Senior Network Specialist Jobs

Senior Network Specialist
UK

The median Senior Network Specialist salary in the UK is £77,611 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 873 970
Rank change year-on-year +165 +97 +256
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Specialist 4 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.005% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile £48,028 £63,000 -
25th Percentile £48,351 £63,750 £63,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,611 £67,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.98% +1.50% +9.76%
75th Percentile £107,500 £71,250 £75,500
90th Percentile - - £78,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,850 - £66,500
% change year-on-year - - +8.71%

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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Senior Network Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Specialist in the UK

Senior Network Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Specialist in the UK

Senior Network Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Specialist over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Specialist in the UK

Senior Network Specialist
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +140 3 £105,000 +55.56% 3
Work from Home - 3 £105,000 - 1
London +111 2 £105,000 +55.56% 1
UK excluding London - 2 £49,850 - 2
South East - 1 £49,479 -
Wales - 1 £50,221 -

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Network Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) Runbook
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA

Senior 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) TACACS
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto