Network Virtualisation Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualization
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Virtualisation over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 632 636
Rank change year-on-year +112 +4 +53
Permanent jobs citing Network Virtualisation 57 139 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 29 120 95
10th Percentile - £36,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,937
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -13.60% +38.89%
75th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £87,419
UK median annual salary £78,750 £62,500 £69,447
% change year-on-year +26.00% -10.00% -7.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Network Virtualisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK excluding London

Network Virtualisation
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 Virtualisation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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 +44 17 £85,000 +41.67% 27
South East +68 16 £85,000 +36.00% 32
Yorkshire +66 13 £85,000 +41.67% 11
Midlands +46 8 - - 24
East of England +51 7 £45,000 -12.20% 12
South West +101 6 £50,000 -9.09% 14
East Midlands +45 4 - - 6
West Midlands +19 4 - - 17
North West -1 4 £65,000 - 14
Scotland +106 2 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -
Network Virtualisation
UK

Network Virtualisation
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 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.75%) Apache
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 37 (64.91%) Azure
2 19 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 19 (33.33%) IaaS
2 19 (33.33%) PaaS
3 18 (31.58%) AWS
3 18 (31.58%) Entra ID
4 17 (29.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 17 (29.82%) SaaS
5 16 (28.07%) Azure Key Vault
5 16 (28.07%) Power Platform
6 14 (24.56%) Azure AI
6 14 (24.56%) Azure Monitor
6 14 (24.56%) Azure Service Bus
6 14 (24.56%) Power Automate
7 7 (12.28%) Azure Storage
7 7 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (3.51%) GCP
9 1 (1.75%) Azure App Service
9 1 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 32 (56.14%) WAN
2 24 (42.11%) DNS
2 24 (42.11%) Firewall
3 22 (38.60%) VPN
4 19 (33.33%) SD-WAN
5 17 (29.82%) LAN
6 14 (24.56%) Network Security
7 13 (22.81%) TCP/IP
8 8 (14.04%) BGP
8 8 (14.04%) OSPF
9 7 (12.28%) DHCP
9 7 (12.28%) Wireless
10 6 (10.53%) EIGRP
10 6 (10.53%) Wireless Security
11 4 (7.02%) MPLS
12 3 (5.26%) VLAN
13 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
14 1 (1.75%) SAN
14 1 (1.75%) SSL
14 1 (1.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.07%) Power BI
2 15 (26.32%) Data Lake
2 15 (26.32%) MySQL
3 4 (7.02%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.75%) Metadata
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Git
2 3 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Finance
5 2 (3.51%) Legal
6 1 (1.75%) Automotive
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Architect
2 14 (24.56%) Cloud Architect
3 13 (22.81%) Network Engineer
4 12 (21.05%) Lead
5 9 (15.79%) Senior
6 8 (14.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
7 6 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Administrator
7 6 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Support Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (10.53%) Systems Support
7 6 (10.53%) Systems Support Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (8.77%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) Lead Network Engineer
9 3 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) REST
2 2 (3.51%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.75%) .NET
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 18 (31.58%) Data Centre
2 14 (24.56%) NHS
3 13 (22.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.51%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.75%) Life Science
5 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.75%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.30%) Windows
2 9 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 7 (12.28%) VMS
4 5 (8.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (56.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 28 (49.12%) Migration
3 26 (45.61%) Roadmaps
4 25 (43.86%) DevOps
5 20 (35.09%) Project Management
6 18 (31.58%) CI/CD
7 17 (29.82%) Artificial Intelligence
7 17 (29.82%) ITIL
8 16 (28.07%) RBAC
9 15 (26.32%) Analytics
9 15 (26.32%) TOGAF
10 14 (24.56%) Agile
10 14 (24.56%) API Management
10 14 (24.56%) B2B
10 14 (24.56%) Data Integration
10 14 (24.56%) Log Analytics
10 14 (24.56%) Service Management
10 14 (24.56%) Waterfall
10 14 (24.56%) Zachman Framework
11 11 (19.30%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 30 (52.63%) PowerShell
2 21 (36.84%) Python
3 18 (31.58%) SQL
4 15 (26.32%) Bicep
5 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.75%) Bash
6 1 (1.75%) Java
6 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (36.84%) Azure Certification
2 14 (24.56%) DBS Check
3 11 (19.30%) Degree
4 7 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (12.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (10.53%) CCNP
5 6 (10.53%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.02%) CCIE
6 4 (7.02%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.26%) CCNA
7 3 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.51%) CEH
8 2 (3.51%) CISSP
8 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.75%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.75%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.02%) GDPR
2 3 (5.26%) HIPAA
3 2 (3.51%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 17 (29.82%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (21.05%) Active Directory
3 10 (17.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (14.04%) Docker
5 7 (12.28%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) Ansible
2 18 (31.58%) Terraform
3 14 (24.56%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (19.30%) Kubernetes
5 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (3.51%) Podman
7 1 (1.75%) Nessus
7 1 (1.75%) OpenVAS
7 1 (1.75%) QRadar
7 1 (1.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (35.09%) Cisco
2 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 15 (26.32%) Databricks
3 15 (26.32%) Meraki
4 14 (24.56%) Fortinet
4 14 (24.56%) Palo Alto
5 11 (19.30%) Aruba
5 11 (19.30%) Mellanox
5 11 (19.30%) NVIDIA
6 10 (17.54%) VMware
7 2 (3.51%) CheckPoint
7 2 (3.51%) Citrix
7 2 (3.51%) F5
7 2 (3.51%) Graphcore
7 2 (3.51%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.75%) Hitachi
8 1 (1.75%) Juniper
8 1 (1.75%) Oracle
8 1 (1.75%) Qualys
8 1 (1.75%) Splunk