Network Management Job Trends

Network Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Network Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 651 399 576
Rank change year-on-year -252 +177 +33
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 86 292 342
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.66% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.71% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 57 153 242
10th Percentile £14,000 £31,707 £32,050
25th Percentile £27,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £61,033 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £60,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -41.67% +16.50% -2.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,776 41,096 86,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 92.88% 82.94%
Number of salaries quoted 45,490 21,754 61,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -9.09%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Management

Network Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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 -243 76 £36,250 -39.58% 27
UK excluding London -208 62 £35,000 -41.67% 19
South East -38 21 £75,000 +25.00% 6
North of England -95 15 £29,367 -30.90% 3
London -64 14 £37,500 -54.55% 9
North West -18 12 £80,000 +107.79% 1
Work from Home -20 11 £35,000 -37.63% 8
South West -60 10 £14,000 -75.05% 4
East of England -42 7 £35,580 -28.84% 2
Midlands -93 7 £28,500 -56.15% 3
West Midlands -78 4 £28,500 -56.15% 3
East Midlands -28 3 £35,000 -
Yorkshire -103 2 £29,367 -30.90% 2
Wales - 2 £35,000 - 1
North East - 1 £16,000 -

Network Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Line 50
Cloud Services
1 24 (27.91%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (23.26%) Azure
3 8 (9.30%) Google Workspace
3 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.98%) AWS
4 6 (6.98%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.16%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.16%) MailChimp
5 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.16%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (33.72%) Firewall
2 26 (30.23%) WAN
3 24 (27.91%) LAN
4 21 (24.42%) VoIP
5 15 (17.44%) VPN
5 15 (17.44%) Wireless
6 12 (13.95%) BGP
7 11 (12.79%) OSPF
8 8 (9.30%) MPLS
8 8 (9.30%) SD-WAN
8 8 (9.30%) Unified Communications
8 8 (9.30%) VXLAN
9 7 (8.14%) Network Security
9 7 (8.14%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.98%) Telepresence
10 6 (6.98%) WebEx
10 6 (6.98%) WLAN
11 2 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (2.33%) HTTPS
11 2 (2.33%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.30%) Power BI
2 6 (6.98%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.81%) MySQL
4 4 (4.65%) FileMaker
5 1 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
General
1 14 (16.28%) Social Skills
1 14 (16.28%) Telecoms
2 10 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (10.47%) Finance
4 6 (6.98%) Billing
4 6 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.33%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Legal
6 1 (1.16%) Marketing
6 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.16%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (27.91%) Support Engineer
2 16 (18.60%) IT Support
3 15 (17.44%) IT Engineer
4 13 (15.12%) Architect
5 11 (12.79%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (10.47%) Lead
6 9 (10.47%) Network Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Cisco Consultant
7 8 (9.30%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 8 (9.30%) Consultant
7 8 (9.30%) Field Engineer
7 8 (9.30%) Network Consultant
7 8 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (9.30%) WAN Consultant
8 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) OSS Solutions Architect
8 6 (6.98%) Voice Engineer
8 6 (6.98%) Voice Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.63%) REST
2 4 (4.65%) CSS
2 4 (4.65%) HTML
3 2 (2.33%) NETCONF
3 2 (2.33%) RESTCONF
4 1 (1.16%) gRPC
4 1 (1.16%) Kafka
4 1 (1.16%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.95%) Data Centre
2 8 (9.30%) Social Media
3 5 (5.81%) Raspberry Pi
4 4 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.33%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.16%) IPTV
7 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 28 (32.56%) Windows
2 12 (13.95%) Windows Server
3 9 (10.47%) Linux
4 5 (5.81%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.65%) Mac OS
5 4 (4.65%) Unix
6 2 (2.33%) Android
7 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Customer Service
3 15 (17.44%) ITIL
4 14 (16.28%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (10.47%) Network Segmentation
7 8 (9.30%) Agile
8 7 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (8.14%) Network Architecture
9 6 (6.98%) AI
9 6 (6.98%) Cloud Operations
9 6 (6.98%) Cloud Security
9 6 (6.98%) Computer Science
10 5 (5.81%) DevOps
10 5 (5.81%) ITSM
10 5 (5.81%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (5.81%) Mathematics
10 5 (5.81%) Network Monitoring
10 5 (5.81%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) Python
2 5 (5.81%) SQL
3 4 (4.65%) PHP
4 3 (3.49%) Bash
4 3 (3.49%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.16%) C#
5 1 (1.16%) C++
5 1 (1.16%) Go
5 1 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.16%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 19 (22.09%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (17.44%) CCNP
2 15 (17.44%) Degree
3 11 (12.79%) HND
3 11 (12.79%) Security Cleared
4 8 (9.30%) DBS Check
5 6 (6.98%) CCNA
6 5 (5.81%) HNC
7 4 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.33%) CCIE
9 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.33%) CWNA
9 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.33%) RIBA
10 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) ISO 14001
1 4 (4.65%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.33%) QA
2 2 (2.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.16%) GDPR
3 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 18 (20.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.81%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (5.81%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) Firmware
4 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (16.28%) FortiGate
2 11 (12.79%) Ansible
3 9 (10.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (9.30%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (6.98%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (6.98%) Netcool
6 4 (4.65%) SmoothWall
6 4 (4.65%) Terraform
7 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
8 1 (1.16%) Cilium
8 1 (1.16%) Grafana
8 1 (1.16%) Istio
8 1 (1.16%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 1 (1.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (44.19%) Cisco
2 29 (33.72%) Microsoft
3 24 (27.91%) Meraki
4 12 (13.95%) Fortinet
5 8 (9.30%) Google
6 7 (8.14%) VMware
7 6 (6.98%) Aruba
7 6 (6.98%) Oracle
7 6 (6.98%) Veeam
8 5 (5.81%) Synology
9 4 (4.65%) Adobe
9 4 (4.65%) Apple
9 4 (4.65%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (4.65%) Palo Alto
9 4 (4.65%) Sage
10 3 (3.49%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (3.49%) SAP
11 1 (1.16%) Epicor
11 1 (1.16%) Ericsson
11 1 (1.16%) Nokia