%
Cardiff - 11 £32,500 -
North East +10 9 £40,000 -5.88% 1
Tyne and Wear +6 9 £40,000 -5.88% 1
Newcastle upon Tyne +2 9 £40,000 -5.88% 1
East of England +15 8 £34,000 -15.00% 1
East Midlands +5 8 £27,000 +8.00%
North West -10 8 £30,000 -7.69% 1
Hertfordshire +13 7 £34,000 +19.29%
Oxfordshire - 7 £32,500 - 3
Coventry - 7 £27,000 -
Leicester +4 6 £27,000 +8.00%
Leicestershire 0 6 £27,000 +8.00%
Manchester -8 6 £30,000 -7.69% 1
Derby - 6 £27,000 -
Rugby - 6 £27,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 6 £27,000 -
Derbyshire - 6 £27,000 -
South West +1 4 £27,250 -0.90% 1
Berkshire -4 4 £43,500 -3.33% 2
Abingdon - 4 £29,000 -
Maidenhead - 4 £43,500 - 1
Hemel Hempstead - 3 £34,000 -

Network Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Network Administrator in their job title.

1 138 (59.23%) Cisco
2 123 (52.79%) Windows
3 115 (49.36%) Firewall
4 101 (43.35%) Cisco Certification
5 93 (39.91%) VMware
6 76 (32.62%) Linux
7 73 (31.33%) Microsoft
8 71 (30.47%) CCNA
9 69 (29.61%) TCP/IP
10 67 (28.76%) CCNP
11 59 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
11 59 (25.32%) Windows Server 2008
12 56 (24.03%) MS Exchange
13 55 (23.61%) Active Directory
14 52 (22.32%) DNS
15 47 (20.17%) CheckPoint
15 47 (20.17%) Network Security
16 46 (19.74%) Windows Server 2003
16 46 (19.74%) HP
17 43 (18.45%) OSPF
17 43 (18.45%) DHCP
17 43 (18.45%) WAN
18 42 (18.03%) VPN
18 42 (18.03%) Citrix
19 40 (17.17%) LAN
20 39 (16.74%) Internet
21 38 (16.31%) Cisco ASA
22 37 (15.88%) Exchange Server 2010
22 37 (15.88%) SQL Server
23 36 (15.45%) Degree

