Network Support Jobs

Network Support
UK

The median Network Support salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 December 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 720 649 973
Rank change year-on-year -71 +324 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 53 87 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.17% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.17% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 39 80 75
10th Percentile £35,000 - £25,200
25th Percentile £37,125 £21,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -7.89% -1.30%
75th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £49,015
90th Percentile £59,700 £55,000 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,253 £33,250 £40,094
% change year-on-year +27.08% -17.07% +11.37%

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 65,159 49,884 116,652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 95.43% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 32,152 36,466 73,525
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support over the 6 months to 11 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the UK over the 6 months to 11 December 2024. 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 -82 46 £42,500 +23.19% 11
UK excluding London -112 37 £42,253 +27.08% 10
South East -67 21 £50,000 +122.22% 4
London -3 11 £53,750 +22.86% 4
Work from Home -15 11 £50,000 +122.22% 9
Midlands -39 6 £37,500 -16.67% 1
East of England - 5 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 4 £37,500 -
South West +4 3 £42,500 -15.00% 1
West Midlands -51 2 £40,253 -10.55% 1
Wales - 2 £38,069 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 11 December 2024, Network Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 29 (54.72%) Cisco
2 24 (45.28%) Firewall
3 19 (35.85%) Windows
4 17 (32.08%) Juniper
5 16 (30.19%) ITIL
5 16 (30.19%) WAN
5 16 (30.19%) Fortinet
5 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
5 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
6 15 (28.30%) LAN
7 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (24.53%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (20.75%) Linux
8 11 (20.75%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (18.87%) 802.1X
9 10 (18.87%) FortiGate
9 10 (18.87%) BGP
9 10 (18.87%) VLAN
9 10 (18.87%) DV Cleared
9 10 (18.87%) Degree
9 10 (18.87%) Wireshark
10 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
10 9 (16.98%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (16.98%) OSPF
10 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
10 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
10 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (16.98%) Windows 10
10 9 (16.98%) Windows Server
11 8 (15.09%) Data Centre

Network Support 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 13 (24.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.21%) Azure
3 1 (1.89%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (45.28%) Firewall
2 16 (30.19%) WAN
3 15 (28.30%) LAN
4 11 (20.75%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (18.87%) BGP
5 10 (18.87%) VLAN
5 10 (18.87%) Wireshark
6 9 (16.98%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (16.98%) OSPF
7 8 (15.09%) EIGRP
7 8 (15.09%) TCP/IP
7 8 (15.09%) VPN
8 7 (13.21%) SD-WAN
8 7 (13.21%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (11.32%) Network Security
10 5 (9.43%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (9.43%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (9.43%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (9.43%) VXLAN
10 5 (9.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (7.55%) Legal
3 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Banking
5 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Finance
5 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.89%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.87%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.43%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.77%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.89%) IPTV
4 1 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.89%) NHS
4 1 (1.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.85%) Windows
2 11 (20.75%) Linux
3 9 (16.98%) Windows 10
3 9 (16.98%) Windows Server
4 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (13.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (5.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) ITIL
2 7 (13.21%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (11.32%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
4 5 (9.43%) Project Delivery
5 4 (7.55%) Agile
5 4 (7.55%) Server Hardening
5 4 (7.55%) Waterfall
6 3 (5.66%) Boundary Protection
6 3 (5.66%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (5.66%) Network Architecture
6 3 (5.66%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (5.66%) Time Management
6 3 (5.66%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (3.77%) Case Management
7 2 (3.77%) Patch Management
7 2 (3.77%) Statistics
8 1 (1.89%) Load Balancing
8 1 (1.89%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) SQL
2 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 13 (24.53%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (18.87%) Degree
3 10 (18.87%) DV Cleared
4 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
5 8 (15.09%) CCNA
6 7 (13.21%) CCNP
7 5 (9.43%) JNCIA
8 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
8 4 (7.55%) MBA
9 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (3.77%) CWNA
10 2 (3.77%) CWTS
10 2 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.89%) CCIE
11 1 (1.89%) JNCIP
11 1 (1.89%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) COBIT
1 4 (7.55%) COSO
1 4 (7.55%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Hyper-V
2 5 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Firmware
3 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (18.87%) FortiGate
2 4 (7.55%) SCCM
2 4 (7.55%) WSUS
3 3 (5.66%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (5.66%) Nessus
3 3 (5.66%) Observium
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.89%) Ansible
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 29 (54.72%) Cisco
2 17 (32.08%) Juniper
3 16 (30.19%) Fortinet
4 9 (16.98%) Microsoft
5 8 (15.09%) Citrix
6 6 (11.32%) SolarWinds
7 5 (9.43%) Polycom
7 5 (9.43%) VMware
8 4 (7.55%) F5
8 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
8 4 (7.55%) SonicWALL
8 4 (7.55%) Unisys
9 3 (5.66%) arcserve
9 3 (5.66%) Avaya
9 3 (5.66%) Clearswift
9 3 (5.66%) IBM
9 3 (5.66%) McAfee
9 3 (5.66%) Oracle
9 3 (5.66%) Red Hat
9 3 (5.66%) Veritas