Network Specialist Jobs

Network Specialist
UK

The median Network Specialist salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 823 910
Rank change year-on-year +133 +87 +251
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 12 84 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.081% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.085% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 7 73 41
10th Percentile £49,875 £40,000 £38,634
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £83,125 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £69,577 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -16.67%

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 50,444 98,297 87,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 94.81% 91.34%
Number of salaries quoted 26,384 69,991 55,965
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £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 £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%

Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Specialist 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 +102 12 £52,500 +10.53% 19
UK excluding London +127 7 £52,500 +10.53% 13
Work from Home +96 6 £52,500 +10.53% 3
London +92 5 £105,000 +65.97% 6
South East +60 4 £52,500 +11.70% 1
South West +112 1 £52,500 +23.53%
Midlands +63 1 - - 2
West Midlands +54 1 - - 2
North of England +23 1 - - 7
Yorkshire - 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Network Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 6 (50.00%) Firewall
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (41.67%) CCNP
3 5 (41.67%) CCNA
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
3 5 (41.67%) Network Security
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (41.67%) Data Centre
3 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (33.33%) OSPF
4 4 (33.33%) BGP
4 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (25.00%) EIGRP
5 3 (25.00%) SLA
5 3 (25.00%) Sophos
5 3 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 3 (25.00%) Linux
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 3 (25.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (25.00%) Azure
5 3 (25.00%) VMware
5 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Network Specialist 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Rubrik
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (41.67%) Network Security
2 5 (41.67%) VPN
3 4 (33.33%) BGP
3 4 (33.33%) OSPF
4 3 (25.00%) DMVPN
4 3 (25.00%) EIGRP
4 3 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (25.00%) Unified Communications
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
5 2 (16.67%) WAN
6 1 (8.33%) DHCP
6 1 (8.33%) DNS
6 1 (8.33%) LAN
6 1 (8.33%) TACACS
6 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (8.33%) Wireless
6 1 (8.33%) WLAN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
2 4 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) Forensic Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) SIEM
3 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 2 (16.67%) Network Management
4 2 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (16.67%) Runbook
5 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 1 (8.33%) Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CCNA
1 5 (41.67%) CCNP
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (25.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (25.00%) VxRail
2 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (25.00%) Sophos
3 3 (25.00%) Splunk
3 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (25.00%) Zscaler
4 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 2 (16.67%) Juniper
4 2 (16.67%) McAfee
4 2 (16.67%) Meraki
5 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto