Network Specialist
UK

The median Network Specialist salary in the UK is £50,000 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 816 918 1120
Rank change year-on-year +102 +202 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 89 55 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.053% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.058% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 81 37 63
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,400 £39,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,500 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,887 £73,750 £65,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -13.64% -12.00%

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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
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 Specialist 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 +143 84 £50,000 - 12
UK excluding London +23 68 £47,500 - 11
Work from Home +103 38 £54,556 +37.03% 6
East of England +32 26 £60,000 +20.00% 4
South East +30 20 £47,000 -10.48% 2
North of England +39 18 £42,500 +6.75% 1
London +135 16 £63,264 -6.96% 1
North East -4 9 £42,500 +6.75%
North West - 9 £40,000 - 1
Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 4
West Midlands - 3 £60,000 - 4
South West -22 1 £42,500 -

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

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

1 63 (70.79%) Cisco
2 40 (44.94%) Firewall
3 28 (31.46%) Security Cleared
4 27 (30.34%) Juniper
5 26 (29.21%) Palo Alto
6 23 (25.84%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (24.72%) Aerospace
7 22 (24.72%) Cryptography
8 20 (22.47%) Network Security
9 19 (21.35%) Data Centre
10 18 (20.22%) Network Architecture
11 17 (19.10%) Information Management
12 16 (17.98%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (17.98%) CCDA
13 15 (16.85%) OSPF
14 13 (14.61%) CCDP
14 13 (14.61%) DV Cleared
15 12 (13.48%) CheckPoint
15 12 (13.48%) BGP
15 12 (13.48%) EIGRP
15 12 (13.48%) LAN
16 11 (12.36%) Project Management
16 11 (12.36%) Network Design
16 11 (12.36%) Fortinet
16 11 (12.36%) Social Skills
17 10 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
17 10 (11.24%) FortiGate
18 9 (10.11%) DMVPN
18 9 (10.11%) Aruba
18 9 (10.11%) Riverbed

Network Specialist 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.12%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 40 (44.94%) Firewall
2 20 (22.47%) Network Security
3 16 (17.98%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (16.85%) OSPF
5 12 (13.48%) BGP
5 12 (13.48%) EIGRP
5 12 (13.48%) LAN
6 9 (10.11%) DMVPN
6 9 (10.11%) DNS
7 8 (8.99%) WAN
8 7 (7.87%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (6.74%) Wireless
10 5 (5.62%) MPLS
10 5 (5.62%) VPN
11 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
12 3 (3.37%) IPsec
12 3 (3.37%) VoIP
12 3 (3.37%) WAAS
13 2 (2.25%) 4G
13 2 (2.25%) NAS
General
1 22 (24.72%) Aerospace
2 11 (12.36%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.49%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Military
7 1 (1.12%) Arabic Language
7 1 (1.12%) Billing
7 1 (1.12%) Finance
7 1 (1.12%) French Language
7 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (1.12%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.35%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.49%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.25%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.25%) Windows
1 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
1 2 (2.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (24.72%) Cryptography
2 18 (20.22%) Network Architecture
3 17 (19.10%) Information Management
4 11 (12.36%) Network Design
4 11 (12.36%) Project Management
5 10 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.11%) Information Security
7 8 (8.99%) Threat Analysis
7 8 (8.99%) User Experience
8 6 (6.74%) Mentoring
8 6 (6.74%) Migration
8 6 (6.74%) Network Management
8 6 (6.74%) Prototyping
9 5 (5.62%) Roadmaps
9 5 (5.62%) Software Engineering
10 4 (4.49%) Agile
10 4 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (4.49%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (4.49%) Service Management
10 4 (4.49%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Security Cleared
2 23 (25.84%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (17.98%) CCDA
4 13 (14.61%) CCDP
4 13 (14.61%) DV Cleared
5 8 (8.99%) CCNP
6 7 (7.87%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.49%) CCNA
7 4 (4.49%) Degree
8 3 (3.37%) CCIE
9 2 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.87%) SLA
2 2 (2.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) Firmware
2 2 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 63 (70.79%) Cisco
2 27 (30.34%) Juniper
3 26 (29.21%) Palo Alto
4 12 (13.48%) CheckPoint
5 11 (12.36%) Fortinet
6 9 (10.11%) Aruba
6 9 (10.11%) Blue Coat
6 9 (10.11%) Infoblox
6 9 (10.11%) Riverbed
6 9 (10.11%) VMware
7 7 (7.87%) Meraki
8 4 (4.49%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (3.37%) Avaya
9 3 (3.37%) F5
9 3 (3.37%) McAfee
9 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.25%) Sandvine