The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Network Manager
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank700689574
Rank change year-on-year
Down-11Down-115
Matching permanent IT job ads176176181
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.146 %0.144 %0.190 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.154 %0.152 %0.203 %
Number of salaries quoted148145148
Average salary£55,000£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£33,500£30,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£62,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£50,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
+10.00 %+5.26 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Network Manager
Demand Trend

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

Network Manager Demand Trend

Network Manager
Salary Trend

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

Network Manager Salary Trend

Network Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Manager over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Network Manager Salary Histogram

Network Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-18165£55,000+10.00 %
LondonUp+2371£55,000-
South EastDown-1662£57,500+15.00 %
BerkshireDown-628£60,000+50.00 %
City of LondonUp+1918£65,000+18.18 %
ReadingDown-310£60,000-
East of EnglandUp+18£60,000+33.33 %
West MidlandsDown-258£60,000+20.00 %
CambridgeshireNo change07£60,000+71.42 %
YorkshireDown-207£51,000+20.00 %
East SussexNew entry-7£45,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-7£50,000-
BrightonNew entry-7£45,000-
M4 CorridorNew entry-7£60,000-
East MidlandsDown-166£50,000-9.09 %
CambridgeNew entry-6£62,500-
ManchesterDown-15£51,000+56.92 %
NewburyDown-125£60,000-
North WestDown-135£51,000+2.00 %
East YorkshireNew entry-4£51,000-
MiddlesexUp+213£85,000+41.66 %
LincolnUp+43£37,500-
LincolnshireUp+13£37,500-
South YorkshireDown-83£52,500+54.41 %
BirminghamDown-93£70,000-
HampshireDown-133--
SurreyDown-303£40,000-15.78 %
High WycombeNew entry-3£40,000-
ScotlandUp+62£45,000+20.00 %
NottinghamshireUp+12£59,000+7.27 %

Network Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1242 (63.02 %)Cisco
2154 (40.10 %)Firewall
3134 (34.90 %)WAN
4123 (32.03 %)LAN
5108 (28.13 %)ITIL
697 (25.26 %)Cisco Certification
791 (23.70 %)MPLS
881 (21.09 %)Telecoms
979 (20.57 %)Windows
1065 (16.93 %)Finance
1163 (16.41 %)VMware
1261 (15.89 %)CCNP
1359 (15.36 %)VPN
1457 (14.84 %)VoIP
1556 (14.58 %)Service Management
1654 (14.06 %)Microsoft
1654 (14.06 %)Project Management
1753 (13.80 %)Network Security
1851 (13.28 %)Cisco ASA
1851 (13.28 %)CheckPoint
1851 (13.28 %)Juniper
1950 (13.02 %)Network Design
2047 (12.24 %)Network Management
2146 (11.98 %)Service Delivery
2244 (11.46 %)Wireless
2244 (11.46 %)Active Directory
2343 (11.20 %)Linux
2343 (11.20 %)Performance Management
2441 (10.68 %)CCNA
2540 (10.42 %)BGP

