Intelligent Network Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Intelligent Network
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Intelligent Network skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 552 647
Rank change year-on-year -92 +95 -44
Permanent jobs citing Intelligent Network 10 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.017% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £94,250 - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £68,750
90th Percentile £101,500 - -
UK median annual salary £95,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - -30.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Intelligent Network falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,450 5,748 6,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.77% 16.57% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,652 3,112 4,055
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,198 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -23.91% +2.22%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,761 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,950 £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

Intelligent Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Intelligent Network relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Intelligent Network job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Intelligent Network
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intelligent Network.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Intelligent Network

Intelligent Network
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Intelligent Network within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
South East -27 9 £95,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - - 3
Intelligent Network
UK

Intelligent Network
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) 5G
1 9 (90.00%) Radio Access Network
1 9 (90.00%) Wireless
2 2 (20.00%) 4G
3 1 (10.00%) LTE
3 1 (10.00%) NGN
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
1 6 (60.00%) Automation Architect
1 6 (60.00%) Network Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Project Director
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Director
3 1 (10.00%) Contracts Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (10.00%) IoT
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) AI
2 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (10.00%) Agile
3 1 (10.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Control
3 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (10.00%) Fault Management
3 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Statistics
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (10.00%) Huawei
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Nokia
2 1 (10.00%) Samsung