Network Team Leader Job Trends

Network Team Lead
UK

The median Network Team Lead salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 695 781
Rank change year-on-year +51 +86 +222
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Team Leader 15 4 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.023% 0.008% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.009% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 17
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £72,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -21.67% +7.14% +51.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 58,749 46,938 69,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 91.97% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 36,633 24,273 54,572
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -4.76%

Network Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Team Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Team Leader
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Network Team Leader job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Network Team Leader job vacancies in the UK

Network Team Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Team Leader over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Team Leader in the UK

Network Team Leader
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 4 February 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
England +54 15 £60,000 -20.00%
UK excluding London +33 14 £58,750 -21.67%
South East +30 12 £58,750 -21.67%
London +44 1 £112,500 -
Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £62,500 -
East of England - 1 £30,000 -

Network Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Network Team Leader 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 featuring Network Team Leader in the job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Cisco
2 13 (86.67%) CCNP
2 13 (86.67%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (86.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 12 (80.00%) Fortinet
4 8 (53.33%) BGP
4 8 (53.33%) Meraki
4 8 (53.33%) OSPF
4 8 (53.33%) Wireless
5 7 (46.67%) EIGRP
5 7 (46.67%) LAN
5 7 (46.67%) Palo Alto
6 6 (40.00%) Azure
6 6 (40.00%) Change Management
6 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
6 6 (40.00%) Observability
6 6 (40.00%) Problem Management
6 6 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (40.00%) Service Management
6 6 (40.00%) VLAN
7 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
8 1 (6.67%) DDoS Mitigation
8 1 (6.67%) IP Telephony
8 1 (6.67%) MPLS
8 1 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
8 1 (6.67%) Network Security
8 1 (6.67%) Python
8 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
8 1 (6.67%) SaaS

Network Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 8 (53.33%) BGP
2 8 (53.33%) OSPF
2 8 (53.33%) Wireless
3 7 (46.67%) EIGRP
3 7 (46.67%) LAN
4 6 (40.00%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (6.67%) IP Telephony
6 1 (6.67%) MPLS
6 1 (6.67%) Network Security
6 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (6.67%) VPN
6 1 (6.67%) WAN
6 1 (6.67%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (6.67%) Finance
1 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
1 1 (6.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Change Management
1 6 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 6 (40.00%) Observability
1 6 (40.00%) Problem Management
1 6 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (40.00%) Service Management
2 1 (6.67%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (6.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) CCNP
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Cisco
2 12 (80.00%) Fortinet
3 8 (53.33%) Meraki
4 7 (46.67%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds