Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SNMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 674 626 793
Rank change year-on-year -48 +167 +23
Permanent jobs citing SNMP 59 38 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.064% 0.086% 0.100%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.87% 0.57% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34 29 98
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £56,121 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.19% -6.47% +33.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £80,700 £60,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% +11.11% +21.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SNMP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,810 6,698 13,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.34% 15.08% 12.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 3,758 9,431
10th Percentile £27,694 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -10.11% -1.11%

SNMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SNMP job vacancy trend in the UK

SNMP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SNMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SNMP

SNMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SNMP over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SNMP within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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 -42 56 £72,500 +29.19% 13
UK excluding London -50 40 £72,500 +20.83% 12
Work from Home +12 22 £72,500 +29.19% 6
South East -14 16 £72,500 +20.83% 6
North of England - 15 £41,000 - 1
London -14 9 £88,750 +86.84% 1
North West - 8 £41,000 - 1
North East - 7 - -
South West -56 5 £65,000 +15.82% 3
West Midlands - 2 £52,500 - 1
Midlands - 2 £52,500 - 2
East of England -15 1 £70,000 +40.00%
Scotland - 1 £72,500 -

SNMP
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 5 (8.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (35.59%) MS Visio
2 5 (8.47%) AutoCAD
2 5 (8.47%) DaVinci Resolve
Cloud Services
1 28 (47.46%) Azure
2 22 (37.29%) AWS
3 3 (5.08%) Datadog
3 3 (5.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.39%) IaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.39%) Mimecast
4 2 (3.39%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 40 (67.80%) WAN
2 37 (62.71%) BGP
3 32 (54.24%) VLAN
3 32 (54.24%) VPN
4 26 (44.07%) Network Security
5 24 (40.68%) Firewall
6 21 (35.59%) OSPF
7 20 (33.90%) LAN
8 16 (27.12%) MPLS
9 15 (25.42%) Cisco ASA
9 15 (25.42%) DHCP
9 15 (25.42%) DNS
9 15 (25.42%) HTTP
9 15 (25.42%) Wireless
10 14 (23.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 14 (23.73%) Cisco Wireless
10 14 (23.73%) EIGRP
10 14 (23.73%) SD-WAN
10 14 (23.73%) WAAS
10 14 (23.73%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
General
1 19 (32.20%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (22.03%) Law
3 8 (13.56%) Finance
3 8 (13.56%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.86%) Social Skills
5 5 (8.47%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.78%) Aerospace
7 3 (5.08%) Military
7 3 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.69%) German Language
9 1 (1.69%) Police
9 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Network Engineer
2 21 (35.59%) Senior
3 17 (28.81%) Architect
4 16 (27.12%) Senior Network Engineer
5 12 (20.34%) Network Architect
6 7 (11.86%) Network Security Architect
6 7 (11.86%) Security Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Analyst
7 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 5 (8.47%) Project Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Monitoring Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Monitoring Specialist
8 3 (5.08%) Network Monitoring Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Network Monitoring Specialist
8 3 (5.08%) Network Specialist
9 2 (3.39%) Consultant
9 2 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Sales Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (3.39%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.25%) SAML
2 7 (11.86%) OAuth
3 6 (10.17%) gRPC
4 3 (5.08%) OpenTelemetry
5 2 (3.39%) NETCONF
5 2 (3.39%) REST
5 2 (3.39%) RESTCONF
6 1 (1.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 22 (37.29%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 7 (11.86%) PKI
3 3 (5.08%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.39%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (30.51%) Windows
2 7 (11.86%) Linux
3 6 (10.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.39%) VMS
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (38.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 20 (33.90%) Computer Science
3 18 (30.51%) Collaborative Working
4 17 (28.81%) Project Delivery
4 17 (28.81%) Root Cause Analysis
5 15 (25.42%) Kalman Filter
6 14 (23.73%) Analytical Thinking
6 14 (23.73%) Load Balancing
6 14 (23.73%) WAN Optimisation
7 11 (18.64%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (16.95%) Analytics
9 9 (15.25%) High Availability
9 9 (15.25%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (13.56%) Anomaly Detection
10 8 (13.56%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (13.56%) Dashboard Development
10 8 (13.56%) Network Segmentation
10 8 (13.56%) Observability
10 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (11.86%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (40.68%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) Bash
3 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (35.59%) CCNP
1 21 (35.59%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (33.90%) CCIE
2 20 (33.90%) Degree
3 18 (30.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (22.03%) Security Cleared
5 10 (16.95%) DV Cleared
5 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.78%) Master's Degree
7 3 (5.08%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.08%) CCNA
8 2 (3.39%) MBA
9 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.69%) LPIC
9 1 (1.69%) SSCP
9 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (23.73%) PMO
2 11 (18.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (18.64%) NIST
3 7 (11.86%) SLA
4 5 (8.47%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.69%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.69%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (23.73%) ProxySG
2 6 (10.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.08%) DFS Replication
4 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (16.95%) FortiGate
2 8 (13.56%) Nagios
3 7 (11.86%) CASB
4 6 (10.17%) Endace
4 6 (10.17%) Grafana
4 6 (10.17%) Prometheus
5 5 (8.47%) Tivoli
5 5 (8.47%) ZABBIX
6 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
7 3 (5.08%) OpenView
8 2 (3.39%) Ansible
8 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (3.39%) Netcool
8 2 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (1.69%) SCCM
9 1 (1.69%) Terraform
9 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (61.02%) Cisco
2 30 (50.85%) SolarWinds
3 20 (33.90%) F5
4 17 (28.81%) Microsoft
5 15 (25.42%) CheckPoint
6 14 (23.73%) Blue Coat
6 14 (23.73%) Infoblox
6 14 (23.73%) Motorola
6 14 (23.73%) ServiceNow
7 8 (13.56%) Palo Alto
8 7 (11.86%) VMware
9 6 (10.17%) Juniper
10 5 (8.47%) Adobe
10 5 (8.47%) Avid
10 5 (8.47%) Splunk
11 3 (5.08%) ArcSight
11 3 (5.08%) EMC
11 3 (5.08%) ExtraHop
11 3 (5.08%) HP
11 3 (5.08%) Riverbed