Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 859 880 1113
Rank change year-on-year +21 +233 -312
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 46 93 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.089% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.098% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 35 92 100
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £56,251 £63,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +2.94%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,501 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Consultant.

Salary trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England +105 39 £75,000 -11.76% 12
UK excluding London +16 30 £62,501 -3.85% 6
Midlands +12 14 £56,250 -2.17% 2
East Midlands -1 12 £56,250 -2.17%
London +106 9 £80,000 -5.88% 5
North of England +43 9 £75,000 - 1
Work from Home +10 9 £80,000 +6.67% 6
North East - 8 £75,000 -
South East +22 6 £72,500 +11.54% 3
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
East of England - 1 £80,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Network Consultant 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 featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 19 (41.30%) Cisco
2 15 (32.61%) Network Security
3 14 (30.43%) Data Centre
4 13 (28.26%) WAN
5 9 (19.57%) Network Architecture
6 8 (17.39%) DNS
7 7 (15.22%) CCNP
7 7 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (15.22%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (13.04%) Fortinet
8 6 (13.04%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (10.87%) Collaborative Culture
9 5 (10.87%) NIST
9 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
9 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
9 5 (10.87%) LAN
9 5 (10.87%) Migration
9 5 (10.87%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (8.70%) Wireless
11 3 (6.52%) DHCP
11 3 (6.52%) VPN
11 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
11 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
12 2 (4.35%) Supply Chain Management
12 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
12 2 (4.35%) Converged Networks
12 2 (4.35%) Ticket Management
12 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
12 2 (4.35%) Presales

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.17%) AWS
2 1 (2.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (32.61%) Network Security
2 13 (28.26%) WAN
3 8 (17.39%) DNS
4 7 (15.22%) Cisco ISE
5 6 (13.04%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (10.87%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (10.87%) LAN
7 4 (8.70%) Wireless
8 3 (6.52%) DHCP
8 3 (6.52%) VPN
9 2 (4.35%) 5G
9 2 (4.35%) Broadband
9 2 (4.35%) Converged Networks
9 2 (4.35%) Internet
9 2 (4.35%) VoIP
9 2 (4.35%) WLAN
10 1 (2.17%) GLBP
10 1 (2.17%) Multicast
10 1 (2.17%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.17%) Unified Communications
General
1 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
1 5 (10.87%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.17%) Advertising
2 1 (2.17%) Finance
2 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (30.43%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.57%) Network Architecture
2 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (10.87%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (10.87%) Migration
4 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
5 2 (4.35%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (4.35%) Load Balancing
5 2 (4.35%) Presales
5 2 (4.35%) Supply Chain Management
5 2 (4.35%) Ticket Management
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Security
6 1 (2.17%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (2.17%) Network Design
6 1 (2.17%) Network Management
6 1 (2.17%) Project Management
6 1 (2.17%) Roadmaps
6 1 (2.17%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (2.17%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) CCNP
1 7 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.35%) CCIE
2 2 (4.35%) CISM
2 2 (4.35%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) NIST
2 2 (4.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (41.30%) Cisco
2 6 (13.04%) Fortinet
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.35%) Juniper
4 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.17%) Arista
5 1 (2.17%) Aruba
5 1 (2.17%) HP
5 1 (2.17%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.17%) VMware