Network Monitoring Jobs

Network Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Network Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 677 709
Rank change year-on-year +103 +32 +263
Permanent jobs citing Network Monitoring 137 238 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.27% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 108 205 211
10th Percentile £33,200 £29,600 £25,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +31.58% -30.91%
75th Percentile £72,813 £62,500 £54,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Monitoring 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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +71 130 £51,500 -1.90% 550
UK excluding London +106 80 £50,000 - 569
London +105 56 £68,750 +25.00% 49
Midlands +76 26 £49,443 +0.90% 117
West Midlands +49 26 £49,443 +0.90% 65
South East +73 25 £53,750 -3.50% 154
Work from Home +81 23 £70,000 +40.00% 326
North of England +31 9 - - 123
East of England +47 8 £50,000 -6.98% 84
South West +72 6 £60,000 +33.33% 63
Wales +49 5 £37,733 -28.13% 17
North West -8 5 - - 56
Yorkshire +58 4 - - 52
Scotland +106 1 £45,000 +38.46% 24

Network Monitoring
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 7 (5.11%) Apache
2 4 (2.92%) nginx
3 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.46%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 53 (38.69%) Azure
2 37 (27.01%) AWS
3 14 (10.22%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.11%) SaaS
6 6 (4.38%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.38%) GCP
7 3 (2.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.19%) IaaS
7 3 (2.19%) Slack
8 2 (1.46%) Akamai
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.46%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.46%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 80 (58.39%) Firewall
2 63 (45.99%) WAN
3 41 (29.93%) BGP
4 40 (29.20%) VPN
5 37 (27.01%) LAN
6 36 (26.28%) OSPF
6 36 (26.28%) SD-WAN
7 35 (25.55%) Network Security
8 34 (24.82%) TCP/IP
9 32 (23.36%) VLAN
10 24 (17.52%) MPLS
11 15 (10.95%) DNS
11 15 (10.95%) Intrusion Detection
12 11 (8.03%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (8.03%) Wireless
13 10 (7.30%) Spanning Tree
14 9 (6.57%) DHCP
15 8 (5.84%) Cisco ASA
15 8 (5.84%) EIGRP
16 7 (5.11%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.73%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.73%) Git
2 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.73%) MSI
2 1 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 36 (26.28%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.79%) Finance
3 16 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.76%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.11%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.92%) Local Government
7 4 (2.92%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.92%) Retail
8 3 (2.19%) Advertising
8 3 (2.19%) Aviation
9 2 (1.46%) Banking
9 2 (1.46%) Electronics
9 2 (1.46%) Law
9 2 (1.46%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.46%) Marketing
9 2 (1.46%) Police
10 1 (0.73%) Avionics
10 1 (0.73%) German Language
10 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (40.88%) Network Engineer
2 27 (19.71%) Senior
3 17 (12.41%) NOC Engineer
3 17 (12.41%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (8.03%) Lead
5 9 (6.57%) IT Support
5 9 (6.57%) Service Desk Support
6 8 (5.84%) Junior
6 8 (5.84%) WAN Engineer
7 7 (5.11%) Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) SCADA Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Test Engineer
10 4 (2.92%) Analyst
10 4 (2.92%) Architect
11 3 (2.19%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 3 (2.19%) Network Manager
11 3 (2.19%) Operations Engineer
11 3 (2.19%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.38%) Middleware
2 5 (3.65%) REST
3 3 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.46%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.46%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.41%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.84%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.38%) SCADA
4 4 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.46%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.73%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (0.73%) CCTV
6 1 (0.73%) CPLD
6 1 (0.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.73%) FPGA
6 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.73%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.60%) Windows
2 19 (13.87%) Linux
3 9 (6.57%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.11%) CentOS
4 7 (5.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.92%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (16.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (11.68%) Network Management
5 14 (10.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (10.22%) Incident Response
5 14 (10.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 13 (9.49%) Business Continuity
7 11 (8.03%) Agile
7 11 (8.03%) Computer Science
7 11 (8.03%) Data Centre Operations
7 11 (8.03%) DevOps
7 11 (8.03%) Network Virtualisation
8 10 (7.30%) Information Security
8 10 (7.30%) ITIL
8 10 (7.30%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (6.57%) ITSM
9 9 (6.57%) Migration
9 9 (6.57%) Service Delivery
9 9 (6.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.03%) Python
2 9 (6.57%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.11%) Bash
3 7 (5.11%) PHP
4 3 (2.19%) R
4 3 (2.19%) SQL
5 2 (1.46%) Go
5 2 (1.46%) Java
6 1 (0.73%) C
6 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.73%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (20.44%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (18.98%) Security Cleared
3 25 (18.25%) Degree
4 22 (16.06%) CCNA
5 18 (13.14%) SC Cleared
6 15 (10.95%) CCNP
7 9 (6.57%) DV Cleared
8 8 (5.84%) CISM
9 5 (3.65%) CISSP
9 5 (3.65%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (2.19%) CISA
11 3 (2.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.46%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.46%) IISP
12 2 (1.46%) JNCIA
12 2 (1.46%) SANS
13 1 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.38%) ISO 9000
2 6 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (3.65%) GDPR
3 5 (3.65%) NIST
4 4 (2.92%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.92%) QA
5 3 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.73%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (16.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.30%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.11%) Docker
4 6 (4.38%) Firmware
5 5 (3.65%) Active Directory
5 5 (3.65%) vSphere
6 4 (2.92%) VMware NSX
7 3 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.73%) KVM
8 1 (0.73%) NFS
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (9.49%) Ansible
2 10 (7.30%) Terraform
3 8 (5.84%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.38%) FortiGate
4 6 (4.38%) HP ALM
5 4 (2.92%) HAProxy
6 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.46%) Grafana
7 2 (1.46%) Istio
7 2 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.46%) linkerd
7 2 (1.46%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.73%) CASB
8 1 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.73%) Opsview
8 1 (0.73%) Puppet
8 1 (0.73%) SCCM
8 1 (0.73%) WMI
8 1 (0.73%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (57.66%) Cisco
2 29 (21.17%) VMware
3 27 (19.71%) Juniper
4 26 (18.98%) SolarWinds
5 22 (16.06%) Microsoft
6 21 (15.33%) Fortinet
7 14 (10.22%) Zscaler
8 13 (9.49%) HP
9 11 (8.03%) CheckPoint
10 9 (6.57%) Oracle
11 8 (5.84%) F5
12 7 (5.11%) Avaya
12 7 (5.11%) Google
12 7 (5.11%) Meraki
13 6 (4.38%) Citrix
13 6 (4.38%) MuleSoft
14 5 (3.65%) ADVA
14 5 (3.65%) Palo Alto
15 4 (2.92%) Extreme Networks
15 4 (2.92%) SAP