Network Optimisation Jobs

Network Optimisation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Network Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 691 892 962
Rank change year-on-year +201 +70 +280
Permanent jobs citing Network Optimisation 11 15 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.014% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.017% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £44,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% - -
75th Percentile £102,500 £63,688 -
90th Percentile £108,500 £77,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Optimisation 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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -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 £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Optimisation over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +165 9 £85,000 +54.55% 32
UK excluding London +179 6 £40,000 -11.11% 14
London +105 5 £95,000 +68.89% 21
Work from Home +115 4 £85,000 +17.24% 10
Midlands - 4 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 - -

Network Optimisation
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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) VLAN
1 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) 5G
2 1 (9.09%) 802.11
2 1 (9.09%) Internet
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) VoIP
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (9.09%) Wireless
2 1 (9.09%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Games
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Network Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Network Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) BYOD
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Incident Management
2 4 (36.36%) Network Management
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Server Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Fintech
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (9.09%) Presales
5 1 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) CCNA
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Arista
3 1 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) Ruckus Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) VMware