Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 869 1016
Rank change year-on-year +282 +147 -182
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 329 103 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 264 88 169
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,302 £47,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £85,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £110,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year -14.29% -10.64% +5.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Top 17 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 9 May 2024. 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 +282 288 £42,500 -32.00% 30
UK excluding London +196 248 £45,000 -14.29% 26
South East +86 96 £38,000 -37.70% 11
London +105 53 £45,000 -35.71% 3
Midlands +31 48 £43,750 -45.31% 4
Work from Home +68 42 £57,500 -28.13% 10
South West +12 40 £56,250 +7.14%
North of England +72 39 £45,000 -13.76% 6
East Midlands +10 27 £39,000 -24.38% 3
North West +28 21 £37,500 +1.35% 3
West Midlands +27 21 £57,500 -28.13% 1
East of England +37 19 £37,500 -21.88% 3
Yorkshire +93 16 £50,000 -25.93% 2
Scotland - 10 £62,500 - 2
North East +1 6 £45,000 -3.23% 1
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 73 (22.19%) Firewall
2 66 (20.06%) Cisco
3 60 (18.24%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (16.41%) Microsoft
5 50 (15.20%) LAN
6 48 (14.59%) WAN
7 44 (13.37%) Active Directory
8 42 (12.77%) Degree
9 41 (12.46%) Social Skills
10 39 (11.85%) VPN
11 38 (11.55%) Network Security
11 38 (11.55%) Hyper-V
11 38 (11.55%) Azure
12 36 (10.94%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (10.33%) VMware
13 34 (10.33%) Windows
14 33 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (9.73%) Kalman Filter
15 32 (9.73%) VMware Infrastructure
16 31 (9.42%) DHCP
17 30 (9.12%) DNS
18 27 (8.21%) Aruba
18 27 (8.21%) Service Delivery
18 27 (8.21%) Problem-Solving
19 26 (7.90%) SD-WAN
20 25 (7.60%) Project Delivery
20 25 (7.60%) Finance
20 25 (7.60%) Mentoring
21 24 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
22 23 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management

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 12 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.22%) SAS
3 2 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (18.24%) Microsoft 365
2 38 (11.55%) Azure
3 12 (3.65%) AWS
4 9 (2.74%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.13%) OCI
6 6 (1.82%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.52%) GCP
8 4 (1.22%) Twilio
9 3 (0.91%) PaaS
9 3 (0.91%) SaaS
10 2 (0.61%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 73 (22.19%) Firewall
2 50 (15.20%) LAN
3 48 (14.59%) WAN
4 39 (11.85%) VPN
5 38 (11.55%) Network Security
6 36 (10.94%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (9.42%) DHCP
8 30 (9.12%) DNS
9 26 (7.90%) SD-WAN
10 23 (6.99%) Wireless
11 17 (5.17%) SAN
11 17 (5.17%) VLAN
12 16 (4.86%) Internet
12 16 (4.86%) Intranet
13 15 (4.56%) TCP/IP
14 13 (3.95%) SNMP
15 9 (2.74%) Unified Communications
16 5 (1.52%) 5G
16 5 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
16 5 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 41 (12.46%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.60%) Finance
3 20 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (6.08%) Legal
4 14 (4.26%) Marketing
5 9 (2.74%) Local Government
6 8 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.13%) Law
8 6 (1.82%) French Language
8 6 (1.82%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.91%) Japanese Language
9 3 (0.91%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.61%) Banking
10 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.30%) Publishing
11 1 (0.30%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.08%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (5.78%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.86%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.65%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.43%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.13%) CCTV
8 4 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.22%) IoT
8 4 (1.22%) IPTV
9 3 (0.91%) Replication
10 2 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.30%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.30%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.30%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.30%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 34 (10.33%) Windows
2 23 (6.99%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.34%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.52%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.22%) Android
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (10.03%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (9.73%) Kalman Filter
3 27 (8.21%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (8.21%) Service Delivery
4 25 (7.60%) Mentoring
4 25 (7.60%) Project Delivery
5 24 (7.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (6.99%) Network Management
6 23 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (6.38%) Decision-Making
7 21 (6.38%) Line Management
7 21 (6.38%) Project Management
8 20 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (6.08%) Data Protection
9 18 (5.47%) Network Design
10 17 (5.17%) ITIL
11 14 (4.26%) Office Automation
11 14 (4.26%) Security Patching
12 13 (3.95%) Customer Experience
13 12 (3.65%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.56%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.82%) SQL
3 1 (0.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (12.77%) Degree
2 18 (5.47%) Master's Degree
3 14 (4.26%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.74%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.43%) MCP
5 8 (2.43%) MCSA
6 6 (1.82%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.52%) BICSI RCDD
7 5 (1.52%) CCNA
7 5 (1.52%) CCNP
7 5 (1.52%) MCSE
8 4 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.22%) PMP
9 3 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.61%) HNC
11 1 (0.30%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.22%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.61%) SLA
5 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 44 (13.37%) Active Directory
2 38 (11.55%) Hyper-V
3 32 (9.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.86%) WSUS
2 15 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.65%) SmoothWall
4 9 (2.74%) SCCM
5 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.61%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.30%) Ansible
6 1 (0.30%) Core Impact
6 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 66 (20.06%) Cisco
2 54 (16.41%) Microsoft
3 34 (10.33%) VMware
4 27 (8.21%) Aruba
5 17 (5.17%) Veeam
6 11 (3.34%) HP
7 9 (2.74%) Apple
7 9 (2.74%) Fortinet
7 9 (2.74%) Juniper
7 9 (2.74%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.43%) Google
8 8 (2.43%) Sage
9 7 (2.13%) Oracle
10 5 (1.52%) Meraki
10 5 (1.52%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.22%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.91%) Dell
13 2 (0.61%) Ubiquiti
14 1 (0.30%) CrowdStrike