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 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 608 860 1024
Rank change year-on-year +252 +164 -206
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 318 104 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 258 89 171
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,302 £47,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £85,000 £78,125
90th Percentile £63,750 £110,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +3.60%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +275 279 £45,000 -28.00% 45
UK excluding London +180 239 £45,000 -14.29% 37
South East +109 93 £39,000 -35.54% 17
London +126 51 £43,000 -38.57% 9
Midlands +57 47 £45,000 -43.75% 5
Work from Home +65 38 £57,500 -25.81% 11
North of England +62 38 £47,500 -8.97% 8
South West +5 38 £57,500 +9.52% 2
East Midlands +14 26 £39,000 -24.38% 3
West Midlands +35 21 £57,500 -28.13% 2
North West +27 21 £37,500 +1.35% 4
East of England +34 19 £37,500 -21.88% 2
Yorkshire +87 15 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Scotland - 8 £62,500 - 3
North East -2 6 £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 5 May 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 74 (23.27%) Firewall
2 65 (20.44%) Cisco
3 61 (19.18%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (16.98%) Microsoft
5 50 (15.72%) LAN
6 47 (14.78%) WAN
7 45 (14.15%) Active Directory
8 42 (13.21%) Degree
9 41 (12.89%) Social Skills
10 39 (12.26%) Hyper-V
10 39 (12.26%) VPN
11 38 (11.95%) Azure
11 38 (11.95%) Network Security
12 37 (11.64%) Wi-Fi
13 35 (11.01%) VMware
13 35 (11.01%) Windows
14 33 (10.38%) VMware Infrastructure
14 33 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
14 33 (10.38%) Kalman Filter
15 32 (10.06%) DHCP
16 30 (9.43%) DNS
17 27 (8.49%) Aruba
17 27 (8.49%) Service Delivery
18 25 (7.86%) Mentoring
18 25 (7.86%) SD-WAN
18 25 (7.86%) Project Delivery
18 25 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (7.55%) Windows Server
19 24 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
20 23 (7.23%) 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 12 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.26%) SAS
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (19.18%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (11.95%) Azure
3 11 (3.46%) AWS
4 10 (3.14%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.20%) OCI
6 6 (1.89%) GCP
6 6 (1.89%) Google Workspace
7 4 (1.26%) Twilio
8 3 (0.94%) PaaS
8 3 (0.94%) SaaS
9 2 (0.63%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 74 (23.27%) Firewall
2 50 (15.72%) LAN
3 47 (14.78%) WAN
4 39 (12.26%) VPN
5 38 (11.95%) Network Security
6 37 (11.64%) Wi-Fi
7 32 (10.06%) DHCP
8 30 (9.43%) DNS
9 25 (7.86%) SD-WAN
10 23 (7.23%) Wireless
11 18 (5.66%) VLAN
12 17 (5.35%) SAN
13 16 (5.03%) Internet
13 16 (5.03%) Intranet
13 16 (5.03%) TCP/IP
14 13 (4.09%) SNMP
15 9 (2.83%) Unified Communications
16 5 (1.57%) 5G
16 5 (1.57%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (1.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 41 (12.89%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.23%) Finance
3 21 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.29%) Legal
5 15 (4.72%) Marketing
6 9 (2.83%) Local Government
7 8 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.20%) Law
9 6 (1.89%) French Language
9 6 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.94%) Japanese Language
10 3 (0.94%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.63%) Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.31%) Publishing
12 1 (0.31%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.63%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (5.97%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.03%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.40%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.83%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.20%) CCTV
8 4 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.26%) IoT
8 4 (1.26%) IPTV
9 3 (0.94%) Replication
10 2 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.31%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.31%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.31%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.31%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.31%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.01%) Windows
2 24 (7.55%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.46%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.57%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.26%) Android
6 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (10.38%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (10.38%) Kalman Filter
2 27 (8.49%) Service Delivery
3 25 (7.86%) Mentoring
3 25 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (7.86%) Project Delivery
4 24 (7.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (7.23%) Network Management
5 23 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (6.60%) Decision-Making
6 21 (6.60%) Line Management
6 21 (6.60%) Project Management
7 20 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (6.29%) Data Protection
8 19 (5.97%) Network Design
9 17 (5.35%) ITIL
10 14 (4.40%) Office Automation
10 14 (4.40%) Security Patching
11 13 (4.09%) Strategic Thinking
12 12 (3.77%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.72%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.57%) SQL
3 1 (0.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (13.21%) Degree
2 17 (5.35%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.09%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.83%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.52%) MCP
5 8 (2.52%) MCSA
6 7 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.20%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.57%) BICSI RCDD
7 5 (1.57%) MCSE
8 4 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.26%) CCNA
8 4 (1.26%) CCNP
8 4 (1.26%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.26%) PMP
9 3 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.63%) HNC
11 1 (0.31%) CCIE
11 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.26%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 45 (14.15%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.26%) Hyper-V
3 33 (10.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (5.35%) WSUS
2 16 (5.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.09%) SmoothWall
4 9 (2.83%) SCCM
5 3 (0.94%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.31%) Ansible
7 1 (0.31%) Core Impact
7 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 65 (20.44%) Cisco
2 54 (16.98%) Microsoft
3 35 (11.01%) VMware
4 27 (8.49%) Aruba
5 17 (5.35%) Veeam
6 11 (3.46%) HP
7 9 (2.83%) Apple
7 9 (2.83%) Google
7 9 (2.83%) Juniper
7 9 (2.83%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.52%) Fortinet
8 8 (2.52%) Sage
9 7 (2.20%) Oracle
10 6 (1.89%) Meraki
11 5 (1.57%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.26%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.94%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.94%) Dell
14 2 (0.63%) Ubiquiti
15 1 (0.31%) CrowdStrike