Network Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 372 645 815
Rank change year-on-year +273 +170 -151
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 694 349 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.33% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.35% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 226 230 327
10th Percentile £33,474 £32,500 £31,100
25th Percentile £41,438 £40,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -7.27% +13.99%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +13.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
UK excluding London +187 553 £55,000 +10.00% 77
England +211 472 £60,000 +17.65% 76
North of England +128 126 £50,000 - 18
South East +57 126 £60,000 +33.33% 12
London +157 95 £70,000 +27.27% 19
North West +79 86 £50,000 +1.55% 12
Scotland +3 72 £73,000 +108.57% 16
Work from Home +54 68 £64,750 +29.50% 51
South West +31 68 £50,000 -25.93% 13
Wales +69 63 £44,886 -38.09% 4
Midlands +14 47 £53,750 -10.42% 7
Northern Ireland +69 42 £47,500 +35.71% 1
Yorkshire +105 40 - - 5
East Midlands +19 35 £45,000 +21.27% 2
West Midlands -2 11 £57,500 -8.00% 5
East of England -9 9 £38,500 -23.38% 8

Network Management
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 15 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.02%) Skype for Business
3 8 (1.15%) Confluence
4 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.58%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.15%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (9.22%) Azure
2 32 (4.61%) AWS
2 32 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (1.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 11 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (1.44%) IaaS
5 9 (1.30%) Datadog
5 9 (1.30%) Rubrik
5 9 (1.30%) SaaS
6 8 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 8 (1.15%) PaaS
7 7 (1.01%) AWS Direct Connect
8 6 (0.86%) OneDrive
9 5 (0.72%) GCP
10 4 (0.58%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.29%) OCI
11 2 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.14%) Google Drive
12 1 (0.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 392 (56.48%) VSAT
2 106 (15.27%) Firewall
3 98 (14.12%) WAN
4 69 (9.94%) LAN
5 62 (8.93%) Wireless
6 59 (8.50%) MPLS
7 53 (7.64%) Network Security
8 44 (6.34%) BGP
9 43 (6.20%) DNS
10 41 (5.91%) SNMP
11 38 (5.48%) TCP/IP
12 37 (5.33%) SD-WAN
12 37 (5.33%) VPN
13 33 (4.76%) OSPF
14 32 (4.61%) VLAN
15 29 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
16 26 (3.75%) DHCP
17 18 (2.59%) Internet
18 17 (2.45%) EIGRP
19 15 (2.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.87%) MySQL
1 13 (1.87%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.58%) Metabase
3 2 (0.29%) Big Data
4 1 (0.14%) Power BI
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (1.87%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.58%) JIRA
2 4 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.43%) GCC
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (9.94%) Social Skills
2 65 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (7.78%) Finance
4 37 (5.33%) Telecoms
5 25 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (3.60%) Law
6 17 (2.45%) Banking
6 17 (2.45%) Investment Banking
7 14 (2.02%) Manufacturing
8 13 (1.87%) Local Government
9 10 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.30%) Legal
11 7 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.72%) Police
13 4 (0.58%) Automotive
14 3 (0.43%) Back Office
14 3 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.43%) Electronics
14 3 (0.43%) Retail
15 2 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 439 (63.26%) Architect
2 393 (56.63%) Software Architect
3 81 (11.67%) Network Engineer
4 78 (11.24%) Senior
5 55 (7.93%) Senior Network Engineer
6 32 (4.61%) Network Architect
7 28 (4.03%) Support Engineer
8 25 (3.60%) Analyst
9 23 (3.31%) Network Manager
10 19 (2.74%) Technical Support
11 17 (2.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 16 (2.31%) IT Manager
12 16 (2.31%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (2.16%) Technical Support Engineer
14 14 (2.02%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 14 (2.02%) Senior Technical Engineer
15 13 (1.87%) IT Support
15 13 (1.87%) Senior Support Engineer
15 13 (1.87%) Senior Technical Support
15 13 (1.87%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.03%) HTML
