Network Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £50,221 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 666 763
Rank change year-on-year +140 +97 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 31 54 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.084% 0.087% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.092% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 27 49 14
10th Percentile £39,900 £40,000 £36,825
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £39,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - £67,500 £66,825
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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 33,337 58,638 59,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.92% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 17,552 42,697 33,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,254 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,836 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.16% -8.33% -

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in the UK excluding London

Network Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
South East +103 20 £55,000 +13.99% 1
North of England +54 5 £42,500 -
North East +34 4 £40,000 -5.88%
Wales - 3 £47,111 -
Scotland - 2 £40,250 -
North West +25 1 £75,000 +87.50%
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Network Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 March 2025, Network Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 27 (87.10%) Cisco
2 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
3 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
3 21 (67.74%) Juniper
4 20 (64.52%) DV Cleared
5 5 (16.13%) ITIL
6 4 (12.90%) Wireless
6 4 (12.90%) Firewall
6 4 (12.90%) Network Security
7 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
7 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (9.68%) CCNA
7 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (6.45%) OSPF
8 2 (6.45%) McAfee
8 2 (6.45%) BGP
8 2 (6.45%) EIGRP
8 2 (6.45%) Project Management
8 2 (6.45%) VoIP
8 2 (6.45%) DHCP
8 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
8 2 (6.45%) DNS
8 2 (6.45%) SLA
8 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
8 2 (6.45%) Welsh Language
8 2 (6.45%) CWNA
8 2 (6.45%) Agile
8 2 (6.45%) Impact Assessments
8 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code

Network Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Firewall
1 4 (12.90%) Network Security
1 4 (12.90%) Wireless
2 3 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.45%) BGP
3 2 (6.45%) DHCP
3 2 (6.45%) DMVPN
3 2 (6.45%) DNS
3 2 (6.45%) EIGRP
3 2 (6.45%) OSPF
3 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.45%) VoIP
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Firepower
General
1 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Welsh Language
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) ITIL
2 2 (6.45%) Agile
2 2 (6.45%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (6.45%) Project Management
2 2 (6.45%) Time Management
3 1 (3.23%) Budget Management
3 1 (3.23%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (3.23%) Network Design
3 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (3.23%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (3.23%) Risk Management
3 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.23%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (3.23%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
2 21 (67.74%) SC Cleared
3 20 (64.52%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.68%) CCNA
4 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.45%) CWNA
5 2 (6.45%) CWTS
6 1 (3.23%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Ansible
1 2 (6.45%) FortiGate
1 2 (6.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (87.10%) Cisco
2 21 (67.74%) Juniper
3 2 (6.45%) Aruba
3 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.45%) McAfee
3 2 (6.45%) Meraki
4 1 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (3.23%) Canon
4 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint