Network Virtualisation Job Trends in England

Network Virtualization
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 562 564
Rank change year-on-year +23 +2 +156
Permanent jobs citing Network Virtualisation 72 116 115
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.26% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 49 83 92
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £51,375
25th Percentile £52,000 £47,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +11.64%
75th Percentile £105,000 £85,250 £106,250
90th Percentile £125,000 £98,700 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% +13.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Network Virtualisation 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 42,692 44,038 42,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.67% 90.44% 90.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,525 21,717 32,741
10th Percentile £28,518 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Virtualisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Network Virtualisation job vacancy trend in England

Network Virtualisation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Virtualisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Network Virtualisation

Network Virtualisation
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Network Virtualisation in England

Network Virtualisation
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 Virtualisation within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 +57 40 £100,000 +19.76% 7
South East +16 17 £72,500 +4.32% 11
East of England +31 8 £86,250 +72.50% 1
North of England +15 5 £47,500 -26.92% 3
North West +19 3 £55,000 -25.42% 3
Yorkshire -11 2 £47,500 -9.52%
Midlands -6 1 £60,000 +18.81% 1
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
Network Virtualisation
UK

Network Virtualisation
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (72.22%) Azure
2 19 (26.39%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (25.00%) GitHub
4 17 (23.61%) Entra ID
4 17 (23.61%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (18.06%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (16.67%) AWS
6 12 (16.67%) Azure AKS
7 9 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (11.11%) Azure Pipelines
8 8 (11.11%) Serverless
9 7 (9.72%) Azure Functions
9 7 (9.72%) Azure Storage
10 5 (6.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (6.94%) GCP
10 5 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (5.56%) Datadog
11 4 (5.56%) IaaS
11 4 (5.56%) PaaS
11 4 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (48.61%) Firewall
2 28 (38.89%) VPN
2 28 (38.89%) WAN
3 19 (26.39%) LAN
4 17 (23.61%) Wireless
5 15 (20.83%) Network Security
6 12 (16.67%) SD-WAN
7 11 (15.28%) Wireshark
8 8 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (9.72%) BGP
10 6 (8.33%) DNS
11 5 (6.94%) MPLS
12 4 (5.56%) OSPF
12 4 (5.56%) TCP/IP
12 4 (5.56%) VLAN
12 4 (5.56%) WLAN
13 3 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (4.17%) DHCP
14 2 (2.78%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.39%) Redis
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Git
2 7 (9.72%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Finance
3 8 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Advertising
7 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (31.94%) Network Engineer
2 22 (30.56%) Cloud Engineer
3 18 (25.00%) Senior
4 17 (23.61%) Lead
5 14 (19.44%) Cloud Native Engineer
5 14 (19.44%) Cloud Software Engineer
5 14 (19.44%) Software Engineer
6 11 (15.28%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (12.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 8 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (11.11%) Lead Cloud Engineer
9 7 (9.72%) Lead Software Engineer
9 7 (9.72%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (9.72%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (6.94%) Analyst
11 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (5.56%) Network Analyst
11 4 (5.56%) Network Support Analyst
11 4 (5.56%) Support Analyst
11 4 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.89%) ARM Templates
2 4 (5.56%) ADO
2 4 (5.56%) OAuth
2 4 (5.56%) SAML
2 4 (5.56%) YAML
3 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 20 (27.78%) Cloud Native
1 20 (27.78%) Data Centre
2 14 (19.44%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (19.44%) Legacy Code
3 9 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 6 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (5.56%) Low-Code
5 4 (5.56%) Web3
6 3 (4.17%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.78%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.39%) Clustering
8 1 (1.39%) e-Health
8 1 (1.39%) PKI
8 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (26.39%) Linux
2 10 (13.89%) VMS
3 6 (8.33%) Windows
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.67%) DevOps
2 23 (31.94%) Infrastructure as Code
2 23 (31.94%) Network Monitoring
3 21 (29.17%) CI/CD
4 19 (26.39%) Capacity Planning
5 17 (23.61%) Observability
6 16 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 15 (20.83%) Incident Response
7 15 (20.83%) Load Balancing
7 15 (20.83%) Software Engineering
8 14 (19.44%) Change Management
8 14 (19.44%) High Availability
8 14 (19.44%) Open Source
8 14 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (19.44%) RBAC
9 12 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (16.67%) Identity Management
9 12 (16.67%) Task Automation
9 12 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (15.28%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 14 (19.44%) C
2 14 (19.44%) C++
2 14 (19.44%) Go
2 14 (19.44%) Java
2 14 (19.44%) Rust
3 12 (16.67%) Python
4 11 (15.28%) Bicep
5 10 (13.89%) Bash
6 7 (9.72%) SQL
7 4 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (13.89%) CCNP
1 10 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 8 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 7 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.56%) CCNA
5 3 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.17%) Degree
6 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.39%) CCIE
7 1 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.39%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) GDPR
2 4 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.56%) NIST
2 4 (5.56%) PCI DSS
2 4 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 22 (30.56%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 16 (22.22%) Docker
3 14 (19.44%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (4.17%) Firmware
5 2 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 27 (37.50%) Terraform
3 11 (15.28%) Ansible
4 8 (11.11%) FortiGate
5 4 (5.56%) logstash
6 2 (2.78%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (2.78%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.39%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (1.39%) Grafana
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.39%) PowerCLI
7 1 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.39%) vRealize
Vendors
1 32 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 26 (36.11%) Cisco
3 19 (26.39%) Palo Alto
4 10 (13.89%) Fortinet
4 10 (13.89%) Meraki
4 10 (13.89%) SolarWinds
5 8 (11.11%) CheckPoint
6 5 (6.94%) Zscaler
7 4 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (5.56%) Juniper
8 3 (4.17%) Aruba
9 2 (2.78%) Dell
9 2 (2.78%) VMware
10 1 (1.39%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (1.39%) Broadcom
10 1 (1.39%) F5
10 1 (1.39%) IBM
10 1 (1.39%) Remedy
10 1 (1.39%) Sophos
10 1 (1.39%) Splunk