Network Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Network Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (3.004%) .NET
1 7 (3.004%) Middleware
1 7 (3.004%) WebSphere
2 3 (1.288%) J2EE
2 3 (1.288%) Web Services
3 2 (0.858%) CSS
3 2 (0.858%) LAMP
4 1 (0.429%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 56 (24.03%) MS Exchange
2 37 (15.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (12.88%) IIS
4 26 (11.16%) SharePoint
5 11 (4.721%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (3.433%) SharePoint 2010
7 7 (3.004%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (2.575%) Apache
9 1 (0.429%) Exchange Server 5.5
9 1 (0.429%) Exchange Server 2000
9 1 (0.429%) Moodle
9 1 (0.429%) Lync
Applications
1 29 (12.45%) MS Excel
2 15 (6.438%) MS Office
3 6 (2.575%) Office 365
4 4 (1.717%) Google Apps
5 3 (1.288%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.429%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.429%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 115 (49.36%) Firewall
2 69 (29.61%) TCP/IP
3 52 (22.32%) DNS
4 47 (20.17%) Network Security
5 43 (18.45%) OSPF
5 43 (18.45%) WAN
5 43 (18.45%) DHCP
6 42 (18.03%) VPN
7 40 (17.17%) LAN
8 39 (16.74%) Internet
9 38 (16.31%) Cisco ASA
10 32 (13.73%) SAN
11 31 (13.30%) VLAN
12 24 (10.30%) VoIP
13 22 (9.442%) Wireless
14 21 (9.013%) HSRP
15 20 (8.584%) MPLS
16 19 (8.155%) BGP
17 17 (7.296%) IPsec
18 11 (4.721%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.88%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.438%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (3.004%) MySQL
3 7 (3.004%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (2.146%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.717%) Redis
6 1 (0.429%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.429%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.429%) MS Access
6 1 (0.429%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.429%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (0.858%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (9.013%) Back Office
2 18 (7.725%) Finance
3 17 (7.296%) Telecoms
4 6 (2.575%) Retail
5 5 (2.146%) Advertising
6 4 (1.717%) Games
7 2 (0.858%) Law
7 2 (0.858%) Legal
8 1 (0.429%) Automotive
8 1 (0.429%) Electronics
8 1 (0.429%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.009%) Computer Science
1 14 (6.009%) Digital Media
2 7 (3.004%) Mathematics
2 7 (3.004%) Physics
3 5 (2.146%) Replication
4 4 (1.717%) Clustering
4 4 (1.717%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.717%) Online Games
5 2 (0.858%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (0.858%) Open Source
5 2 (0.858%) CESG
5 2 (0.858%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.429%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.429%) Streaming Video
6 1 (0.429%) VLE
6 1 (0.429%) IVR
6 1 (0.429%) CCTV
6 1 (0.429%) SaaS
6 1 (0.429%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 123 (52.79%) Windows
2 76 (32.62%) Linux
3 59 (25.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 46 (19.74%) Windows Server 2003
5 27 (11.59%) UNIX
6 18 (7.725%) Windows XP
7 10 (4.292%) Windows 7
8 7 (3.004%) CentOS
8 7 (3.004%) SUSE
9 6 (2.575%) Windows 8
10 5 (2.146%) OpenBSD
11 4 (1.717%) Windows Vista
11 4 (1.717%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.717%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.288%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.288%) Solaris
13 2 (0.858%) Windows 2000 Server
14 1 (0.429%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.429%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.429%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.30%) ITIL
2 27 (11.59%) Problem Management
3 22 (9.442%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (9.013%) Network Design
5 17 (7.296%) Service Management
6 16 (6.867%) Load Balancing
7 15 (6.438%) Capacity Planning
7 15 (6.438%) Network Management
8 11 (4.721%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (3.863%) E-Commerce
10 5 (2.146%) Project Management
11 4 (1.717%) Project Planning
11 4 (1.717%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (1.717%) Asset Management
11 4 (1.717%) B2B
11 4 (1.717%) Network Architecture
12 3 (1.288%) PRINCE2
12 3 (1.288%) Workflow
12 3 (1.288%) Supplier Management
12 3 (1.288%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.296%) SQL
2 6 (2.575%) C#
2 6 (2.575%) Perl
3 5 (2.146%) PHP
3 5 (2.146%) Python
3 5 (2.146%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.146%) Bash shell
4 3 (1.288%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.858%) VB
6 1 (0.429%) Java
6 1 (0.429%) C
Qualifications
1 101 (43.35%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (30.47%) CCNA
3 67 (28.76%) CCNP
4 36 (15.45%) Degree
5 18 (7.725%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.579%) MCSE
7 7 (3.004%) CCIE
7 7 (3.004%) MCITP
8 5 (2.146%) CCVP
9 4 (1.717%) RHCT
9 4 (1.717%) LPIC
9 4 (1.717%) RHCE
9 4 (1.717%) Security Cleared
10 3 (1.288%) CCENT
10 3 (1.288%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.288%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.288%) MCP
10 3 (1.288%) MCSA
11 2 (0.858%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.858%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.717%) SLA
2 2 (0.858%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.429%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 59 (25.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 55 (23.61%) Active Directory
3 27 (11.59%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.433%) vSphere
5 5 (2.146%) VMware ESX
6 4 (1.717%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.288%) Terminal Server
7 3 (1.288%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.858%) ISA Server
8 2 (0.858%) XenApp
8 2 (0.858%) XenServer
8 2 (0.858%) XenDesktop
8 2 (0.858%) Forefront TMG
8 2 (0.858%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.429%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.429%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (0.429%) Samba
Systems Management
1 14 (6.009%) Nagios
1 14 (6.009%) WSUS
2 7 (3.004%) Backup Exec
3 5 (2.146%) Cisco UCCX
3 5 (2.146%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (1.288%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (0.858%) SCCM
5 2 (0.858%) SCVMM
5 2 (0.858%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.429%) CiscoWorks
6 1 (0.429%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.429%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.429%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 138 (59.23%) Cisco
2 93 (39.91%) VMware
3 73 (31.33%) Microsoft
4 47 (20.17%) CheckPoint
5 46 (19.74%) HP
6 42 (18.03%) Citrix
7 26 (11.16%) Juniper
8 18 (7.725%) Dell
9 11 (4.721%) Red Hat
9 11 (4.721%) F5
10 7 (3.004%) IronPort
10 7 (3.004%) Websense
11 6 (2.575%) Draytek
12 5 (2.146%) Symantec
12 5 (2.146%) NetApp
12 5 (2.146%) Nortel
13 4 (1.717%) McAfee
13 4 (1.717%) Google
14 3 (1.288%) Brocade
14 3 (1.288%) Blue Coat
Peterborough, East of England
Ideally CCNA/CCNP qualified, you'll have a strong background in financial services and your technical knowledge should cover Cisco Switching & Routing, Checkpoint Firewall and WAN network support...
Aldermore
Salary: Up to £45k + banking benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Didcot, Oxfordshire
In a nutshell you must: - Be at least CCNA accredited - Be familiar with OSPF and resilient network design - Have helpdesk and IT support skillsAny of the following skills /...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 34,000 - 37,000 + Exemplary Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Didcot, Oxfordshire
The Diamond synchrotron light source is the largest scientific facility to be built in the UK for over thirty years. The facility consists of three particle accelerators which...
Diamond Light Source
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Ref: DIA0832/SB In this role you will be responsible for advanced level support, design and development of both Windows systems and high performance networks in a scientific...
Diamond Light Source
Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Networking responsibilities include project planning, design and implementation... Technical Competencies (Required) * Cisco Certified Network Associate (or similar industry recognised network certification) * Experience of implementing and administering Extreme Networks...
Brightside Group
Salary: £28,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Swansea, West Glamorgan
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: From £15,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Amoria Bond
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 31 May 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Dagenham, Essex
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
bridgenoble
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + 9% pension, private medical, 25 days
Posted: 5 June 2013
East London
Guru Careers
Salary: £27K - 30K (DOE)
Posted: 13 June 2013
London (E16)
Guru Careers
Salary: £27K - 30K (DOE)
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + (dependant on experience) + Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
Bridge Noble
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + (dependant on experience) + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Maidenhead, Thames Valley
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 10 June 2013
City of London
Dupen Recruitment Services
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + range of benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013