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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 642 816
Rank change year-on-year +262 +174 -147
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 698 350 435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.35% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.36% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 229 234 316
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,950 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,313 £41,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,340 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.64% -4.84% +15.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,520 £74,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% - +17.92%

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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
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 9 May 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 9 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
UK excluding London +180 560 £55,000 +7.84% 69
England +205 476 £60,000 +14.99% 71
North of England +131 127 £50,000 - 17
South East +21 127 £60,000 +17.07% 12
London +132 93 £70,000 +21.74% 13
North West +79 87 £50,000 - 9
Scotland +2 73 £52,750 +50.71% 12
South West +17 71 £50,000 -25.93% 13
Work from Home +38 68 £67,000 +31.37% 34
Wales +62 63 £44,886 -38.09% 3
Midlands 0 48 £50,000 -20.00% 7
Northern Ireland +65 42 £47,500 +8.57% 1
Yorkshire +104 40 - - 7
East Midlands +16 35 £45,000 +21.27% 3
West Midlands -11 12 £57,500 -8.00% 4
East of England -9 9 £38,500 -23.00% 5

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 17 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.01%) Skype for Business
3 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.00%) Confluence
5 4 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (4.44%) 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 66 (9.46%) Azure
2 33 (4.73%) AWS
3 32 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (1.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (1.43%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.43%) IaaS
7 9 (1.29%) Datadog
7 9 (1.29%) Rubrik
7 9 (1.29%) SaaS
8 8 (1.15%) OneDrive
8 8 (1.15%) PaaS
9 7 (1.00%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (0.72%) GCP
11 4 (0.57%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.29%) OCI
12 2 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.14%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.14%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 392 (56.16%) VSAT
2 106 (15.19%) Firewall
3 97 (13.90%) WAN
4 69 (9.89%) LAN
5 63 (9.03%) Wireless
6 59 (8.45%) MPLS
7 51 (7.31%) Network Security
8 44 (6.30%) BGP
9 43 (6.16%) DNS
10 41 (5.87%) TCP/IP
11 40 (5.73%) SD-WAN
11 40 (5.73%) SNMP
12 39 (5.59%) VPN
13 34 (4.87%) VLAN
14 33 (4.73%) OSPF
15 29 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
16 26 (3.72%) DHCP
17 18 (2.58%) Internet
18 17 (2.44%) EIGRP
19 15 (2.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.86%) MySQL
1 13 (1.86%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.57%) Metabase
3 2 (0.29%) Big Data
4 1 (0.14%) Power BI
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (1.86%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.57%) JIRA
2 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.43%) GCC
4 1 (0.14%) GitLab
4 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
1 66 (9.46%) Social Skills
2 56 (8.02%) Finance
3 34 (4.87%) Telecoms
4 30 (4.30%) Law
5 28 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (2.87%) Banking
6 20 (2.87%) Investment Banking
7 15 (2.15%) Manufacturing
8 13 (1.86%) Local Government
9 10 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.29%) Legal
11 6 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.72%) Police
13 4 (0.57%) Automotive
14 3 (0.43%) Back Office
14 3 (0.43%) Electronics
14 3 (0.43%) Retail
15 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 440 (63.04%) Architect
2 393 (56.30%) Software Architect
3 83 (11.89%) Network Engineer
4 78 (11.17%) Senior
5 55 (7.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 33 (4.73%) Network Architect
7 30 (4.30%) Support Engineer
8 27 (3.87%) Analyst
9 23 (3.30%) Network Manager
10 19 (2.72%) Technical Support
11 17 (2.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 16 (2.29%) IT Manager
12 16 (2.29%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (2.15%) Technical Support Engineer
14 14 (2.01%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 14 (2.01%) IT Support
14 14 (2.01%) Senior Technical Engineer
15 13 (1.86%) IT Engineer
15 13 (1.86%) Senior Support Engineer
15 13 (1.86%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.01%) HTML
2 20 (2.87%) XML
3 19 (2.72%) 802.1X
4 13 (1.86%) Ajax
4 13 (1.86%) AngularJS
4 13 (1.86%) CSS
4 13 (1.86%) JDBC
4 13 (1.86%) ODBC
4 13 (1.86%) REST
4 13 (1.86%) SOAP
4 13 (1.86%) Web Services
4 13 (1.86%) XHTML
5 5 (0.72%) NETCONF
6 4 (0.57%) Middleware
7 2 (0.29%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 70 (10.03%) Data Centre
2 45 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.15%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (2.15%) IoT
4 15 (2.15%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.86%) CMDB
7 8 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 8 (1.15%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.00%) Cyberattack
8 7 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.00%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.57%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (0.57%) 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%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 59 (8.45%) Windows
2 50 (7.16%) Linux
3 24 (3.44%) Unix
4 23 (3.30%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.57%) VMS
7 4 (0.57%) 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 (57.59%) Network Architecture
2 400 (57.31%) Requirements Management
3 392 (56.16%) Model Validation
3 392 (56.16%) Validation
4 390 (55.87%) Technical Architecture
4 390 (55.87%) TOGAF
5 381 (54.58%) Actionable Insight
6 55 (7.88%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
8 45 (6.45%) ITIL
9 36 (5.16%) SIEM
10 35 (5.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 35 (5.01%) Mentoring
11 34 (4.87%) Presales
12 33 (4.73%) Network Design
13 32 (4.58%) Disaster Recovery
13 32 (4.58%) Roadmaps
14 29 (4.15%) Analytical Thinking
15 28 (4.01%) Computer Science
15 28 (4.01%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.73%) Python
2 33 (4.73%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.15%) Java
4 13 (1.86%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.86%) Perl
5 9 (1.29%) SQL
6 4 (0.57%) Bash
7 2 (0.29%) C#
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) C++
8 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 73 (10.46%) Degree
2 63 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 46 (6.59%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (6.30%) SC Cleared
5 27 (3.87%) CCNA
6 15 (2.15%) CCNP
6 15 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (1.29%) CCIE
9 7 (1.00%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.86%) CISSP
11 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.57%) CCSP
11 4 (0.57%) CRISC
11 4 (0.57%) GIAC
12 3 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.43%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (2.58%) SLA
3 11 (1.58%) NIST
4 10 (1.43%) GDPR
5 8 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (0.86%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.57%) 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%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.14%) QA
System Software
1 33 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 24 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.72%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.15%) Firmware
5 4 (0.57%) 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 (3.15%) Ansible
2 13 (1.86%) Terraform
2 13 (1.86%) WMI
3 9 (1.29%) Progress Chef
3 9 (1.29%) 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
1 103 (14.76%) Cisco
2 84 (12.03%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.30%) SolarWinds
4 34 (4.87%) VMware
5 30 (4.30%) Juniper
6 24 (3.44%) Fortinet
7 22 (3.15%) Aruba
7 22 (3.15%) Meraki
8 21 (3.01%) Palo Alto
9 18 (2.58%) Veeam
10 16 (2.29%) Mitel
11 15 (2.15%) Oracle
12 14 (2.01%) Avaya
13 13 (1.86%) Splunk
14 10 (1.43%) LogicMonitor
14 10 (1.43%) NetApp
15 9 (1.29%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.29%) F5
15 9 (1.29%) Google
15 9 (1.29%) HP