Network Monitoring Job Trends

Network Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Network Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 510 640
Rank change year-on-year -100 +130 +75
Permanent jobs citing Network Monitoring 117 144 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.35% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 90 114 210
10th Percentile £45,801 £33,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £46,446 £41,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% +3.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £84,063 £71,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,950 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% +2.04% +30.67%

All Process & 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 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,446 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Network Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Monitoring job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Monitoring

Network Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

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 9 May 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 -50 116 £62,500 +21.36% 40
UK excluding London -69 73 £53,500 +7.00% 35
London -39 40 £85,000 +30.77% 10
Midlands -35 30 £54,068 +4.99% 7
West Midlands -37 24 £56,900 +10.48% 7
Work from Home +14 23 £48,445 -22.49% 21
North of England -50 21 £48,445 +29.19% 6
North West -10 13 £48,445 - 4
East of England -5 11 £40,000 -20.00% 1
South West -48 6 £70,000 +16.67% 7
East Midlands - 6 £32,500 -
South East -37 5 £57,000 +15.15% 11
Yorkshire -52 5 £48,445 +29.19% 2
North East - 3 £48,445 -

Network Monitoring
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 (5.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (46.15%) Azure
2 42 (35.90%) AWS
3 16 (13.68%) Azure Sentinel
3 16 (13.68%) OCI
4 15 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (10.26%) Datadog
6 9 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 9 (7.69%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.71%) GCP
9 2 (1.71%) Route 53
10 1 (0.85%) IaaS
10 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (67.52%) Firewall
2 65 (55.56%) WAN
3 61 (52.14%) VPN
4 50 (42.74%) Network Security
5 46 (39.32%) SD-WAN
6 44 (37.61%) VLAN
7 39 (33.33%) Wireless
8 37 (31.62%) DNS
9 36 (30.77%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (23.08%) TCP/IP
11 26 (22.22%) Wireshark
12 25 (21.37%) DHCP
12 25 (21.37%) OSPF
13 22 (18.80%) BGP
14 21 (17.95%) LAN
14 21 (17.95%) VXLAN
15 18 (15.38%) NGFW
16 16 (13.68%) EIGRP
17 13 (11.11%) Cisco Wireless
17 13 (11.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 39 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (29.06%) Social Skills
3 20 (17.09%) Public Sector
4 14 (11.97%) Finance
5 9 (7.69%) Law
6 5 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.42%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.42%) Banking
8 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.71%) Automotive
9 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (63.25%) Network Engineer
2 28 (23.93%) Senior
3 26 (22.22%) Senior Network Engineer
4 16 (13.68%) Network Manager
4 16 (13.68%) Network Operations Manager
4 16 (13.68%) Operations Manager
5 14 (11.97%) Lead
6 11 (9.40%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (8.55%) Lead Network Engineer
8 9 (7.69%) Lead Cisco Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (4.27%) IT Support
10 4 (3.42%) IT Support Technician
10 4 (3.42%) IT Technician
10 4 (3.42%) Support Technician
11 3 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 2 (1.71%) Consultant
12 2 (1.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.85%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (30.77%) Data Centre
2 27 (23.08%) PKI
3 16 (13.68%) Security Posture
4 11 (9.40%) Driving Licence
5 8 (6.84%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.71%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.38%) Windows
2 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.13%) Linux
4 1 (0.85%) Android
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (36.75%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (31.62%) ITSM
3 25 (21.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (18.80%) Network Architecture
5 20 (17.09%) Mentoring
6 17 (14.53%) High Availability
6 17 (14.53%) Load Balancing
6 17 (14.53%) Network Design
6 17 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
7 16 (13.68%) Coaching
8 15 (12.82%) Business Continuity
8 15 (12.82%) Creative Thinking
8 15 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (12.82%) Service Management
9 14 (11.97%) Security Architecture
10 13 (11.11%) Zero Trust
11 12 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
11 12 (10.26%) Incident Response
11 12 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
11 12 (10.26%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (29.06%) Python
2 3 (2.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (47.01%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (44.44%) CCNP
3 27 (23.08%) CCNA
4 19 (16.24%) Security Cleared
5 12 (10.26%) Degree
6 10 (8.55%) Azure Certification
7 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.27%) DBS Check
9 4 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (3.42%) CCIE
9 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.71%) CCIE Data Center
11 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.85%) CCSE
12 1 (0.85%) CISSP
12 1 (0.85%) GIAC
12 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.95%) NIST
2 15 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (10.26%) PCI DSS
4 9 (7.69%) GDPR
4 9 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (7.69%) QA
5 3 (2.56%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (8.55%) Active Directory
1 10 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.42%) Firmware
3 2 (1.71%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (26.50%) Ansible
2 22 (18.80%) Terraform
3 9 (7.69%) Cisco Prime
4 7 (5.98%) Nagios
5 4 (3.42%) SCCM
6 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.71%) vRealize
8 1 (0.85%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.85%) Grafana
8 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 81 (69.23%) Cisco
2 48 (41.03%) SolarWinds
3 34 (29.06%) Palo Alto
4 32 (27.35%) Arista
5 30 (25.64%) Microsoft
6 23 (19.66%) Meraki
7 22 (18.80%) Zscaler
8 20 (17.09%) Aruba
9 16 (13.68%) NetScout
10 14 (11.97%) Avaya
10 14 (11.97%) Fortinet
10 14 (11.97%) Infoblox
10 14 (11.97%) Splunk
11 13 (11.11%) F5
12 12 (10.26%) ForeScout
12 12 (10.26%) SevOne
13 10 (8.55%) VMware
14 4 (3.42%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (3.42%) Juniper
15 3 (2.56%) CheckPoint