Network Manager Jobs in the South East

Network Manager
England > South East

The median Network Manager salary in the South East is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 298 385
Rank change year-on-year -4 +87 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 10 102 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.58% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.62% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 7 100 8
10th Percentile £32,300 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £39,875 £33,875 £35,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -30.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £54,750 £63,563
90th Percentile £91,000 £63,875 £66,375
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £54,750
% change year-on-year +15.85% -25.11% -15.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,376 16,502 12,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.09% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 11,730 7,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the South East

Network Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Manager in the South East

Network Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the South East

Network Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley +51 4 £35,000 -36.36% 5
Berkshire +23 4 £35,000 -7.89% 5
West Sussex +24 2 £85,000 +161.54% 8
Kent +10 2 £47,500 +35.71%
Hampshire +68 1 £33,000 -35.92%
East Sussex +26 1 £92,500 +164.29%
Network Manager
England

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Network Manager 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 South East region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
1 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
1 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) Coaching
2 2 (20.00%) People Management
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (20.00%) Aruba
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) WLAN
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) VLAN
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (10.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
1 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
1 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (20.00%) Coaching
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) People Management
2 2 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Aruba
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) VMware