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 £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 717 739
Rank change year-on-year +196 +22 -102
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 248 44 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.073% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.082% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 212 38 78
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,302 £41,425
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £47,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -10.64% +5.86%
75th Percentile £54,750 £71,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £81,150
UK median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,217 53,628 67,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,585 30,477 42,470
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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 +86 96 £38,000 -37.70% 11
Midlands +31 48 £43,750 -45.31% 4
South West +12 40 £56,250 +7.14%
North of England +72 39 £45,000 -13.76% 7
East Midlands +10 27 £39,000 -24.38% 3
North West +28 21 £37,500 +1.35% 3
West Midlands +27 21 £57,500 -28.13% 1
East of England +37 19 £37,500 -21.88% 3
Yorkshire +93 16 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Scotland - 10 £62,500 - 2
North East +1 6 £45,000 -3.23% 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Network Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 62 (25.00%) Firewall
2 52 (20.97%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (18.15%) Microsoft
4 41 (16.53%) Cisco
5 40 (16.13%) Active Directory
6 39 (15.73%) LAN
7 34 (13.71%) WAN
7 34 (13.71%) VPN
8 33 (13.31%) Hyper-V
9 31 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (12.10%) Kalman Filter
11 29 (11.69%) VMware
12 28 (11.29%) Network Security
13 27 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
13 27 (10.89%) Windows
13 27 (10.89%) Azure
14 26 (10.48%) Social Skills
14 26 (10.48%) DHCP
14 26 (10.48%) DNS
15 24 (9.68%) Service Delivery
16 23 (9.27%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (8.87%) Project Delivery
18 19 (7.66%) Mentoring
18 19 (7.66%) Degree
19 18 (7.26%) SD-WAN
19 18 (7.26%) Windows Server
20 17 (6.85%) Veeam
20 17 (6.85%) Wireless
20 17 (6.85%) VLAN
21 16 (6.45%) WSUS

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.61%) SAS
4 2 (0.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.97%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (10.89%) Azure
3 7 (2.82%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.02%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.61%) AWS
5 4 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.61%) Twilio
6 2 (0.81%) GCP
6 2 (0.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (25.00%) Firewall
2 39 (15.73%) LAN
3 34 (13.71%) VPN
3 34 (13.71%) WAN
4 28 (11.29%) Network Security
5 26 (10.48%) DHCP
5 26 (10.48%) DNS
6 23 (9.27%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (7.26%) SD-WAN
8 17 (6.85%) VLAN
8 17 (6.85%) Wireless
9 15 (6.05%) SAN
10 13 (5.24%) Internet
11 12 (4.84%) TCP/IP
12 9 (3.63%) Intranet
12 9 (3.63%) SNMP
13 5 (2.02%) 5G
13 5 (2.02%) Radio Access Network
14 4 (1.61%) Unified Communications
14 4 (1.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) JIRA
General
1 26 (10.48%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.65%) Finance
3 11 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.63%) Legal
5 8 (3.23%) Marketing
6 6 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.02%) Local Government
8 4 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.21%) Law
10 2 (0.81%) Banking
10 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.40%) Publishing
11 1 (0.40%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.84%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.63%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (3.23%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.82%) CCTV
6 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.61%) IoT
6 4 (1.61%) IPTV
7 3 (1.21%) Replication
8 2 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.40%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.40%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.40%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.40%) Social Media
9 1 (0.40%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 27 (10.89%) Windows
2 18 (7.26%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.82%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.02%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.61%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (12.10%) Kalman Filter
3 24 (9.68%) Service Delivery
4 22 (8.87%) Project Delivery
5 19 (7.66%) Mentoring
6 16 (6.45%) Project Management
7 15 (6.05%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (6.05%) ITIL
7 15 (6.05%) Line Management
8 14 (5.65%) Office Automation
8 14 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (5.65%) Security Patching
9 13 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (4.84%) Network Management
11 10 (4.03%) Coaching
11 10 (4.03%) Collaborative Working
11 10 (4.03%) Migration
12 9 (3.63%) Data Protection
12 9 (3.63%) Decision-Making
12 9 (3.63%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.84%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (7.66%) Degree
2 8 (3.23%) MCP
3 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
3 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (1.61%) Azure Certification
4 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.61%) MCSA
4 4 (1.61%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.61%) PMP
4 4 (1.61%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.81%) CCNA
6 2 (0.81%) CCNP
6 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.40%) BICSI RCDD
7 1 (0.40%) CCIE
7 1 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.81%) SLA
3 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 40 (16.13%) Active Directory
2 33 (13.31%) Hyper-V
3 27 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.45%) WSUS
2 15 (6.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (4.84%) SmoothWall
4 9 (3.63%) SCCM
5 2 (0.81%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.40%) Ansible
6 1 (0.40%) Core Impact
6 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 45 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 41 (16.53%) Cisco
3 29 (11.69%) VMware
4 17 (6.85%) Veeam
5 16 (6.45%) Aruba
6 9 (3.63%) Apple
6 9 (3.63%) SonicWALL
7 7 (2.82%) Google
8 6 (2.42%) Juniper
9 5 (2.02%) Fortinet
9 5 (2.02%) Sage
10 4 (1.61%) HP
11 3 (1.21%) Dell
12 2 (0.81%) Meraki
13 1 (0.40%) CheckPoint
13 1 (0.40%) CrowdStrike
13 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto