Network Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 494 513
Rank change year-on-year +25 +19 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 40 72 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 29 23 56
10th Percentile £46,889 £35,000 £31,207
25th Percentile £57,500 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.11% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £64,625 £55,000
90th Percentile - £79,800 £60,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% - -18.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Network Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands +30 9 £75,000 +87.50% 3
West Midlands +28 8 £75,000 +87.50% 3
South West -9 8 £68,750 +21.15% 3
East of England +28 7 £72,500 -19.44% 5
Scotland +11 6 £75,000 -
South East +18 5 £49,000 +8.89% 11
North of England 0 4 £60,000 +33.33% 7
North West +11 3 £60,000 +33.33% 5
North East +11 1 £48,445 -39.44% 1
East Midlands - 1 £72,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Network Manager
UK

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Network Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 20 (50.00%) Cisco
2 18 (45.00%) SD-WAN
3 13 (32.50%) LAN
3 13 (32.50%) WAN
4 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (27.50%) Strategic Thinking
6 10 (25.00%) Firewall
6 10 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 8 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (20.00%) Degree
7 8 (20.00%) Network Security
8 7 (17.50%) Extreme Networks
8 7 (17.50%) ITIL
8 7 (17.50%) Network Management
8 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (15.00%) AutoCAD
9 6 (15.00%) Avaya
9 6 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 6 (15.00%) HSRP
9 6 (15.00%) Logistics
9 6 (15.00%) MS Visio
9 6 (15.00%) Roadmaps
9 6 (15.00%) VoIP
9 6 (15.00%) VRRP
9 6 (15.00%) Wireless
10 5 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 5 (12.50%) Cost Control
10 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (12.50%) Master's Degree

Network Manager Skill Set
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 6 (15.00%) AutoCAD
1 6 (15.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) AWS
1 3 (7.50%) Azure
1 3 (7.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) SD-WAN
2 13 (32.50%) LAN
2 13 (32.50%) WAN
3 10 (25.00%) Firewall
3 10 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 8 (20.00%) Network Security
5 6 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
5 6 (15.00%) HSRP
5 6 (15.00%) VoIP
5 6 (15.00%) VRRP
5 6 (15.00%) Wireless
6 5 (12.50%) VPN
6 5 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (10.00%) BGP
7 4 (10.00%) MPLS
7 4 (10.00%) OSPF
7 4 (10.00%) VLAN
8 3 (7.50%) DHCP
8 3 (7.50%) DNS
8 3 (7.50%) NGFW
General
1 15 (37.50%) Retail
2 11 (27.50%) Manufacturing
3 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
4 8 (20.00%) Finance
5 5 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Legal
7 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.50%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.00%) e-Learning
2 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.50%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (27.50%) Strategic Thinking
3 8 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (17.50%) ITIL
4 7 (17.50%) Network Management
4 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.00%) Logistics
5 6 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 5 (12.50%) Cost Control
6 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (10.00%) Cloud Security
7 4 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 4 (10.00%) Network Architecture
7 4 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.00%) Service Delivery
8 3 (7.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 3 (7.50%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (7.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) Python
2 3 (7.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 4 (10.00%) CCNP
3 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.00%) CCIE
4 2 (5.00%) MCSA
4 2 (5.00%) MCSE
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.50%) CISSP
5 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Ansible
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (50.00%) Cisco
2 7 (17.50%) Extreme Networks
3 6 (15.00%) Avaya
4 4 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (10.00%) Palo Alto
5 3 (7.50%) Aruba
5 3 (7.50%) HP
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.00%) Sage
7 1 (2.50%) Arista
7 1 (2.50%) NetScout