Network Specialist Jobs in London

Network Specialist
England > London

The median Network Specialist salary in London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 479 653
Rank change year-on-year +84 +174 +139
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 11 11 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.050% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.053% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 8
10th Percentile £58,550 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £62,813 £55,040 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £63,264 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -8.31% +11.52%
75th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,500 - £74,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,278 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.21% -4.95% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,354 20,872 37,135
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 94.17% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,555 16,363 26,942
10th Percentile £42,000 £39,800 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,000 £73,090
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -2.86% +4.41%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +5.45% -9.69% +1.50%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in London over the 6 months to 21 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in London

Network Specialist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London +25 1 £70,000 +16.67%
Network Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 London region featuring Network Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) VPN
2 7 (63.64%) AWS
3 6 (54.55%) Azure
4 5 (45.45%) Ansible
4 5 (45.45%) Terraform
5 4 (36.36%) NX-OS
5 4 (36.36%) Security Patching
5 4 (36.36%) FCoE
5 4 (36.36%) High Availability
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (36.36%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds
5 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (27.27%) Wireless
6 3 (27.27%) Agile
6 3 (27.27%) WAN
6 3 (27.27%) ITIL
6 3 (27.27%) Python
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 3 (27.27%) BGP
6 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
6 3 (27.27%) Finance
6 3 (27.27%) Network Security
6 3 (27.27%) Kanban
6 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
6 3 (27.27%) YAML
6 3 (27.27%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (27.27%) Sonatype Nexus

Network Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (63.64%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) VPN
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco IOS
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (36.36%) FCoE
2 4 (36.36%) NX-OS
3 3 (27.27%) BGP
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
3 3 (27.27%) Network Security
3 3 (27.27%) WAN
3 3 (27.27%) Wireless
4 2 (18.18%) Firewall
4 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) MPLS
4 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Advertising
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (36.36%) High Availability
1 4 (36.36%) Security Patching
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Kanban
3 2 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) Network Management
3 2 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Asset Management
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Security
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security
4 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
1 3 (27.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCNA
1 2 (18.18%) CCNP
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Ansible
1 5 (45.45%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) SolarWinds
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
4 2 (18.18%) Meraki
4 2 (18.18%) Palo Alto
5 1 (9.09%) Apple
5 1 (9.09%) Canon