Hybrid/Remote Network Manager Job Trends

Network Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 404 528
Rank change year-on-year +14 +124 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 35 20 48
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 31 18 38
10th Percentile - £35,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £46,446 £35,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -10.55% -14.51%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,125 £66,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 19,465 14,655 32,136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 92.23% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,252 9,084 25,034
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Network Manager
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Network Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Network Manager job vacancies

Network Manager
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Network Manager salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 1 July 2026, Network Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 26 (74.29%) Mentoring
2 22 (62.86%) Azure
2 22 (62.86%) Firewall
3 20 (57.14%) AWS
3 20 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (48.57%) Ansible
4 17 (48.57%) Aruba
4 17 (48.57%) Load Balancing
4 17 (48.57%) NGFW
4 17 (48.57%) OCI
4 17 (48.57%) Python
4 17 (48.57%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (45.71%) Network Monitoring
6 15 (42.86%) Arista
6 15 (42.86%) Coaching
6 15 (42.86%) Creative Thinking
6 15 (42.86%) ITSM
6 15 (42.86%) NetScout
6 15 (42.86%) Terraform
6 15 (42.86%) VXLAN
6 15 (42.86%) Wireshark
7 13 (37.14%) WAN
8 10 (28.57%) LAN
9 7 (20.00%) Cisco
9 7 (20.00%) VPN
10 5 (14.29%) Network Security
10 5 (14.29%) SD-WAN
11 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
11 4 (11.43%) Microsoft

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (62.86%) Azure
2 20 (57.14%) AWS
3 17 (48.57%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (62.86%) Firewall
2 17 (48.57%) NGFW
2 17 (48.57%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (42.86%) VXLAN
3 15 (42.86%) Wireshark
4 13 (37.14%) WAN
5 10 (28.57%) LAN
6 7 (20.00%) VPN
7 5 (14.29%) Network Security
7 5 (14.29%) SD-WAN
8 4 (11.43%) VLAN
9 2 (5.71%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (5.71%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (5.71%) DHCP
9 2 (5.71%) DNS
9 2 (5.71%) Internet
9 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.86%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (2.86%) SSL
General
1 17 (48.57%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 22 (62.86%) Data Centre
2 15 (42.86%) PKI
3 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.71%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (74.29%) Mentoring
2 20 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (48.57%) Load Balancing
4 16 (45.71%) Network Monitoring
5 15 (42.86%) Coaching
5 15 (42.86%) Creative Thinking
5 15 (42.86%) ITSM
6 4 (11.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (8.57%) High Availability
7 3 (8.57%) Incident Response
7 3 (8.57%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.71%) Cost Reduction
8 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (5.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (5.71%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (48.57%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) CCNP
1 3 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.71%) CCNA
3 1 (2.86%) CCIE
3 1 (2.86%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.71%) Firmware
1 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (48.57%) Ansible
2 15 (42.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Aruba
2 15 (42.86%) Arista
2 15 (42.86%) NetScout
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco
4 4 (11.43%) Fortinet
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
4 4 (11.43%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.71%) Meraki
5 2 (5.71%) VMware
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