Hybrid/Remote Network Manager Job Trends

Network Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Manager salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
6 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 401 463
Rank change year-on-year -52 +62 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 14 28 45
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.062% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 10 24 37
10th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -18.70%
75th Percentile - £76,250 £61,250
90th Percentile - £87,500 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -6.98%

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 21,203 15,171 24,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 92.06% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,259 9,382 17,881
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 13 (92.86%) WAN
2 11 (78.57%) Mentoring
3 10 (71.43%) LAN
4 7 (50.00%) Azure
4 7 (50.00%) Cisco
4 7 (50.00%) Firewall
4 7 (50.00%) VPN
5 5 (35.71%) AWS
5 5 (35.71%) Network Security
5 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (35.71%) SD-WAN
6 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (28.57%) Fortinet
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 4 (28.57%) Palo Alto
6 4 (28.57%) VLAN
7 3 (21.43%) CCNP
7 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (21.43%) High Availability
7 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
7 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
8 2 (14.29%) Ansible
8 2 (14.29%) Aruba
8 2 (14.29%) Bash
8 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
8 2 (14.29%) CCNA
8 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA

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 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) WAN
2 10 (71.43%) LAN
3 7 (50.00%) Firewall
3 7 (50.00%) VPN
4 5 (35.71%) Network Security
4 5 (35.71%) SD-WAN
5 4 (28.57%) VLAN
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (14.29%) DHCP
6 2 (14.29%) DNS
6 2 (14.29%) Internet
6 2 (14.29%) NGFW
6 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (7.14%) SSL
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Mentoring
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (21.43%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
4 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Line Management
5 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bash
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CCNP
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) CCIE
3 1 (7.14%) CISSP
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 2 (14.29%) Firmware
1 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Fortinet
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Palo Alto
3 2 (14.29%) Aruba
3 2 (14.29%) Meraki
3 2 (14.29%) VMware
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