Hybrid/Remote Network Manager Job Trends

Network Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

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

 6 months to
15 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 456 491
Rank change year-on-year +69 +35 +272
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 29 41 25
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.18% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.18% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 26 31 19
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £39,688 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - -33.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £57,875 £65,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £61,250 £77,100
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £58,403
% change year-on-year +10.00% -14.39% -16.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,991 22,313 24,306
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 96.25% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,935 14,520 20,171
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Network Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Network Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Network Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Network Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Network Manager job vacancies

Network Manager
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Network Manager salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Network Manager 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 11 (37.93%) Cisco
2 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (31.03%) LAN
3 9 (31.03%) SD-WAN
4 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
5 6 (20.69%) HSRP
5 6 (20.69%) Network Management
5 6 (20.69%) VoIP
5 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
5 6 (20.69%) ITIL
5 6 (20.69%) MS Visio
5 6 (20.69%) Avaya
5 6 (20.69%) AutoCAD
5 6 (20.69%) VRRP
5 6 (20.69%) Retail
5 6 (20.69%) Extreme Networks
5 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
6 5 (17.24%) Firewall
6 5 (17.24%) Network Security
7 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (13.79%) VPN
7 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
8 3 (10.34%) Zero Trust
8 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
8 3 (10.34%) WAN
8 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
8 3 (10.34%) PMP
8 3 (10.34%) Agile
8 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
8 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) AutoCAD
1 6 (20.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Mimecast
4 1 (3.45%) OCI
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) LAN
1 9 (31.03%) SD-WAN
2 6 (20.69%) HSRP
2 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
2 6 (20.69%) VoIP
2 6 (20.69%) VRRP
3 5 (17.24%) Firewall
3 5 (17.24%) Network Security
4 4 (13.79%) VPN
5 3 (10.34%) WAN
6 2 (6.90%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.90%) Wireless
7 1 (3.45%) ADSL
7 1 (3.45%) DHCP
7 1 (3.45%) DNS
7 1 (3.45%) EIGRP
7 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
7 1 (3.45%) MPLS
7 1 (3.45%) OSPF
7 1 (3.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (20.69%) Retail
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Back Office
3 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (3.45%) IoT
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) PKI
3 1 (3.45%) SCADA
3 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
1 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.69%) ITIL
2 6 (20.69%) Network Management
2 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
3 3 (10.34%) Agile
3 3 (10.34%) Coaching
3 3 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (10.34%) People Management
3 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
3 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
3 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
3 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
3 3 (10.34%) Zero Trust
4 2 (6.90%) Capacity Management
4 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
4 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.90%) Integration Testing
4 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.90%) Performance Management
4 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) PMP
2 2 (6.90%) CCIE
2 2 (6.90%) CCNP
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) MCP
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Server
2 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) Ansible
2 2 (6.90%) Terraform
3 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.45%) Nessus
3 1 (3.45%) Proxmox
3 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Cisco
2 6 (20.69%) Avaya
2 6 (20.69%) Extreme Networks
3 2 (6.90%) Aruba
3 2 (6.90%) Meraki
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (3.45%) Datto
4 1 (3.45%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.45%) HP
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) Oracle
38 Network Manager jobs Nationwide