Network Specialist Jobs in England

Network Specialist
UK > England

The median Network Specialist salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 618 741 932
Rank change year-on-year +123 +191 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 33 69 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.073% 0.088% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.093% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 32 63 24
10th Percentile £45,250 £40,000 £37,490
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £65,938 £60,000 £69,563
90th Percentile £84,875 £67,810 £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,556 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.81% -9.07% +3.00%

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 40,813 74,056 91,320
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 94.47% 92.46%
Number of salaries quoted 23,887 56,779 57,141
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,501 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £55,000 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -9.19% +0.95%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -8.33% -

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in England

Network Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Specialist in England

Network Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in England over the 6 months to 24 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in England

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
South East +95 18 £55,000 +13.99% 1
London +79 11 £77,500 +22.50% 3
North of England +64 4 £42,500 -
North East +40 3 £40,000 -5.88%
North West +12 1 £75,000 +87.50%
Network Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 30 (90.91%) Cisco
2 19 (57.58%) Security Cleared
3 18 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 18 (54.55%) DV Cleared
4 17 (51.52%) Juniper
5 7 (21.21%) VPN
5 7 (21.21%) AWS
5 7 (21.21%) Ansible
5 7 (21.21%) Terraform
6 6 (18.18%) Azure
6 6 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (18.18%) BGP
6 6 (18.18%) EIGRP
7 5 (15.15%) Agile
8 4 (12.12%) SolarWinds
8 4 (12.12%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (12.12%) Network Security
8 4 (12.12%) Meraki
8 4 (12.12%) NX-OS
8 4 (12.12%) Security Patching
8 4 (12.12%) FCoE
8 4 (12.12%) High Availability
8 4 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
9 3 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (9.09%) Finance
9 3 (9.09%) OSPF
9 3 (9.09%) Wireless
9 3 (9.09%) WAN

Network Specialist 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 7 (21.21%) AWS
2 6 (18.18%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) VPN
2 6 (18.18%) BGP
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (18.18%) EIGRP
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (12.12%) FCoE
3 4 (12.12%) Network Security
3 4 (12.12%) NX-OS
4 3 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (9.09%) DMVPN
4 3 (9.09%) OSPF
4 3 (9.09%) WAN
4 3 (9.09%) Wireless
5 2 (6.06%) Firewall
5 2 (6.06%) LAN
5 2 (6.06%) MPLS
5 2 (6.06%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Advertising
3 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Agile
2 4 (12.12%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (12.12%) High Availability
2 4 (12.12%) Security Patching
3 3 (9.09%) ITIL
3 3 (9.09%) Kanban
4 2 (6.06%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (6.06%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (6.06%) Migration
4 2 (6.06%) Network Management
4 2 (6.06%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (6.06%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (6.06%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.06%) Project Management
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security
5 1 (3.03%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (3.03%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (3.03%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 3 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) Security Cleared
2 18 (54.55%) DV Cleared
2 18 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) CCNA
3 2 (6.06%) CCNP
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Ansible
1 7 (21.21%) Terraform
2 2 (6.06%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.03%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 30 (90.91%) Cisco
2 17 (51.52%) Juniper
3 4 (12.12%) Meraki
3 4 (12.12%) SolarWinds
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.06%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.06%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.06%) McAfee
5 2 (6.06%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.03%) Apple
6 1 (3.03%) Canon