Network Consultant Jobs in England

Network Consultant
UK > England

The median Network Consultant salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 600 783 905
Rank change year-on-year +183 +122 +170
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 48 39 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.046% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.048% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 44 30 46
10th Percentile - £50,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £77,500 £56,251 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +118 17 £82,500 +3.13% 7
North of England +90 14 £80,000 +6.67% 2
Midlands +75 7 £80,000 +42.22% 2
Yorkshire +81 6 £80,000 -
West Midlands +54 6 £80,000 - 2
North West - 6 £80,000 - 2
East of England +60 4 £80,000 -
South West - 3 £80,000 - 5
North East +44 2 £80,000 +6.67%
East Midlands +39 1 £80,000 +42.22%
Network Consultant
UK

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Consultant 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 across the England region featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 44 (91.67%) Cisco
2 33 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (62.50%) CCNP
4 29 (60.42%) Migration
5 24 (50.00%) Wireless
6 23 (47.92%) WAN
7 22 (45.83%) LAN
8 20 (41.67%) Fortinet
9 17 (35.42%) Firewall
9 17 (35.42%) Palo Alto
9 17 (35.42%) SD-WAN
10 16 (33.33%) CCIE
10 16 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
11 13 (27.08%) Network Security
12 11 (22.92%) CCSA
12 11 (22.92%) Azure
12 11 (22.92%) CheckPoint
12 11 (22.92%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (18.75%) MPLS
14 8 (16.67%) BGP
14 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
14 8 (16.67%) Juniper
14 8 (16.67%) AWS
14 8 (16.67%) Arista
15 7 (14.58%) 802.1X
15 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
16 6 (12.50%) IGRP
16 6 (12.50%) OSPF
16 6 (12.50%) 802.11
16 6 (12.50%) DWDM

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 24 (50.00%) Wireless
2 23 (47.92%) WAN
3 22 (45.83%) LAN
4 17 (35.42%) Firewall
4 17 (35.42%) SD-WAN
5 16 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 13 (27.08%) Network Security
7 11 (22.92%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (18.75%) MPLS
9 8 (16.67%) BGP
10 6 (12.50%) 802.11
10 6 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
10 6 (12.50%) DHCP
10 6 (12.50%) DNS
10 6 (12.50%) DWDM
10 6 (12.50%) GLBP
10 6 (12.50%) IGRP
10 6 (12.50%) Multicast
10 6 (12.50%) OSPF
10 6 (12.50%) WLAN
General
1 3 (6.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.17%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.08%) cloud-init
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
2 1 (2.08%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 3 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (60.42%) Migration
2 7 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 6 (12.50%) Network Management
3 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 6 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 6 (12.50%) WAN Optimisation
4 4 (8.33%) Feasibility Study
4 4 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 3 (6.25%) Asset Management
5 3 (6.25%) Business Case
5 3 (6.25%) Presales
5 3 (6.25%) Psychology
5 3 (6.25%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (4.17%) Network Design
6 2 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.08%) CI/CD
7 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (2.08%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (2.08%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) Bash
1 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (62.50%) CCNP
3 16 (33.33%) CCIE
4 11 (22.92%) CCSA
5 3 (6.25%) CCNA
5 3 (6.25%) Degree
5 3 (6.25%) HNC
5 3 (6.25%) HND
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Ansible
1 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (91.67%) Cisco
2 20 (41.67%) Fortinet
3 17 (35.42%) Palo Alto
4 11 (22.92%) CheckPoint
5 8 (16.67%) Arista
5 8 (16.67%) Juniper
5 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 6 (12.50%) Riverbed
7 3 (6.25%) Dell
8 1 (2.08%) Aruba
8 1 (2.08%) Google
8 1 (2.08%) ScienceLogic
8 1 (2.08%) VMware