Network Manager Jobs

Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 644 597 880
Rank change year-on-year -47 +283 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 48 314 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.32% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.34% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 23 255 93
10th Percentile £35,250 £30,000 £35,302
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -28.00% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £63,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 -44 44 £60,000 +33.33% 65
UK excluding London +7 29 £45,000 - 44
London +74 17 £70,000 +55.56% 29
Work from Home +169 12 £47,500 -17.39% 24
South East +30 11 £45,000 +15.38% 16
South West +75 6 £73,000 +26.96%
Midlands +40 5 - - 7
East Midlands +29 5 - - 3
North of England +53 4 £42,000 -6.67% 14
North West +15 4 £42,000 +12.00% 11
Scotland +125 1 - - 4
East of England +40 1 £40,000 +6.67% 2
Wales - 1 £30,000 - 1

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Network Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 15 (31.25%) Firewall
2 14 (29.17%) Cisco
3 12 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (22.92%) Azure
5 10 (20.83%) WAN
6 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 9 (18.75%) Network Management
6 9 (18.75%) Agile
7 8 (16.67%) VPN
7 8 (16.67%) LAN
7 8 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (16.67%) Finance
7 8 (16.67%) Project Management
7 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (16.67%) Data Centre
8 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
8 7 (14.58%) SD-WAN
8 7 (14.58%) Wireless
8 7 (14.58%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (14.58%) Active Directory
8 7 (14.58%) Degree
8 7 (14.58%) Network Security
9 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (12.50%) VMware
9 6 (12.50%) Internet
10 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
10 5 (10.42%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (10.42%) GDPR

Network Manager Skill Set
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 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.42%) AWS
4 3 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.17%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.25%) Firewall
2 10 (20.83%) WAN
3 8 (16.67%) LAN
3 8 (16.67%) VPN
3 8 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (14.58%) Network Security
4 7 (14.58%) SD-WAN
4 7 (14.58%) Wireless
5 6 (12.50%) Internet
6 4 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (6.25%) BGP
7 3 (6.25%) MPLS
7 3 (6.25%) OSPF
8 2 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (4.17%) DHCP
8 2 (4.17%) DNS
8 2 (4.17%) EIGRP
8 2 (4.17%) VoIP
8 2 (4.17%) WLAN
9 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 8 (16.67%) Finance
2 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.25%) Banking
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.17%) Retail
4 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.08%) German Language
5 1 (2.08%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.25%) Podcast
3 3 (6.25%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) CCTV
4 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.08%) Social Media
5 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.08%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Windows
2 2 (4.17%) Linux
2 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (18.75%) Agile
2 9 (18.75%) Network Management
3 8 (16.67%) Project Management
4 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (14.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
5 5 (10.42%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (10.42%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (8.33%) Business Continuity
6 4 (8.33%) IT Strategy
6 4 (8.33%) Migration
6 4 (8.33%) Network Design
6 4 (8.33%) Roadmaps
6 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.25%) ITIL
7 3 (6.25%) Scrum
7 3 (6.25%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) SQL
2 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (8.33%) CCNA
3 4 (8.33%) CCNP
4 3 (6.25%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) CCIE
5 2 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.17%) MBA
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.17%) PMP
6 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.08%) MOS
6 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) GDPR
2 3 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.25%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.17%) Firmware
4 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.08%) VMware Server
4 1 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.17%) WSUS
2 1 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.08%) Ansible
2 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) Cisco
2 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.50%) VMware
4 3 (6.25%) Aruba
4 3 (6.25%) Fortinet
4 3 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.17%) CheckPoint
5 2 (4.17%) Dell
5 2 (4.17%) Juniper
5 2 (4.17%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.08%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (2.08%) Clearswift
6 1 (2.08%) Datto
6 1 (2.08%) Ekahau
6 1 (2.08%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.08%) Meraki
6 1 (2.08%) MobileIron