Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 878 997
Rank change year-on-year +280 +119 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 314 111 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 256 96 165
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,302 £46,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £49,281 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.13% +1.60% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £110,000 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +1.32%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 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 +273 275 £45,000 -28.00% 43
UK excluding London +182 232 £45,000 -14.29% 34
South East +97 90 £39,000 -35.00% 15
London +129 55 £45,000 -35.71% 10
Midlands +48 47 £45,000 -43.75% 5
South West +12 38 £57,500 +9.52% 4
Work from Home +84 37 £57,500 -28.13% 15
North of England +54 35 £45,000 -21.52% 5
East Midlands +10 26 £39,000 -24.38% 4
West Midlands +34 21 £57,500 -28.13% 1
North West +25 21 £37,500 -2.60% 2
East of England +42 18 £37,500 +4.90% 4
Yorkshire +87 13 £50,000 -25.93% 2
Scotland - 8 £62,500 - 1
North East +4 5 £45,000 -3.23% 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 75 (23.89%) Firewall
2 64 (20.38%) Cisco
3 62 (19.75%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (17.20%) Microsoft
5 51 (16.24%) LAN
6 47 (14.97%) Active Directory
6 47 (14.97%) WAN
7 45 (14.33%) Social Skills
8 42 (13.38%) Degree
9 41 (13.06%) Hyper-V
10 39 (12.42%) VPN
11 38 (12.10%) Azure
11 38 (12.10%) Network Security
12 37 (11.78%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (11.78%) VMware
13 36 (11.46%) Windows
14 35 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
15 34 (10.83%) Kalman Filter
16 33 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (10.51%) DHCP
17 32 (10.19%) DNS
18 28 (8.92%) Service Delivery
19 26 (8.28%) SD-WAN
19 26 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
20 25 (7.96%) Windows Server
20 25 (7.96%) Aruba
21 24 (7.64%) Mentoring
21 24 (7.64%) Disaster Recovery
21 24 (7.64%) Project Delivery
22 23 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management

Network Manager 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 13 (4.14%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.27%) SAS
4 2 (0.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (19.75%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (12.10%) Azure
3 11 (3.50%) AWS
3 11 (3.50%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.23%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (2.23%) GCP
4 7 (2.23%) OCI
5 6 (1.91%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.27%) Twilio
7 3 (0.96%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.96%) PaaS
7 3 (0.96%) SaaS
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 75 (23.89%) Firewall
2 51 (16.24%) LAN
3 47 (14.97%) WAN
4 39 (12.42%) VPN
5 38 (12.10%) Network Security
6 37 (11.78%) Wi-Fi
7 33 (10.51%) DHCP
8 32 (10.19%) DNS
9 26 (8.28%) SD-WAN
10 22 (7.01%) Wireless
11 19 (6.05%) VLAN
12 17 (5.41%) SAN
12 17 (5.41%) TCP/IP
13 16 (5.10%) Internet
13 16 (5.10%) Intranet
14 13 (4.14%) SNMP
15 9 (2.87%) Unified Communications
16 7 (2.23%) VoIP
17 6 (1.91%) WLAN
18 5 (1.59%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 45 (14.33%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (7.01%) Finance
3 20 (6.37%) Legal
4 13 (4.14%) Marketing
5 9 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.55%) Local Government
6 8 (2.55%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.23%) Law
8 6 (1.91%) French Language
9 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.96%) Japanese Language
9 3 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.64%) Banking
10 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.32%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.37%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (5.73%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.10%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.46%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.18%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.59%) CCTV
8 4 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.27%) IoT
8 4 (1.27%) IPTV
9 3 (0.96%) Replication
10 2 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.64%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.32%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.32%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.32%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.32%) Social Media
11 1 (0.32%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.46%) Windows
2 25 (7.96%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.50%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.59%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.27%) Android
5 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (10.83%) Kalman Filter
2 33 (10.51%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (8.92%) Service Delivery
4 26 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (7.64%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (7.64%) Mentoring
5 24 (7.64%) Project Delivery
6 23 (7.32%) Network Management
6 23 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (7.01%) Project Management
8 21 (6.69%) Decision-Making
8 21 (6.69%) Line Management
9 20 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (6.37%) Data Protection
10 19 (6.05%) Network Design
11 18 (5.73%) ITIL
12 14 (4.46%) Office Automation
12 14 (4.46%) Security Patching
13 13 (4.14%) Migration
13 13 (4.14%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.78%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.59%) SQL
3 1 (0.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (13.38%) Degree
2 17 (5.41%) Master's Degree
3 12 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.87%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.55%) MCP
5 8 (2.55%) MCSA
6 7 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.91%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.59%) MCSE
9 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.27%) BICSI RCDD
9 4 (1.27%) CCNA
9 4 (1.27%) CCNP
10 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.96%) PMP
11 2 (0.64%) HNC
11 2 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.32%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.27%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.64%) QA
4 2 (0.64%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (14.97%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.06%) Hyper-V
3 35 (11.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.73%) WSUS
2 17 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (4.46%) SmoothWall
4 10 (3.18%) SCCM
5 4 (1.27%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.32%) Ansible
7 1 (0.32%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 64 (20.38%) Cisco
2 54 (17.20%) Microsoft
3 37 (11.78%) VMware
4 25 (7.96%) Aruba
5 17 (5.41%) Veeam
6 11 (3.50%) Google
6 11 (3.50%) HP
7 9 (2.87%) Apple
7 9 (2.87%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.55%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.55%) Juniper
8 8 (2.55%) Sage
9 7 (2.23%) Meraki
9 7 (2.23%) Oracle
10 5 (1.59%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.27%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.96%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.96%) Dell
13 2 (0.64%) Ubiquiti
14 1 (0.32%) CrowdStrike