Network Technician Job Trends in England

Network Technician
UK > England

The median Network Technician salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 676 657
Rank change year-on-year +80 -19 +291
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Technician 21 3 23
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.040% 0.006% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.007% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 12
10th Percentile £28,500 £23,900 £28,705
25th Percentile £30,000 £24,125 £28,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -28.10% -1.28%
75th Percentile £35,009 £30,375 £45,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £30,900 -
UK median annual salary £32,500 £28,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year +15.04% -5.83% -22.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Network Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Technician job vacancy trend in England

Network Technician
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Network Technician job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Network Technician job vacancies in England

Network Technician
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Technician in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Technician in England

Network Technician
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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +64 11 £32,500 +18.18% 1
North of England - 5 £36,736 - 1
North West - 4 £36,736 -
East of England - 4 £30,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Network Technician
UK

Network Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Network Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Network Technician in the job title.

1 7 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) 4G
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) City & Guilds
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (14.29%) 3G
3 3 (14.29%) ADSL
3 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 3 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 3 (14.29%) Firewall
3 3 (14.29%) KVM
3 3 (14.29%) LAN
3 3 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (14.29%) Network Security
3 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (14.29%) VDSL
3 3 (14.29%) VoIP
3 3 (14.29%) VPN
3 3 (14.29%) WAN
3 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (14.29%) Windows 7
3 3 (14.29%) Wireless
3 3 (14.29%) WLAN
3 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust

Network Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) 4G
2 3 (14.29%) 3G
2 3 (14.29%) ADSL
2 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) LAN
2 3 (14.29%) Network Security
2 3 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (14.29%) VDSL
2 3 (14.29%) VoIP
2 3 (14.29%) VPN
2 3 (14.29%) WAN
2 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (14.29%) Wireless
2 3 (14.29%) WLAN
3 2 (9.52%) DHCP
3 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.52%) VLAN
4 1 (4.76%) Broadband
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (4.76%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (19.05%) Advertising
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Military
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Jinja
1 1 (4.76%) NETCONF
1 1 (4.76%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 5 (23.81%) Digital Signage
3 3 (14.29%) Digital Media
4 2 (9.52%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 3 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
3 2 (9.52%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (9.52%) Scorecard
4 1 (4.76%) Agile
4 1 (4.76%) Data Science
4 1 (4.76%) Network Design
4 1 (4.76%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (4.76%) Project Management
4 1 (4.76%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (4.76%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) City & Guilds
1 4 (19.05%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
3 2 (9.52%) MCP
3 2 (9.52%) MCSA
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) KVM
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Zscaler