Network Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (2.083 %)Web Services
25 (1.302 %).NET
33 (0.781 %)LAMP
33 (0.781 %)Application Packaging
33 (0.781 %)Forefront TMG
42 (0.521 %)JSP
51 (0.260 %)FIX Protocol
51 (0.260 %)Software Packaging
51 (0.260 %)WebSphere
51 (0.260 %)COM
51 (0.260 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (4.948 %)MS Exchange
214 (3.646 %)IIS
312 (3.125 %)Exchange Server 2003
49 (2.344 %)Exchange Server 2010
58 (2.083 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
66 (1.563 %)SharePoint
74 (1.042 %)Amazon AWS
83 (0.781 %)Drupal
83 (0.781 %)SharePoint Server
92 (0.521 %)Exchange Server 2007
92 (0.521 %)Exchange Server 5.5
101 (0.260 %)SAS
101 (0.260 %)WebLogic
101 (0.260 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.260 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (5.990 %)MS Excel
216 (4.167 %)MS Visio
36 (1.563 %)MS Office
45 (1.302 %)MS Project
51 (0.260 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.260 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.302 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1154 (40.10 %)Firewall
2134 (34.90 %)WAN
3123 (32.03 %)LAN
491 (23.70 %)MPLS
559 (15.36 %)VPN
657 (14.84 %)VoIP
753 (13.80 %)Network Security
851 (13.28 %)Cisco ASA
944 (11.46 %)Wireless
1040 (10.42 %)BGP
1040 (10.42 %)Cisco PIX
1135 (9.115 %)DNS
1233 (8.594 %)TCP/IP
1321 (5.469 %)VLAN
1321 (5.469 %)SSL
1321 (5.469 %)OSPF
1420 (5.208 %)DHCP
1420 (5.208 %)Ethernet
1517 (4.427 %)RIP
1517 (4.427 %)EIGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (1.823 %)SQL Server
26 (1.563 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.260 %)TestDirector
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
181 (21.09 %)Telecoms
265 (16.93 %)Finance
317 (4.427 %)Retail
414 (3.646 %)Banking
511 (2.865 %)Investment Banking
65 (1.302 %)Marketing
73 (0.781 %)Publishing
73 (0.781 %)Law
73 (0.781 %)Legal
82 (0.521 %)Manufacturing
91 (0.260 %)Advertising
91 (0.260 %)Financial Institution
91 (0.260 %)Multimedia
91 (0.260 %)Music
91 (0.260 %)Music Industry
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (3.125 %)Management Information System
29 (2.344 %)Computer Science
38 (2.083 %)SaaS
46 (1.563 %)Clustering
46 (1.563 %)Blackberry
55 (1.302 %)Client/Server
55 (1.302 %)PMI
55 (1.302 %)Replication
55 (1.302 %)Digital Media
64 (1.042 %)Firmware
73 (0.781 %)DTV
73 (0.781 %)Hedge funds
73 (0.781 %)SecurID
82 (0.521 %)FMCG
82 (0.521 %)Cloud Computing
82 (0.521 %)Open Source
91 (0.260 %)CCTV
91 (0.260 %)Data Protection Act
91 (0.260 %)Data Integration
91 (0.260 %)NPfIT
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
179 (20.57 %)Windows
243 (11.20 %)Linux
329 (7.552 %)Windows Server 2008
426 (6.771 %)Windows Server 2003
524 (6.250 %)UNIX
612 (3.125 %)Windows XP
612 (3.125 %)Windows 7
78 (2.083 %)Debian
87 (1.823 %)Ubuntu
93 (0.781 %)CentOS
101 (0.260 %)Fedora
101 (0.260 %)Mac OS X
101 (0.260 %)Solaris
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1108 (28.13 %)ITIL
256 (14.58 %)Service Management
354 (14.06 %)Project Management
450 (13.02 %)Network Design
547 (12.24 %)Network Management
646 (11.98 %)Service Delivery
743 (11.20 %)Performance Management
830 (7.813 %)PRINCE2
929 (7.552 %)Change Management
1027 (7.031 %)E-Commerce
1027 (7.031 %)Capacity Planning
1125 (6.510 %)Continuous Improvement
1221 (5.469 %)Load Balancing
1317 (4.427 %)Incident Management
1317 (4.427 %)Disaster Recovery
1317 (4.427 %)Configuration Management
1415 (3.906 %)Supplier Management
1514 (3.646 %)Technical Architecture
1612 (3.125 %)Resource Management
1612 (3.125 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
117 (4.427 %)SQL
26 (1.563 %)Shell Script
26 (1.563 %)C
33 (0.781 %)Java
33 (0.781 %)Bash shell
42 (0.521 %)Python
42 (0.521 %)Perl
51 (0.260 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
197 (25.26 %)Cisco Certification
261 (15.89 %)CCNP
341 (10.68 %)CCNA
434 (8.854 %)CCIE
533 (8.594 %)Degree
619 (4.948 %)ITIL Certification
717 (4.427 %)Microsoft Certification
816 (4.167 %)MCSE
915 (3.906 %)PMI Certification
1010 (2.604 %)PMP
118 (2.083 %)PRINCE2 Certification
126 (1.563 %)CCIP
126 (1.563 %)MCITP
135 (1.302 %)Security Cleared
144 (1.042 %)CISM
144 (1.042 %)CISSP
153 (0.781 %)CCSE
153 (0.781 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
153 (0.781 %)JNCIA
162 (0.521 %)CCVP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
138 (9.896 %)SLA
26 (1.563 %)PCI DSS
33 (0.781 %)ISO/IEC 27001
41 (0.260 %)QA
41 (0.260 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.260 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
144 (11.46 %)Active Directory
236 (9.375 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (2.344 %)vSphere
39 (2.344 %)VMware Workstation
48 (2.083 %)VMware ESX
55 (1.302 %)Hyper-V
64 (1.042 %)XenServer
73 (0.781 %)XenApp
73 (0.781 %)VMware ESXi
73 (0.781 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
113 (3.385 %)SCCM
28 (2.083 %)CiscoWorks
35 (1.302 %)Norton AntiVirus
35 (1.302 %)Cisco IPCC
44 (1.042 %)OpenView
53 (0.781 %)Sysprep
62 (0.521 %)Nagios
62 (0.521 %)SCOM
71 (0.260 %)HP NNM
71 (0.260 %)MOM
71 (0.260 %)Cisco CUCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1242 (63.02 %)Cisco
263 (16.41 %)VMware
354 (14.06 %)Microsoft
451 (13.28 %)Juniper
451 (13.28 %)CheckPoint
530 (7.813 %)Nokia
530 (7.813 %)HP
629 (7.552 %)Blue Coat
723 (5.990 %)F5
811 (2.865 %)EMC
811 (2.865 %)Citrix
99 (2.344 %)ProCurve
108 (2.083 %)Sophos
117 (1.823 %)Riverbed
117 (1.823 %)Dell
125 (1.302 %)Symantec
134 (1.042 %)Red Hat
134 (1.042 %)Websense
134 (1.042 %)Oracle
134 (1.042 %)Avaya