Network Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 323 491
Rank change year-on-year -41 +168 +118
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 231 568 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.76% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.92% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 99 166 194
10th Percentile £34,107 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,907 £39,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% +1.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £72,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK excluding London

Network Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Management in the UK excluding London

Network Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the UK excluding London

Network Management
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 Network Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England -20 74 £38,500 -23.00% 23
Midlands +82 66 £65,000 +30.00% 13
Yorkshire +77 63 £42,500 -22.02% 4
West Midlands +104 61 £65,000 +13.04% 9
South East -5 39 £60,000 - 12
East of England +70 31 £51,000 -3.77% 6
South West +52 15 £56,121 +12.24% 17
North West -76 11 £38,500 -23.00% 14
Scotland +54 5 £50,000 -5.21% 5
East Midlands +12 5 - - 4
Northern Ireland +3 1 £57,500 +21.05%
Network Management
UK

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (10.82%) Azure
2 24 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (3.90%) AWS
4 7 (3.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.43%) Azure Stack
5 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.43%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 77 (33.33%) Firewall
2 64 (27.71%) WAN
3 49 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
4 40 (17.32%) Network Security
5 30 (12.99%) Internet
5 30 (12.99%) WLAN
6 24 (10.39%) LAN
7 15 (6.49%) OSPF
8 14 (6.06%) MPLS
9 13 (5.63%) Ethernet
9 13 (5.63%) VoIP
10 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
11 10 (4.33%) BGP
11 10 (4.33%) EIGRP
12 9 (3.90%) VPN
13 6 (2.60%) DHCP
13 6 (2.60%) RIP
13 6 (2.60%) SNMP
13 6 (2.60%) SSH
13 6 (2.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.49%) Finance
3 7 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (2.60%) Police
5 4 (1.73%) Aviation
5 4 (1.73%) Banking
6 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.30%) Legal
7 2 (0.87%) Law
7 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.43%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (33.77%) IT Engineer
2 49 (21.21%) Architect
3 44 (19.05%) IT Support
4 43 (18.61%) Network Architect
5 36 (15.58%) Designer
5 36 (15.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 36 (15.58%) Network Designer
5 36 (15.58%) Support Engineer
6 23 (9.96%) Network Engineer
7 19 (8.23%) Instrumentation Engineer
8 7 (3.03%) Senior
9 6 (2.60%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (2.16%) IT Manager
10 5 (2.16%) IT Support Specialist
10 5 (2.16%) Support Specialist
11 4 (1.73%) VMware Engineer
12 3 (1.30%) Administrator
12 3 (1.30%) Analyst
12 3 (1.30%) Help Desk Support Engineer
12 3 (1.30%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.60%) REST
2 2 (0.87%) Kafka
2 2 (0.87%) Node.js
2 2 (0.87%) React
2 2 (0.87%) Spring
3 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.43%) EDI
3 1 (0.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (25.11%) Operational Technology
2 35 (15.15%) Driving Licence
3 7 (3.03%) Social Media
4 3 (1.30%) Mainframe
5 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.87%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.43%) CCTV
6 1 (0.43%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.43%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.43%) IoT
6 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.43%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.43%) Robotics
6 1 (0.43%) SCADA
6 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 110 (47.62%) Windows
2 43 (18.61%) Linux
3 11 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (4.33%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.87%) zOS
7 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (29.87%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (28.14%) Network Design
3 44 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (16.45%) Computer Science
5 36 (15.58%) ITIL
6 32 (13.85%) Mentoring
7 29 (12.55%) Asset Management
8 28 (12.12%) IT Asset Management
9 13 (5.63%) Configuration Management
9 13 (5.63%) Customer Service
10 11 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
11 10 (4.33%) Network Monitoring
12 9 (3.90%) Line Management
12 9 (3.90%) Mobile Device Management
13 8 (3.46%) Kalman Filter
14 7 (3.03%) Roadmaps
14 7 (3.03%) Strategic Thinking
14 7 (3.03%) Web Filtering
15 6 (2.60%) Customer Requirements
15 6 (2.60%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.16%) Python
2 3 (1.30%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.87%) Java
3 2 (0.87%) JCL
Qualifications
1 81 (35.06%) Security Cleared
2 50 (21.65%) Degree
3 44 (19.05%) SC Cleared
4 37 (16.02%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (15.15%) CCNA
6 33 (14.29%) CCNP
7 32 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (12.12%) LPIC
8 28 (12.12%) MCP
8 28 (12.12%) MCSE
8 28 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.03%) DBS Check
9 7 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CCIE
11 1 (0.43%) CCSP
11 1 (0.43%) CISM
11 1 (0.43%) HNC
11 1 (0.43%) HND
11 1 (0.43%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.73%) GDPR
1 4 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.87%) SLA
3 1 (0.43%) NCSC
3 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 72 (31.17%) Active Directory
2 58 (25.11%) Virtual Servers
3 27 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.73%) Docker
4 4 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.73%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.87%) KVM
5 2 (0.87%) vSphere
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) RHEV
6 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (5.19%) Jamf Pro
2 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.03%) SmoothWall
4 4 (1.73%) Ansible
4 4 (1.73%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.30%) SCCM
6 2 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.87%) Tivoli NetView
7 1 (0.43%) CASB
7 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.43%) OpenNebula
Vendors
1 142 (61.47%) Cisco
2 83 (35.93%) Juniper
3 63 (27.27%) VMware
4 60 (25.97%) Microsoft
5 47 (20.35%) SevOne
6 11 (4.76%) Meraki
6 11 (4.76%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.03%) CheckPoint
8 6 (2.60%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.60%) SolarWinds
9 5 (2.16%) Aruba
10 4 (1.73%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.30%) Apple
11 3 (1.30%) Citrix
12 2 (0.87%) Adobe
12 2 (0.87%) IBM
13 1 (0.43%) Dell
13 1 (0.43%) EMC
13 1 (0.43%) HP
13 1 (0.43%) Mitel