Network Virtualisation Jobs

Network Virtualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Virtualisation over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 716 773
Rank change year-on-year +94 +57 +84
Permanent jobs citing Network Virtualisation 89 196 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.23% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 43 166 143
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.00% -7.40%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,875 £77,715
90th Percentile £97,000 £115,000 £93,484
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year -8.33% -13.60% +35.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Virtualisation 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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Virtualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +76 85 £75,000 +20.00% 146
UK excluding London +110 54 £55,000 -8.33% 135
London +112 34 £83,500 +28.46% 30
Work from Home +87 31 £85,000 +33.33% 42
South East +69 15 £85,000 +36.00% 43
North of England +31 15 £85,000 +41.67% 27
Yorkshire +66 11 £85,000 +41.67% 14
Midlands +21 8 - - 22
East of England +47 7 £45,000 -12.20% 15
South West +114 6 £50,000 -9.09% 19
East Midlands +38 4 - - 8
West Midlands +26 4 - - 13
North West -9 4 £65,000 - 10
Scotland +112 2 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

Network Virtualisation
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 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.25%) Confluence
2 2 (2.25%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.12%) Apache
3 1 (1.12%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 71 (79.78%) Azure
2 40 (44.94%) AWS
3 27 (30.34%) PaaS
4 26 (29.21%) Azure DevOps
5 25 (28.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 22 (24.72%) Entra ID
6 22 (24.72%) IaaS
7 19 (21.35%) Azure Key Vault
7 19 (21.35%) SaaS
8 18 (20.22%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (20.22%) GCP
8 18 (20.22%) Power Platform
9 16 (17.98%) Azure AI
9 16 (17.98%) Azure Service Bus
9 16 (17.98%) Power Automate
10 8 (8.99%) Azure Storage
11 7 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (5.62%) GitHub
12 5 (5.62%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (2.25%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (42.70%) WAN
2 36 (40.45%) Firewall
3 35 (39.33%) VPN
4 31 (34.83%) DNS
5 25 (28.09%) SD-WAN
6 20 (22.47%) Network Security
7 18 (20.22%) LAN
8 16 (17.98%) TCP/IP
9 12 (13.48%) BGP
9 12 (13.48%) OSPF
10 9 (10.11%) Wireless
11 8 (8.99%) DHCP
12 7 (7.87%) MPLS
13 6 (6.74%) Cisco Nexus
13 6 (6.74%) EIGRP
13 6 (6.74%) Wireless Security
14 5 (5.62%) BIG-IP
14 5 (5.62%) VLAN
15 4 (4.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 4 (4.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (20.22%) Power BI
2 17 (19.10%) Data Lake
2 17 (19.10%) MySQL
3 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.12%) Metadata
5 1 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (17.98%) Git
2 3 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.12%) JIRA
3 1 (1.12%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (24.72%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.73%) Law
3 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.74%) Finance
4 6 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Legal
7 1 (1.12%) Automotive
7 1 (1.12%) Banking
7 1 (1.12%) Front Office
7 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.12%) Military
7 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (25.84%) Lead
2 22 (24.72%) Architect
3 19 (21.35%) Network Engineer
3 19 (21.35%) Platform Engineer
3 19 (21.35%) Senior
4 17 (19.10%) Cloud Architect
5 14 (15.73%) Data Engineer
5 14 (15.73%) Lead Data Engineer
6 11 (12.36%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (8.99%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (6.74%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Administrator
8 6 (6.74%) Senior Network Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Support Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Systems Administrator
8 6 (6.74%) Systems Engineer
8 6 (6.74%) Systems Support
8 6 (6.74%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (19.10%) ARM Templates
2 4 (4.49%) REST
3 1 (1.12%) .NET
3 1 (1.12%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.12%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 26 (29.21%) Data Centre
2 16 (17.98%) NHS
3 12 (13.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.25%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Clustering
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.12%) Life Science
6 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.12%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.12%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.73%) Windows
2 12 (13.48%) Linux
3 10 (11.24%) Windows Server
4 8 (8.99%) VMS
5 5 (5.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (51.69%) Infrastructure as Code
2 40 (44.94%) Roadmaps
3 34 (38.20%) DevOps
4 33 (37.08%) Artificial Intelligence
5 32 (35.96%) Analytics
5 32 (35.96%) Migration
6 25 (28.09%) CI/CD
7 23 (25.84%) Computer Science
7 23 (25.84%) Containerisation
7 23 (25.84%) Project Management
7 23 (25.84%) Strategic Roadmap
8 22 (24.72%) ITIL
9 21 (23.60%) Platform Engineering
10 19 (21.35%) RBAC
11 18 (20.22%) Cost Management
12 17 (19.10%) Agile
12 17 (19.10%) Log Analytics
12 17 (19.10%) TOGAF
13 16 (17.98%) API Management
13 16 (17.98%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 35 (39.33%) Python
2 32 (35.96%) PowerShell
3 20 (22.47%) SQL
4 17 (19.10%) Bicep
5 15 (16.85%) Java
6 14 (15.73%) Scala
7 2 (2.25%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.12%) Bash
8 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (32.58%) Degree
2 24 (26.97%) Azure Certification
3 23 (25.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (17.98%) DBS Check
5 15 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (15.73%) CCNP
6 14 (15.73%) Master's Degree
7 7 (7.87%) Security Cleared
8 6 (6.74%) CCIE
9 5 (5.62%) DV Cleared
10 4 (4.49%) CCNA
11 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (3.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (2.25%) CEH
12 2 (2.25%) CISSP
12 2 (2.25%) SC Cleared
13 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
13 1 (1.12%) JNCIE
13 1 (1.12%) VCP6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) GDPR
2 3 (3.37%) HIPAA
2 3 (3.37%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.12%) NIST
3 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 22 (24.72%) Docker
1 22 (24.72%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (20.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (16.85%) Active Directory
4 9 (10.11%) VMware NSX
5 5 (5.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
6 2 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.25%) vSphere
7 1 (1.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (39.33%) Terraform
2 26 (29.21%) Kubernetes
3 20 (22.47%) Ansible
4 16 (17.98%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (3.37%) FortiGate
7 2 (2.25%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (2.25%) Podman
7 2 (2.25%) vCenter Server
8 1 (1.12%) Nessus
8 1 (1.12%) OpenVAS
8 1 (1.12%) QRadar
8 1 (1.12%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 27 (30.34%) Cisco
2 23 (25.84%) Microsoft
3 22 (24.72%) Meraki
4 19 (21.35%) Fortinet
5 18 (20.22%) VMware
6 17 (19.10%) Databricks
7 16 (17.98%) Palo Alto
8 15 (16.85%) Google
9 9 (10.11%) Citrix
9 9 (10.11%) F5
10 8 (8.99%) Aruba
10 8 (8.99%) Mellanox
10 8 (8.99%) NVIDIA
11 5 (5.62%) Red Hat
12 4 (4.49%) CheckPoint
12 4 (4.49%) Zscaler
13 3 (3.37%) Riverbed
13 3 (3.37%) SolarWinds
14 2 (2.25%) Dell
14 2 (2.25%) Veeam