Network Management Jobs in England

Network Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 428 604
Rank change year-on-year +15 +176 +231
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 285 485 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.54% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.64% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 147 201 220
10th Percentile £32,533 £33,474 £34,025
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Network Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Management in England

Network Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Management in England

Network Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England -20 74 £38,500 -23.00% 23
Midlands +82 66 £65,000 +30.00% 13
Yorkshire +77 63 £42,500 -22.02% 4
West Midlands +104 61 £65,000 +13.04% 9
London +71 60 £82,500 +17.86% 37
South East -5 39 £60,000 - 12
East of England +70 31 £51,000 -3.77% 6
South West +52 15 £56,121 +12.24% 17
North West -76 11 £38,500 -23.00% 14
East Midlands +12 5 - - 4
Network Management
UK

Network Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (23.16%) Azure
2 48 (16.84%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.42%) AWS
4 11 (3.86%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.40%) GCP
6 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.05%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.35%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.35%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 117 (41.05%) Firewall
2 82 (28.77%) WAN
3 62 (21.75%) Network Security
4 54 (18.95%) Cisco ISE
5 45 (15.79%) VPN
6 38 (13.33%) LAN
7 33 (11.58%) WLAN
8 32 (11.23%) Internet
9 31 (10.88%) OSPF
9 31 (10.88%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (10.53%) BGP
11 20 (7.02%) MPLS
12 17 (5.96%) EIGRP
12 17 (5.96%) TCP/IP
13 15 (5.26%) DHCP
14 14 (4.91%) DNS
14 14 (4.91%) VoIP
14 14 (4.91%) Wireless
15 13 (4.56%) Ethernet
15 13 (4.56%) SNMP
General
1 59 (20.70%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.68%) Finance
3 12 (4.21%) Banking
4 10 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.11%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.11%) Police
7 5 (1.75%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.40%) Aviation
9 3 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.05%) Legal
10 2 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Law
10 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (28.77%) IT Engineer
2 49 (17.19%) Architect
3 47 (16.49%) IT Support
4 43 (15.09%) Network Architect
5 37 (12.98%) IT Support Engineer
5 37 (12.98%) Network Engineer
5 37 (12.98%) Support Engineer
6 36 (12.63%) Designer
6 36 (12.63%) Network Designer
7 25 (8.77%) Senior
8 21 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (6.67%) Instrumentation Engineer
10 16 (5.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.81%) Senior Network Engineer
12 7 (2.46%) Lead
13 6 (2.11%) Technical Support
14 5 (1.75%) Analyst
14 5 (1.75%) IT Manager
14 5 (1.75%) IT Support Specialist
14 5 (1.75%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.11%) REST
2 5 (1.75%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.70%) Kafka
3 2 (0.70%) Node.js
3 2 (0.70%) React
3 2 (0.70%) Spring
4 1 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (20.35%) Operational Technology
2 37 (12.98%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.46%) Social Media
4 6 (2.11%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.11%) IPTV
5 4 (1.40%) IoT
5 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.70%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.70%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.70%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.70%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.35%) CCTV
8 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.35%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.35%) PKI
8 1 (0.35%) Robotics
8 1 (0.35%) SCADA
8 1 (0.35%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 140 (49.12%) Windows
2 45 (15.79%) Linux
3 22 (7.72%) Windows 10
4 14 (4.91%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.70%) Unix
7 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (25.26%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (24.21%) Network Design
2 69 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (14.39%) Computer Science
4 39 (13.68%) ITIL
5 34 (11.93%) Mentoring
6 30 (10.53%) Asset Management
7 29 (10.18%) IT Asset Management
8 22 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (5.61%) Network Monitoring
10 14 (4.91%) Customer Service
11 13 (4.56%) Configuration Management
12 12 (4.21%) Performance Monitoring
12 12 (4.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (3.51%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (3.51%) Kalman Filter
13 10 (3.51%) Risk Management
14 9 (3.16%) High Availability
14 9 (3.16%) Mobile Device Management
14 9 (3.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.11%) Python
2 4 (1.40%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.70%) Java
4 1 (0.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 82 (28.77%) Security Cleared
2 67 (23.51%) Cisco Certification
3 60 (21.05%) CCNA
4 56 (19.65%) CCNP
5 55 (19.30%) Degree
6 44 (15.44%) SC Cleared
7 32 (11.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (10.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (9.82%) LPIC
9 28 (9.82%) MCP
9 28 (9.82%) MCSE
10 8 (2.81%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.81%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.11%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.75%) CCIE
13 4 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.70%) JNCIA
15 1 (0.35%) CISMP
15 1 (0.35%) CTC Cleared
15 1 (0.35%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (2.81%) SLA
2 6 (2.11%) GDPR
3 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.35%) NCSC
3 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (34.74%) Active Directory
2 59 (20.70%) Virtual Servers
3 26 (9.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.81%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.75%) Firmware
6 4 (1.40%) Docker
6 4 (1.40%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.35%) RHEV
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.21%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (2.46%) FortiGate
3 7 (2.46%) SmoothWall
4 6 (2.11%) SCCM
5 4 (1.40%) Ansible
5 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.05%) Terraform
6 3 (1.05%) WSUS
7 2 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.35%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 180 (63.16%) Cisco
2 86 (30.18%) Juniper
3 77 (27.02%) Microsoft
4 62 (21.75%) VMware
5 47 (16.49%) SevOne
6 42 (14.74%) Meraki
7 25 (8.77%) Fortinet
8 19 (6.67%) SolarWinds
9 18 (6.32%) CheckPoint
10 14 (4.91%) Arista
11 11 (3.86%) Red Hat
12 8 (2.81%) Citrix
13 7 (2.46%) Google
13 7 (2.46%) Palo Alto
14 6 (2.11%) Apple
14 6 (2.11%) Bloomberg
14 6 (2.11%) Refinitiv
14 6 (2.11%) Riverbed
15 5 (1.75%) Aruba
16 4 (1.40%) Infoblox