Network Management Jobs

Network Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 439 386 635
Rank change year-on-year -53 +249 +175
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 293 703 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.54% 0.69% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.82% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 154 236 234
10th Percentile £32,533 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,563 £41,250 £43,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £51,500 £52,340
% change year-on-year +16.50% -1.60% +10.19%

All Process and 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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Management.

Salary trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
England +9 287 £60,000 - 181
UK excluding London -30 232 £60,000 +16.50% 157
North of England -12 74 £38,500 -23.00% 42
Midlands +77 67 £65,000 +30.00% 29
Yorkshire +84 63 £42,500 +8.97% 13
West Midlands +112 62 £65,000 +13.04% 20
London +91 61 £82,500 +17.86% 40
South East +4 39 £60,000 - 36
Work from Home +85 33 £56,121 -16.24% 150
East of England +63 31 £51,000 -3.77% 23
South West +59 15 £56,121 +12.24% 25
North West -77 11 £38,500 -23.00% 21
Scotland +56 5 £50,000 -5.21% 7
East Midlands +8 5 - - 7
Northern Ireland +3 1 £57,500 +21.05% 1

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.21%) Azure
2 49 (16.72%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.19%) AWS
4 11 (3.75%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.37%) GCP
6 3 (1.02%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.02%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.34%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.34%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 119 (40.61%) Firewall
2 84 (28.67%) WAN
3 63 (21.50%) Network Security
4 54 (18.43%) Cisco ISE
5 46 (15.70%) VPN
6 39 (13.31%) LAN
7 33 (11.26%) WLAN
8 32 (10.92%) Internet
8 32 (10.92%) OSPF
9 31 (10.58%) BGP
9 31 (10.58%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (6.83%) MPLS
11 18 (6.14%) TCP/IP
12 17 (5.80%) EIGRP
13 16 (5.46%) Wireless
14 15 (5.12%) DHCP
15 14 (4.78%) VoIP
16 13 (4.44%) DNS
16 13 (4.44%) Ethernet
16 13 (4.44%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
General
1 61 (20.82%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.99%) Finance
3 13 (4.44%) Banking
4 10 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.05%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.05%) Police
7 5 (1.71%) Aviation
7 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.02%) Legal
9 2 (0.68%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (0.68%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.34%) Law
10 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (27.99%) IT Engineer
2 50 (17.06%) Architect
3 48 (16.38%) IT Support
4 44 (15.02%) Network Architect
5 40 (13.65%) Network Engineer
6 37 (12.63%) IT Support Engineer
6 37 (12.63%) Support Engineer
7 36 (12.29%) Designer
7 36 (12.29%) Network Designer
8 25 (8.53%) Senior
9 21 (7.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (6.48%) Instrumentation Engineer
11 16 (5.46%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.07%) Senior Network Engineer
13 7 (2.39%) Lead
14 6 (2.05%) IT Manager
14 6 (2.05%) Technical Support
15 5 (1.71%) IT Support Specialist
15 5 (1.71%) Support Specialist
16 4 (1.37%) Cisco Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.71%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.71%) REST
2 1 (0.34%) EDI
2 1 (0.34%) Kafka
2 1 (0.34%) Middleware
2 1 (0.34%) Node.js
2 1 (0.34%) React
2 1 (0.34%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 58 (19.80%) Operational Technology
2 37 (12.63%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.39%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.39%) Social Media
4 6 (2.05%) IPTV
5 5 (1.71%) IoT
6 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.02%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.68%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.68%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.34%) CCTV
9 1 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) PKI
9 1 (0.34%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.34%) Robotics
9 1 (0.34%) SCADA
9 1 (0.34%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 141 (48.12%) Windows
2 47 (16.04%) Linux
3 22 (7.51%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.12%) Windows Server
5 11 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.68%) Unix
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.68%) zOS
8 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (24.91%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (23.89%) Network Design
3 69 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (14.33%) Computer Science
5 39 (13.31%) ITIL
6 35 (11.95%) Mentoring
7 30 (10.24%) Asset Management
8 29 (9.90%) IT Asset Management
9 22 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (5.12%) Customer Service
10 15 (5.12%) Network Monitoring
11 14 (4.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (4.44%) Configuration Management
13 12 (4.10%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (4.10%) Performance Monitoring
13 12 (4.10%) Roadmaps
14 11 (3.75%) Risk Management
15 10 (3.41%) Kalman Filter
16 9 (3.07%) Line Management
16 9 (3.07%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.05%) Python
2 4 (1.37%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.68%) JCL
4 1 (0.34%) Bash
4 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 83 (28.33%) Security Cleared
2 68 (23.21%) Cisco Certification
3 60 (20.48%) CCNA
4 57 (19.45%) CCNP
5 56 (19.11%) Degree
6 45 (15.36%) SC Cleared
7 32 (10.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (9.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (9.56%) LPIC
9 28 (9.56%) MCP
9 28 (9.56%) MCSE
10 8 (2.73%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.73%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
11 6 (2.05%) CCIE
12 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.68%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.34%) CISMP
14 1 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.07%) SLA
2 8 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.05%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.34%) NCSC
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 99 (33.79%) Active Directory
2 59 (20.14%) Virtual Servers
3 28 (9.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.71%) Firmware
6 4 (1.37%) Docker
6 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.68%) KVM
7 2 (0.68%) vSphere
8 1 (0.34%) RHEV
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.10%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (3.07%) FortiGate
4 7 (2.39%) SmoothWall
5 6 (2.05%) SCCM
6 4 (1.37%) Ansible
6 4 (1.37%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.02%) Terraform
7 3 (1.02%) WSUS
8 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.68%) Tivoli NetView
9 1 (0.34%) CASB
9 1 (0.34%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.34%) OpenNebula
Vendors
1 183 (62.46%) Cisco
2 87 (29.69%) Juniper
3 80 (27.30%) Microsoft
4 64 (21.84%) VMware
5 47 (16.04%) SevOne
6 43 (14.68%) Meraki
7 25 (8.53%) Fortinet
8 20 (6.83%) SolarWinds
9 18 (6.14%) CheckPoint
10 14 (4.78%) Arista
11 11 (3.75%) Red Hat
12 8 (2.73%) Citrix
13 7 (2.39%) Google
13 7 (2.39%) Palo Alto
14 6 (2.05%) Apple
14 6 (2.05%) Bloomberg
14 6 (2.05%) Refinitiv
14 6 (2.05%) Riverbed
15 5 (1.71%) Aruba
15 5 (1.71%) Infoblox