Network Technician Job Trends

Network Technician
UK

The median Network Technician salary in the UK is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 695 675
Rank change year-on-year +68 -20 +317
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Technician 26 4 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.043% 0.007% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.008% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 23 4 33
10th Percentile £28,800 £23,975 £29,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £24,313 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £28,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -5.83% -22.11%
75th Percentile £42,500 £34,063 £31,000
90th Percentile £44,000 £39,125 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,505 £28,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year +15.06% -5.83% -22.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Network Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Technician
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Network Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Network Technician job vacancies in the UK

Network Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Technician over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Technician in the UK

Network Technician
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 Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +80 21 £32,500 +18.18% 5
London +64 11 £32,500 +18.18% 1
UK excluding London +63 10 £32,505 +15.06% 5
North of England - 5 £36,736 - 1
East of England - 4 £30,000 - 2
North West - 4 £36,736 -
Work from Home - 3 £32,500 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

Network Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Network Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Technician in the job title.

1 7 (26.92%) Customer Service
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) 4G
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) City & Guilds
2 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (15.38%) HNC
2 4 (15.38%) Logistics
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (15.38%) NVQ Level 3
3 3 (11.54%) 3G
3 3 (11.54%) ADSL
3 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
3 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
3 3 (11.54%) Firewall
3 3 (11.54%) KVM
3 3 (11.54%) LAN
3 3 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (11.54%) Network Security
3 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (11.54%) VDSL
3 3 (11.54%) VoIP
3 3 (11.54%) VPN
3 3 (11.54%) WAN
3 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 10

Network Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) 4G
2 3 (11.54%) 3G
2 3 (11.54%) ADSL
2 3 (11.54%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) LAN
2 3 (11.54%) Network Security
2 3 (11.54%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (11.54%) VDSL
2 3 (11.54%) VoIP
2 3 (11.54%) VPN
2 3 (11.54%) WAN
2 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (11.54%) Wireless
2 3 (11.54%) WLAN
3 2 (7.69%) DHCP
3 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.69%) VLAN
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (3.85%) DMZ
4 1 (3.85%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 18 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (15.38%) Advertising
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Military
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Jinja
1 1 (3.85%) NETCONF
1 1 (3.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 5 (19.23%) Digital Signage
3 3 (11.54%) Digital Media
4 2 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (3.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 10
2 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Customer Service
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (15.38%) Logistics
3 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
3 3 (11.54%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (11.54%) Zero Trust
4 2 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (7.69%) Scorecard
5 1 (3.85%) Agile
5 1 (3.85%) Data Science
5 1 (3.85%) Network Design
5 1 (3.85%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (3.85%) Project Management
5 1 (3.85%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (3.85%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (3.85%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) City & Guilds
1 4 (15.38%) HNC
1 4 (15.38%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (15.38%) NVQ Level 3
2 3 (11.54%) DBS Check
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) A+ Certification
3 2 (7.69%) MCP
3 2 (7.69%) MCSA
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) KVM
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Cisco
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Zscaler