Network Support Jobs in England

Network Support
UK > England

The median Network Support salary in England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 837 1101
Rank change year-on-year +81 +264 -302
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 73 89 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.10% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.11% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 64 61 57
10th Percentile £28,025 £27,500 -
25th Percentile £36,413 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -3.90% +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,250 £50,625
90th Percentile £54,500 £51,250 £59,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,000 £39,250
% change year-on-year +14.86% -5.73% +8.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Network Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Support in England.

Salary trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in England

Network Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
North of England +41 23 £40,000 +11.11% 7
South East +5 23 £50,000 +44.93% 9
North West +18 21 £40,000 - 4
South West -13 11 £50,000 +33.33% 3
West Midlands +4 8 £40,000 +7.38% 2
Midlands -13 8 £40,000 +7.38% 2
London +105 7 £46,250 +12.80% 5
East of England +7 2 £38,500 +40.00%
Yorkshire +67 1 - - 3
North East -7 1 £29,000 -19.44%
Network Support
UK

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Network Support 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 job ads across the England region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 40 (54.79%) Cisco
2 32 (43.84%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (41.10%) Firewall
4 29 (39.73%) Juniper
5 26 (35.62%) OSPF
5 26 (35.62%) BGP
6 23 (31.51%) CCNA
7 21 (28.77%) VPN
7 21 (28.77%) Fortinet
8 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
8 20 (27.40%) Wireless
9 19 (26.03%) DHCP
10 18 (24.66%) Internet
11 17 (23.29%) WAN
12 16 (21.92%) Customer Service
13 15 (20.55%) TCP/IP
13 15 (20.55%) MPLS
14 14 (19.18%) LAN
14 14 (19.18%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (17.81%) 802.1X
15 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
15 13 (17.81%) ITIL
15 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
16 12 (16.44%) Ethernet
16 12 (16.44%) VMware
16 12 (16.44%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
16 12 (16.44%) VLAN
16 12 (16.44%) JNCIA
17 11 (15.07%) Hyper-V

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (8.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.70%) Azure
2 9 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.22%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.48%) AWS
5 3 (4.11%) SaaS
6 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.74%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (41.10%) Firewall
2 26 (35.62%) BGP
2 26 (35.62%) OSPF
3 21 (28.77%) VPN
4 20 (27.40%) Wireless
5 19 (26.03%) DHCP
6 18 (24.66%) Internet
7 17 (23.29%) WAN
8 15 (20.55%) MPLS
8 15 (20.55%) TCP/IP
9 14 (19.18%) Cisco Nexus
9 14 (19.18%) LAN
10 12 (16.44%) Ethernet
10 12 (16.44%) VLAN
10 12 (16.44%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (15.07%) DSL
11 11 (15.07%) IPsec
12 10 (13.70%) Cisco Firepower
13 9 (12.33%) HSRP
13 9 (12.33%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Hudson
General
1 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.11%) Electronics
4 2 (2.74%) Law
4 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.74%) Military
4 2 (2.74%) Retail
5 1 (1.37%) Automotive
5 1 (1.37%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.81%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Data Centre
1 4 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (5.48%) IPTV
2 3 (4.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.74%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.37%) Replication
4 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) Windows
2 8 (10.96%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.22%) Windows 10
3 6 (8.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (6.85%) VyOS
5 4 (5.48%) Linux
6 3 (4.11%) Mac OS X
6 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.74%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.92%) Customer Service
2 13 (17.81%) ITIL
3 9 (12.33%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (10.96%) Change Management
5 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.22%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (6.85%) Agile
7 5 (6.85%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.48%) Patch Management
8 4 (5.48%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (4.11%) Antivirus Management
9 3 (4.11%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (4.11%) Data Protection
9 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure Automation
9 3 (4.11%) Mentoring
9 3 (4.11%) Process Improvement
9 3 (4.11%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (4.11%) Software Deployment
9 3 (4.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) Bash
1 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.37%) Python
1 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (43.84%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (31.51%) CCNA
3 20 (27.40%) Security Cleared
4 12 (16.44%) JNCIA
5 10 (13.70%) CCNP
6 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
7 7 (9.59%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.74%) Degree
9 2 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.74%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (15.07%) Hyper-V
3 9 (12.33%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.11%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) SCCM
3 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.37%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.37%) Nessus
3 1 (1.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (54.79%) Cisco
2 29 (39.73%) Juniper
3 21 (28.77%) Fortinet
4 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
5 12 (16.44%) VMware
6 11 (15.07%) Citrix
6 11 (15.07%) Nokia
6 11 (15.07%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (12.33%) F5
8 8 (10.96%) SolarWinds
9 5 (6.85%) Acronis
9 5 (6.85%) Meraki
9 5 (6.85%) Vyatta
10 3 (4.11%) Aruba
10 3 (4.11%) Palo Alto
10 3 (4.11%) Veeam
11 2 (2.74%) Draytek
11 2 (2.74%) WatchGuard
11 2 (2.74%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.37%) Yealink