Network Management Jobs in the North West

Network Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 200 268
Rank change year-on-year -82 +68 +52
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 11 91 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.91% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 1.11% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 11
10th Percentile - £19,600 £38,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £39,250 £55,000 £50,502
90th Percentile £44,950 £62,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -0.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Network Management 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,621 8,207 7,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.95% 82.31% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,953 6,214 3,885
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,400
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the North West.

Salary trend for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the North West over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the North West

Network Management
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Manchester +27 8 £38,500 -30.00% 7
Lancashire - 3 - - 1
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (36.36%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) LAN
1 5 (45.45%) WAN
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security
3 2 (18.18%) VoIP
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
4 1 (9.09%) Broadband
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (9.09%) DHCP
4 1 (9.09%) DNS
4 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
4 1 (9.09%) IPsec
4 1 (9.09%) OSPF
4 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) IT Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Help Desk Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Help Desk Support
2 3 (27.27%) Help Desk Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support
2 3 (27.27%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Administrator
3 2 (18.18%) IT Administrator
3 2 (18.18%) IT Systems Administrator
3 2 (18.18%) Network Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Service Desk Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) EDI
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) Social Media
2 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 1 (9.09%) Linux
4 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
2 3 (27.27%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (18.18%) Web Filtering
4 1 (9.09%) Co-Creation
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) High Availability
4 1 (9.09%) Information Governance
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Records Management
4 1 (9.09%) SFIA
4 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.09%) RHEV
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) SCCM
3 2 (18.18%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Aruba
3 2 (18.18%) Meraki
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) Apple
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) Veeam