Network Support Jobs in England

Network Support
UK > England

The median Network Support salary in England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 757 832
Rank change year-on-year +105 +75 +258
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 34 76 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.069% 0.088% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.093% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 34 67 62
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile - £34,700 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +14.86% -3.90%
75th Percentile - £53,750 £46,375
90th Percentile £56,750 £54,700 £51,200
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +14.86% -3.90%

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 44,992 81,767 80,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,381 60,882 51,425
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Support in England

Network Support
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 Support within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
South East +100 29 £40,000 -20.00% 10
London +108 5 £45,000 - 17
Network Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 24 (70.59%) Windows
1 24 (70.59%) WAN
1 24 (70.59%) LAN
2 20 (58.82%) Wireless
2 20 (58.82%) Degree
3 19 (55.88%) Virtual Team
3 19 (55.88%) Master's Degree
3 19 (55.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (55.88%) MBA
3 19 (55.88%) Unisys
3 19 (55.88%) Internet
4 12 (35.29%) Cisco
5 11 (32.35%) Juniper
6 9 (26.47%) Fortinet
7 8 (23.53%) OSPF
7 8 (23.53%) BGP
7 8 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (17.65%) Firewall
9 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
9 5 (14.71%) CCNA
9 5 (14.71%) MS Visio
10 4 (11.76%) VMware
10 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
11 3 (8.82%) DMVPN
11 3 (8.82%) FortiGate
11 3 (8.82%) Boundary Protection
11 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (8.82%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
11 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared

Network Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) Azure
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (70.59%) LAN
1 24 (70.59%) WAN
2 20 (58.82%) Wireless
3 19 (55.88%) Internet
4 8 (23.53%) BGP
4 8 (23.53%) OSPF
5 6 (17.65%) Firewall
6 3 (8.82%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (8.82%) DHCP
6 3 (8.82%) DMVPN
6 3 (8.82%) DNS
6 3 (8.82%) EIGRP
7 2 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (2.94%) Network Security
8 1 (2.94%) PBX
8 1 (2.94%) VLAN
General
1 19 (55.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (55.88%) Virtual Team
2 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 24 (70.59%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (8.82%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (5.88%) Roadmaps
2 2 (5.88%) Server Management
2 2 (5.88%) Storage Management
2 2 (5.88%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (2.94%) Customer Service
3 1 (2.94%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.94%) Incident Response
3 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (2.94%) ITIL
3 1 (2.94%) Patch Management
3 1 (2.94%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (2.94%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (2.94%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (2.94%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) Degree
2 19 (55.88%) Master's Degree
2 19 (55.88%) MBA
3 8 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (14.71%) CCNA
4 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
5 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
5 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (2.94%) Firmware
3 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Unisys
2 12 (35.29%) Cisco
3 11 (32.35%) Juniper
4 9 (26.47%) Fortinet
5 4 (11.76%) VMware
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.88%) Veeam
7 1 (2.94%) Aruba
7 1 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.94%) Polycom