SNMP Job Trends

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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 624 611
Rank change year-on-year -2 -13 +202
Permanent jobs citing SNMP 27 75 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.045% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% 1.05% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8 34 99
10th Percentile £56,542 - £32,250
25th Percentile £57,631 £40,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,600 £43,741 £47,103
Median % change year-on-year +38.54% -7.14% -5.79%
75th Percentile £69,563 £57,057 £65,000
90th Percentile £94,125 £70,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,600 £44,982 £40,500
% change year-on-year +34.72% +11.07% -22.17%

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 9,596 7,151 7,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.00% 13.36% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,882 3,712 6,352
10th Percentile £25,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,625 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -

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 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SNMP in the UK

SNMP
Top 12 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 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 +10 23 £60,600 +38.54% 11
UK excluding London +9 12 £60,600 +34.72% 11
Work from Home +42 8 £60,600 +51.50% 1
London +46 7 - - 6
North of England +4 5 £60,600 +42.59% 3
North East - 4 - -
Midlands +14 2 £60,600 -
West Midlands +14 2 £60,600 -
East of England +13 2 £66,750 -4.64%
South West +8 2 £57,110 +1.76%
South East +16 1 £140,000 +211.24% 7
North West +11 1 £60,600 +42.59% 2

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 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.41%) Apache
2 2 (7.41%) IIS
2 2 (7.41%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (51.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Azure
2 14 (51.85%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (74.07%) WAN
2 15 (55.56%) BGP
2 15 (55.56%) Firewall
2 15 (55.56%) LAN
2 15 (55.56%) Network Security
2 15 (55.56%) OSPF
3 12 (44.44%) Cisco ASA
3 12 (44.44%) Cisco Nexus
3 12 (44.44%) Cisco Wireless
3 12 (44.44%) EIGRP
3 12 (44.44%) VPN
3 12 (44.44%) WAAS
3 12 (44.44%) Wireless
4 8 (29.63%) VLAN
4 8 (29.63%) Wireless Security
5 6 (22.22%) SSH
5 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 5 (18.52%) DNS
6 5 (18.52%) HTTP
6 5 (18.52%) TACACS
General
1 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (14.81%) Marketing
4 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Police
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Senior
2 16 (59.26%) Network Engineer
3 15 (55.56%) Senior Network Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
6 2 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior IT Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Sales Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Telecoms Test Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) 802.1X
2 2 (7.41%) LDAP
2 2 (7.41%) NETCONF
2 2 (7.41%) REST
2 2 (7.41%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.41%) Distributed Architecture
2 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
2 2 (7.41%) FPGA
3 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (11.11%) Linux
4 2 (7.41%) CentOS
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (7.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Computer Science
2 12 (44.44%) Kalman Filter
2 12 (44.44%) Load Balancing
3 10 (37.04%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (29.63%) Analytical Thinking
4 8 (29.63%) Project Delivery
4 8 (29.63%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (29.63%) WAN Optimisation
5 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (18.52%) ITIL
7 4 (14.81%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
7 4 (14.81%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (14.81%) Time Management
8 2 (7.41%) RBAC
8 2 (7.41%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) Perl
3 1 (3.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (55.56%) CCIE
1 15 (55.56%) CCNP
1 15 (55.56%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (51.85%) Degree
3 12 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.70%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) PMO
2 2 (7.41%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) ProxySG
2 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
3 4 (14.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.41%) PaperCut
1 2 (7.41%) Red Hat Satellite
1 2 (7.41%) Red Hat Spacewalk
2 1 (3.70%) OpenView
2 1 (3.70%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (74.07%) Cisco
2 14 (51.85%) CheckPoint
2 14 (51.85%) SolarWinds
3 12 (44.44%) Blue Coat
3 12 (44.44%) F5
3 12 (44.44%) Infoblox
3 12 (44.44%) Motorola
4 8 (29.63%) ServiceNow
5 4 (14.81%) Dell
5 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
6 3 (11.11%) HP
6 3 (11.11%) Red Hat
7 2 (7.41%) Oracle
7 2 (7.41%) SAP
8 1 (3.70%) ArcSight
8 1 (3.70%) EMC
8 1 (3.70%) Juniper
8 1 (3.70%) Meraki
8 1 (3.70%) Siebel
8 1 (3.70%) VMware