Network Operations Manager Jobs

Network Operations Manager
UK

The median Network Operations Manager salary in the UK is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 884 957
Rank change year-on-year +189 +73 +264
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Operations Manager 16 26 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.025% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.027% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 6
10th Percentile - £43,500 £61,875
25th Percentile £125,000 £47,188 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +126.09% -28.13% -7.25%
75th Percentile £135,000 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - £66,625 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £57,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -28.13% -8.57%

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Network Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Operations Manager in the UK

Network Operations Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Operations Manager in the UK

Network Operations Manager
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operations Manager 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
UK excluding London +174 6 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
England +147 5 £130,000 +126.09% 5
London - 5 £130,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Network Operations 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 Operations Manager in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Project Management
2 14 (87.50%) Service Management
3 13 (81.25%) Degree
3 13 (81.25%) JIRA
3 13 (81.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
4 11 (68.75%) IT Asset Management
4 11 (68.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (68.75%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (68.75%) Fibre Optics
4 11 (68.75%) Computer Science
4 11 (68.75%) Remedy ITSM
4 11 (68.75%) Strategic Planning
4 11 (68.75%) VLAN
4 11 (68.75%) Asset Management
4 11 (68.75%) Service Delivery
4 11 (68.75%) ITIL
4 11 (68.75%) BMC
4 11 (68.75%) Remedy
4 11 (68.75%) ITSM
4 11 (68.75%) Management Information System
4 11 (68.75%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Kanban
5 3 (18.75%) Planning and Forecasting
5 3 (18.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement

Network Operations 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:

Business Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) VLAN
1 11 (68.75%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
Development Applications
1 13 (81.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Fibre Optics
1 11 (68.75%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Project Management
2 14 (87.50%) Service Management
3 13 (81.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (68.75%) Asset Management
4 11 (68.75%) Computer Science
4 11 (68.75%) Innovative Thinking
4 11 (68.75%) IT Asset Management
4 11 (68.75%) ITIL
4 11 (68.75%) ITSM
4 11 (68.75%) Service Delivery
4 11 (68.75%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) DevOps
5 3 (18.75%) Kanban
5 3 (18.75%) Planning and Forecasting
5 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 3 (18.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (12.50%) Release Management
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) Degree
2 11 (68.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) MBA
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) BMC
1 11 (68.75%) Remedy