Network Specialist Jobs

Network Specialist
UK

The median Network Specialist salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 758 979
Rank change year-on-year +81 +221 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 68 64 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.083% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.087% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 51 58 20
10th Percentile £41,500 £40,000 £40,313
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,476 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,038 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £67,887 £69,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 55,107 73,701 104,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 95.01% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 26,116 55,643 66,028
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,268 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

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 17 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Specialist in the UK

Network Specialist
Top 12 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 17 February 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 60 £55,000 -8.33% 2
UK excluding London +76 50 £50,000 -4.76% 1
South East +64 31 £50,000 +3.63% 1
London +50 17 £70,000 +9.15% 1
Work from Home +100 14 £77,500 +29.17% 3
North of England +24 8 £42,500 -
North East +22 7 £40,000 -5.88%
Wales - 5 £44,000 -
West Midlands - 4 - -
Midlands - 4 - -
Scotland - 2 £40,250 -
North West -7 1 £75,000 +87.50%

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

For the 6 months to 17 February 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 62 (91.18%) Cisco
2 38 (55.88%) Juniper
3 36 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 35 (51.47%) SC Cleared
5 31 (45.59%) DV Cleared
6 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (22.06%) Network Security
7 14 (20.59%) Wireless
8 13 (19.12%) Firewall
9 12 (17.65%) ITIL
10 11 (16.18%) CCNP
10 11 (16.18%) Social Skills
11 10 (14.71%) VPN
12 9 (13.24%) CCNA
13 8 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
13 8 (11.76%) BGP
13 8 (11.76%) Terraform
13 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (11.76%) Ansible
14 7 (10.29%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (10.29%) AWS
14 7 (10.29%) Aruba
15 6 (8.82%) Azure
15 6 (8.82%) CheckPoint
15 6 (8.82%) Python
15 6 (8.82%) Agile
15 6 (8.82%) Network Design
16 5 (7.35%) Fortinet
16 5 (7.35%) OSPF

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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (10.29%) AWS
2 6 (8.82%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.06%) Network Security
2 14 (20.59%) Wireless
3 13 (19.12%) Firewall
4 10 (14.71%) VPN
5 8 (11.76%) BGP
5 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 8 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (10.29%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (7.35%) EIGRP
7 5 (7.35%) OSPF
8 4 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (5.88%) FCoE
8 4 (5.88%) NX-OS
9 3 (4.41%) 802.11
9 3 (4.41%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (4.41%) VLAN
9 3 (4.41%) Wireless Security
9 3 (4.41%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (16.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.88%) Finance
2 4 (5.88%) Welsh Language
3 1 (1.47%) Advertising
3 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.47%) Military
3 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) 802.1X
1 3 (4.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.41%) CMDB
1 3 (4.41%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.65%) ITIL
2 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (8.82%) Agile
3 6 (8.82%) Network Design
4 4 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (5.88%) High Availability
4 4 (5.88%) Security Patching
4 4 (5.88%) Time Management
5 3 (4.41%) Analytics
5 3 (4.41%) Configuration Management
5 3 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (4.41%) Decision-Making
5 3 (4.41%) Impact Analysis
5 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (4.41%) ITSM
5 3 (4.41%) Kanban
5 3 (4.41%) Project Management
5 3 (4.41%) Service Management
6 2 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (2.94%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) Python
2 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 35 (51.47%) SC Cleared
3 31 (45.59%) DV Cleared
4 15 (22.06%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (16.18%) CCNP
6 9 (13.24%) CCNA
7 4 (5.88%) CWNA
7 4 (5.88%) CWTS
8 3 (4.41%) CCIE
8 3 (4.41%) CCIE Wireless
8 3 (4.41%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.47%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (1.47%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (11.76%) Ansible
1 8 (11.76%) Terraform
2 5 (7.35%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.41%) Cisco CME
4 1 (1.47%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 62 (91.18%) Cisco
2 38 (55.88%) Juniper
3 7 (10.29%) Aruba
4 6 (8.82%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.35%) Fortinet
5 5 (7.35%) Meraki
5 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
6 4 (5.88%) SolarWinds
7 3 (4.41%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (4.41%) Microsoft
8 2 (2.94%) Canon
8 2 (2.94%) McAfee
9 1 (1.47%) Apple