Network Virtualisation Job Trends

Network Virtualization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Network Virtualisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 584 591
Rank change year-on-year +22 +7 +162
Permanent jobs citing Network Virtualisation 89 127 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.23% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 49 87 100
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £45,375 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% +6.75%
75th Percentile £105,000 £85,250 £100,188
90th Percentile £125,000 £98,100 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +13.64%

All Process & 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 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Network Virtualisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Network Virtualisation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Virtualisation job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Virtualisation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Virtualisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Network Virtualisation

Network Virtualisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Virtualisation over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Virtualisation in the UK

Network Virtualisation
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 Virtualisation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +30 72 £75,000 +15.38% 22
UK excluding London +23 47 £57,000 +3.64% 21
Work from Home +80 41 £55,000 -15.38% 6
London +35 40 £100,000 +19.76% 8
South East +19 17 £72,500 +4.32% 9
Scotland +22 16 - - 1
East of England +23 7 £80,000 +60.00% 3
North of England +20 6 £50,625 -22.12% 2
North West +22 4 £54,375 -16.35% 2
Yorkshire -5 2 £47,500 -9.52%
Midlands -5 1 £60,000 +23.71% 1
East Midlands -7 1 £60,000 +41.18%

Network Virtualisation
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.12%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 68 (76.40%) Azure
2 19 (21.35%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (20.22%) GitHub
4 17 (19.10%) Entra ID
4 17 (19.10%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (14.61%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (13.48%) AWS
6 12 (13.48%) Azure AKS
7 9 (10.11%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (8.99%) Azure Pipelines
8 8 (8.99%) Serverless
9 7 (7.87%) Azure Functions
9 7 (7.87%) Azure Storage
10 5 (5.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (5.62%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (5.62%) GCP
11 4 (4.49%) Datadog
11 4 (4.49%) IaaS
11 4 (4.49%) PaaS
11 4 (4.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (57.30%) Firewall
2 44 (49.44%) WAN
3 35 (39.33%) LAN
4 33 (37.08%) Wireless
5 28 (31.46%) SD-WAN
6 27 (30.34%) VPN
6 27 (30.34%) Wireshark
7 15 (16.85%) Network Security
8 8 (8.99%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (8.99%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (7.87%) BGP
10 6 (6.74%) DNS
11 5 (5.62%) MPLS
12 4 (4.49%) OSPF
12 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
12 4 (4.49%) VLAN
12 4 (4.49%) WLAN
13 3 (3.37%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (3.37%) DHCP
14 2 (2.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.12%) Redis
2 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (8.99%) Git
2 7 (7.87%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (42.70%) Social Skills
2 31 (34.83%) Finance
3 24 (26.97%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Retail
7 1 (1.12%) Advertising
7 1 (1.12%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.12%) Military
7 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (39.33%) Network Engineer
2 22 (24.72%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (21.35%) Senior
4 16 (17.98%) Lead
5 14 (15.73%) Cloud Native Engineer
5 14 (15.73%) Cloud Software Engineer
5 14 (15.73%) Software Engineer
6 11 (12.36%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (10.11%) Analyst
7 9 (10.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 8 (8.99%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (8.99%) Lead Cloud Engineer
8 8 (8.99%) Network Analyst
8 8 (8.99%) Network Support
8 8 (8.99%) Network Support Analyst
8 8 (8.99%) Support Analyst
9 7 (7.87%) Lead Software Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.36%) ARM Templates
2 4 (4.49%) ADO
2 4 (4.49%) OAuth
2 4 (4.49%) SAML
2 4 (4.49%) YAML
3 1 (1.12%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 36 (40.45%) Data Centre
2 25 (28.09%) Management Information System
3 20 (22.47%) Cloud Native
4 14 (15.73%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (15.73%) Legacy Code
5 6 (6.74%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (6.74%) Onboarding
6 4 (4.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.49%) Low-Code
6 4 (4.49%) Web3
7 2 (2.25%) Client/Server
7 2 (2.25%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.12%) Clustering
8 1 (1.12%) e-Health
8 1 (1.12%) PKI
8 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (22.47%) Linux
2 11 (12.36%) VMS
3 6 (6.74%) Windows
4 3 (3.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (43.82%) Network Monitoring
2 35 (39.33%) Capacity Planning
3 31 (34.83%) Load Balancing
4 30 (33.71%) Change Management
4 30 (33.71%) DevOps
5 26 (29.21%) Problem Management
6 25 (28.09%) Coaching
7 24 (26.97%) Asset Management
7 24 (26.97%) Customer Service
7 24 (26.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (26.97%) Network Planning
8 21 (23.60%) CI/CD
9 17 (19.10%) Observability
10 16 (17.98%) Containerisation
11 15 (16.85%) Incident Response
11 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (16.85%) Software Engineering
12 14 (15.73%) High Availability
12 14 (15.73%) Open Source
12 14 (15.73%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.60%) PowerShell
2 14 (15.73%) C
2 14 (15.73%) C++
2 14 (15.73%) Go
2 14 (15.73%) Java
2 14 (15.73%) Rust
3 12 (13.48%) Bicep
3 12 (13.48%) Python
4 10 (11.24%) Bash
5 8 (8.99%) SQL
6 4 (4.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.24%) CCNP
3 8 (8.99%) Azure Certification
3 8 (8.99%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.87%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.62%) CCNA
6 4 (4.49%) Degree
7 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.12%) CCIE
9 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.12%) VCAP
9 1 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.87%) GDPR
2 5 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.49%) NIST
3 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
3 4 (4.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (25.84%) Virtual Machines
2 18 (20.22%) Active Directory
3 16 (17.98%) Docker
4 14 (15.73%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (3.37%) Firmware
5 3 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.25%) VMware NSX
6 2 (2.25%) vSphere
7 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (40.45%) Kubernetes
2 28 (31.46%) Terraform
3 11 (12.36%) Ansible
4 8 (8.99%) FortiGate
5 4 (4.49%) logstash
6 3 (3.37%) vCenter Server
7 2 (2.25%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (1.12%) CA Spectrum
8 1 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (1.12%) Grafana
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.12%) PowerCLI
8 1 (1.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 43 (48.31%) Cisco
2 35 (39.33%) Palo Alto
3 33 (37.08%) Microsoft
4 26 (29.21%) Meraki
4 26 (29.21%) SolarWinds
5 24 (26.97%) CheckPoint
6 10 (11.24%) Fortinet
7 5 (5.62%) Zscaler
8 4 (4.49%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (4.49%) Juniper
9 3 (3.37%) Aruba
9 3 (3.37%) VMware
10 2 (2.25%) Dell
11 1 (1.12%) Broadcom
11 1 (1.12%) F5
11 1 (1.12%) IBM
11 1 (1.12%) Remedy
11 1 (1.12%) Sophos
11 1 (1.12%) Splunk
11 1 (1.12%) WatchGuard