Network Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 522 718
Rank change year-on-year -28 +196 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 30 248 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.35% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.37% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 16 212 38
10th Percentile £32,625 £30,000 £35,302
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -14.29% -10.64%
75th Percentile £48,750 £54,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £74,500 £61,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -28.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,260 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,851 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,716 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK excluding London

Network Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Manager 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 10 May 2025.

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 10 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 +29 9 £35,000 -22.22% 4
North West 0 8 £35,000 -6.67% 3
South East +11 7 £47,500 +25.00% 14
South West +77 6 £73,000 +29.78%
Midlands +26 5 - - 6
East Midlands +23 5 - - 3
Scotland +123 1 - - 3
North East +46 1 £35,000 -22.22% 1
East of England +25 1 £40,000 +6.67% 4
Wales - 1 £30,000 -
Network Manager
UK

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Network Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 10 (33.33%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) WAN
2 8 (26.67%) Cisco
3 7 (23.33%) LAN
3 7 (23.33%) Network Management
3 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 6 (20.00%) Azure
4 6 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (16.67%) Network Security
5 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
6 4 (13.33%) GDPR
6 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
6 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
6 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity
6 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.33%) VPN
7 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
7 3 (10.00%) Wireless
7 3 (10.00%) Finance
7 3 (10.00%) MPLS
7 3 (10.00%) OSPF
7 3 (10.00%) BGP

Network Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) AWS
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) WAN
3 7 (23.33%) LAN
4 6 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 6 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (16.67%) Network Security
6 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (13.33%) VPN
7 3 (10.00%) BGP
7 3 (10.00%) MPLS
7 3 (10.00%) OSPF
7 3 (10.00%) Wireless
8 2 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (6.67%) EIGRP
8 2 (6.67%) Internet
8 2 (6.67%) VoIP
8 2 (6.67%) WLAN
9 1 (3.33%) Broadband
9 1 (3.33%) DHCP
9 1 (3.33%) DNS
General
1 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) CCTV
2 2 (6.67%) Podcast
2 2 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Social Media
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
1 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Network Management
1 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (13.33%) Business Continuity
3 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (13.33%) Mentoring
3 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (10.00%) Agile
4 3 (10.00%) Network Design
4 3 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (6.67%) ITIL
5 2 (6.67%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (6.67%) Line Management
5 2 (6.67%) Migration
5 2 (6.67%) Performance Management
5 2 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (6.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) CCNA
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) GDPR
2 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Ansible
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Cisco
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) Aruba
3 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.67%) Juniper
4 2 (6.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.33%) VMware