2 20 (2.88%) XML
3 19 (2.74%) 802.1X
4 13 (1.87%) Ajax
4 13 (1.87%) AngularJS
4 13 (1.87%) CSS
4 13 (1.87%) JDBC
4 13 (1.87%) ODBC
4 13 (1.87%) REST
4 13 (1.87%) SOAP
4 13 (1.87%) Web Services
4 13 (1.87%) XHTML
5 5 (0.72%) NETCONF
6 4 (0.58%) Middleware
7 2 (0.29%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 71 (10.23%) Data Centre
2 44 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (2.16%) IoT
4 15 (2.16%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.87%) CMDB
7 8 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.15%) Security Posture
7 8 (1.15%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.01%) Cyberattack
8 7 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.58%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.43%) IVR
11 3 (0.43%) PKI
12 2 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (8.50%) Windows
2 50 (7.20%) Linux
3 24 (3.46%) Unix
4 23 (3.31%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.58%) VMS
7 4 (0.58%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.43%) CatOS
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.29%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Solaris
9 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (57.93%) Network Architecture
2 399 (57.49%) Requirements Management
3 393 (56.63%) Actionable Insight
4 392 (56.48%) Model Validation
4 392 (56.48%) Validation
5 390 (56.20%) Technical Architecture
5 390 (56.20%) TOGAF
6 56 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
8 45 (6.48%) ITIL
9 36 (5.19%) SIEM
10 35 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (5.04%) Mentoring
11 34 (4.90%) Presales
12 33 (4.76%) Network Design
13 32 (4.61%) Roadmaps
14 31 (4.47%) Disaster Recovery
15 29 (4.18%) Computer Science
15 29 (4.18%) Customer Requirements
16 28 (4.03%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (6.92%) Python
2 34 (4.90%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.16%) Java
4 13 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.87%) Perl
5 9 (1.30%) SQL
6 5 (0.72%) Bash
7 2 (0.29%) C#
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) C++
8 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 70 (10.09%) Degree
2 64 (9.22%) Security Cleared
3 47 (6.77%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (6.34%) SC Cleared
5 28 (4.03%) CCNA
6 16 (2.31%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.16%) CCNP
7 15 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (1.30%) CCIE
10 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.86%) CISSP
12 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.58%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.58%) CCSP
12 4 (0.58%) CRISC
12 4 (0.58%) GIAC
13 3 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.43%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.45%) SLA
3 11 (1.59%) NIST
4 10 (1.44%) GDPR
5 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (0.86%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.58%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.29%) COSHH
10 2 (0.29%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.14%) QA
System Software
1 31 (4.47%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.15%) Firmware
5 4 (0.58%) pfSense
6 3 (0.43%) KVM
6 3 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.43%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 22 (3.17%) Ansible
2 13 (1.87%) Terraform
2 13 (1.87%) WMI
3 9 (1.30%) Progress Chef
3 9 (1.30%) Puppet
4 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.86%) Endace
5 6 (0.86%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.29%) CASB
6 2 (0.29%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.29%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.29%) Nessus
6 2 (0.29%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.29%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.29%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.29%) WSUS
7 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 101 (14.55%) Cisco
2 80 (11.53%) Microsoft
3 35 (5.04%) SolarWinds
3 35 (5.04%) VMware
4 31 (4.47%) Juniper
5 23 (3.31%) Fortinet
6 22 (3.17%) Aruba
7 21 (3.03%) Meraki
7 21 (3.03%) Palo Alto
8 18 (2.59%) Veeam
9 16 (2.31%) Mitel
10 15 (2.16%) Oracle
11 14 (2.02%) Avaya
12 13 (1.87%) Splunk
13 10 (1.44%) Arista
13 10 (1.44%) LogicMonitor
13 10 (1.44%) NetApp
14 9 (1.30%) CheckPoint
14 9 (1.30%) Google
14 9 (1.30%) HP