Network Support Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Network Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Support salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 527 465
Rank change year-on-year +32 -62 +216
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 30 36 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.071% 0.099% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.11% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 25 29 77
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,300 -
25th Percentile £30,750 - £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -12.70%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -7.89%

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 38,055 33,958 30,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.42% 92.95% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 23,081 16,702 23,207
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Network Support job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Network Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
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 Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East +13 10 £40,000 -5.88% 5
Midlands +24 9 £55,000 +46.67% 4
East Midlands +4 6 £55,000 +46.67% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £27,500 -
North of England - 6 £27,500 - 2
Scotland - 4 - -
West Midlands +27 3 £37,500 -10.72% 3
East of England +26 1 £42,500 +21.43% 3
Network Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 16 (53.33%) Cisco
2 14 (46.67%) Firewall
2 14 (46.67%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (30.00%) Network Management
4 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
4 8 (26.67%) WAN
4 8 (26.67%) Wireless
5 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
5 7 (23.33%) LAN
5 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
6 6 (20.00%) Logistics
6 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (20.00%) Meraki
6 6 (20.00%) Service Desk Management
6 6 (20.00%) VoIP
7 5 (16.67%) Azure
7 5 (16.67%) CheckPoint
7 5 (16.67%) Citrix
7 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (16.67%) Palo Alto
7 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds
8 4 (13.33%) Aruba
8 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
8 4 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (13.33%) Change Management
8 4 (13.33%) Coaching
8 4 (13.33%) DNS

Network Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) Entra ID
2 5 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (46.67%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) WAN
2 8 (26.67%) Wireless
3 7 (23.33%) LAN
3 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
4 6 (20.00%) VoIP
5 4 (13.33%) DNS
5 4 (13.33%) Wireshark
6 3 (10.00%) 4G
6 3 (10.00%) 5G
6 3 (10.00%) DHCP
6 3 (10.00%) GSM
6 3 (10.00%) Intranet
6 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (10.00%) TETRA
6 3 (10.00%) UMTS
6 3 (10.00%) VLAN
7 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (3.33%) Broadband
8 1 (3.33%) VPN
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Finance
3 6 (20.00%) Automotive
4 4 (13.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (10.00%) Legal
6 1 (3.33%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
1 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
1 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Network Monitoring
2 9 (30.00%) Network Management
3 6 (20.00%) Logistics
3 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (20.00%) Service Desk Management
4 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 5 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (13.33%) Asset Management
5 4 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (13.33%) Change Management
5 4 (13.33%) Coaching
5 4 (13.33%) ITIL
5 4 (13.33%) Load Balancing
5 4 (13.33%) Network Planning
5 4 (13.33%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (13.33%) Problem Management
6 3 (10.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
1 3 (10.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (10.00%) MCSA
1 3 (10.00%) MCSE
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.67%) CCNA
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) CCNP
3 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (53.33%) Cisco
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.00%) Meraki
4 5 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 5 (16.67%) Citrix
4 5 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 5 (16.67%) SolarWinds
5 4 (13.33%) Aruba
5 4 (13.33%) HP
6 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 3 (10.00%) Sage
7 2 (6.67%) VMware
8 1 (3.33%) F5
8 1 (3.33%) Juniper