Network Management Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Network Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 174 162
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +80
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 20 13 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.49% 0.38% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.41% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 24
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £58,750 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +3.94% +25.61%
75th Percentile £58,257 £60,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £64,141 £60,500 £82,000
South East median annual salary £55,812 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% -4.00% +38.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,263 3,162 3,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.63% 91.63% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,746 1,441 2,324
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,325
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,948
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,009 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £84,625
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +9.43% -3.64%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Network Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Network Management
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Network Management

Network Management
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the Thames Valley

Network Management
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 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
Berkshire +7 13 £40,000 -31.91% 7
Oxfordshire +25 7 £35,000 - 1
Network Management
South East

Network Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (10.00%) CMS
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (10.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
1 5 (25.00%) Google Workspace
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) LAN
1 5 (25.00%) VoIP
1 5 (25.00%) WAN
1 5 (25.00%) Wireless
2 3 (15.00%) 4G
2 3 (15.00%) 5G
2 3 (15.00%) GSM
2 3 (15.00%) TETRA
2 3 (15.00%) UMTS
3 2 (10.00%) DHCP
3 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 2 (10.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (10.00%) SSL
3 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.00%) VLAN
General
1 5 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Architect
2 9 (45.00%) OSS Architect
2 9 (45.00%) OSS Solutions Architect
2 9 (45.00%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (25.00%) Field Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Network Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Network Support
4 3 (15.00%) Network Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) NOC Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Radio Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Radio Network Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Head of IT
5 2 (10.00%) RF Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Social Media
2 2 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
1 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (15.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Android
3 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Security
3 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (10.00%) Project Management
3 2 (10.00%) Server Management
3 2 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (5.00%) Agile
4 1 (5.00%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (5.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.00%) Network Design
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (5.00%) Presales
4 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.00%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
1 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Netcool
2 5 (25.00%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (25.00%) SmoothWall
3 1 (5.00%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco
2 5 (25.00%) Google
2 5 (25.00%) Meraki
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (5.00%) Blue Prism
5 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.00%) IBM
5 1 (5.00%) Juniper
5 1 (5.00%) Pega
5 1 (5.00%) UiPath