Network Monitoring Job Trends in the South East

Network Monitoring
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Network Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 244 347
Rank change year-on-year -55 +103 -42
Permanent jobs citing Network Monitoring 8 28 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.053% 0.35% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.39% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 37
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £36,540
25th Percentile £28,375 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -0.90% +94.74%
75th Percentile £43,750 £63,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £51,875 £77,500 £143,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £52,387 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.31% +4.77% +28.21%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Network Monitoring 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,786 7,166 14,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.78% 90.13% 81.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,652 3,540 10,229
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,280 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% +0.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Monitoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Network Monitoring job vacancy trend in the South East

Network Monitoring
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring in the South East over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Monitoring in the South East

Network Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Thames Valley -3 4 £42,500 -10.53% 2
Buckinghamshire -10 3 £42,500 +60.38%
Kent - 2 £28,000 - 2
West Sussex - 2 £35,000 - 1
Berkshire +1 1 - - 2
Network Monitoring
England

Network Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) VLAN
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 4 (50.00%) Network Security
2 4 (50.00%) OSPF
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) VPN
3 3 (37.50%) LAN
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 3 (37.50%) WLAN
4 2 (25.00%) BGP
4 2 (25.00%) DHCP
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (25.00%) Wireless Backhaul
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (12.50%) VSAN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Junior
2 2 (25.00%) Junior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) ICT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) ICT Network Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) Network Manager
3 1 (12.50%) NOC Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CCTV
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Network Design
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Event Correlation
4 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 1 (12.50%) Presales
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Server Virtualisation
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) CCNA
2 4 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) CCSE
3 1 (12.50%) CCSM
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Aruba
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Ruckus Wireless
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (12.50%) Apple
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto