Network Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Support salary in the UK excluding London 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 693 699 795
Rank change year-on-year +6 +96 -156
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 68 71 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.12% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.14% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 60 48 45
10th Percentile £27,375 £27,125 -
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,938 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £43,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £54,550 £50,550 £52,500
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the UK excluding London 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% 3
East of England +7 2 £38,500 +40.00%
Scotland - 2 £39,500 - 2
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 the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 39 (57.35%) Cisco
2 32 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (44.12%) Firewall
4 28 (41.18%) OSPF
4 28 (41.18%) Juniper
5 26 (38.24%) BGP
6 23 (33.82%) CCNA
7 22 (32.35%) VPN
7 22 (32.35%) Wireless
8 21 (30.88%) Fortinet
9 20 (29.41%) DHCP
10 19 (27.94%) WAN
11 18 (26.47%) Internet
12 17 (25.00%) TCP/IP
12 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
13 16 (23.53%) LAN
13 16 (23.53%) Customer Service
14 15 (22.06%) MPLS
15 14 (20.59%) Ethernet
15 14 (20.59%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (19.12%) 802.1X
16 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
16 13 (19.12%) IPsec
16 13 (19.12%) JNCIA
17 12 (17.65%) VLAN
17 12 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
17 12 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
17 12 (17.65%) VMware
17 12 (17.65%) ITIL
18 11 (16.18%) Nokia

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (7.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.24%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.88%) AWS
5 3 (4.41%) SaaS
6 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (44.12%) Firewall
2 28 (41.18%) OSPF
3 26 (38.24%) BGP
4 22 (32.35%) VPN
4 22 (32.35%) Wireless
5 20 (29.41%) DHCP
6 19 (27.94%) WAN
7 18 (26.47%) Internet
8 17 (25.00%) TCP/IP
9 16 (23.53%) LAN
10 15 (22.06%) MPLS
11 14 (20.59%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (20.59%) Ethernet
12 13 (19.12%) IPsec
13 12 (17.65%) VLAN
13 12 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (16.18%) DSL
14 11 (16.18%) Spanning Tree
15 9 (13.24%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (13.24%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (4.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Hudson
General
1 13 (19.12%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.41%) Electronics
4 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Law
4 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.94%) Military
4 2 (2.94%) Retail
5 1 (1.47%) Automotive
5 1 (1.47%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.12%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.88%) IPTV
3 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.94%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Windows
2 6 (8.82%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.35%) VyOS
3 5 (7.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.41%) Linux
5 3 (4.41%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.94%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 12 (17.65%) ITIL
3 8 (11.76%) Change Management
3 8 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (8.82%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.35%) Project Delivery
6 4 (5.88%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (4.41%) Agile
7 3 (4.41%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (4.41%) Configuration Management
7 3 (4.41%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (4.41%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (4.41%) Mentoring
7 3 (4.41%) Process Improvement
7 3 (4.41%) Project Management
7 3 (4.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (4.41%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.47%) Bash
1 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (47.06%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (33.82%) CCNA
3 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 13 (19.12%) JNCIA
5 10 (14.71%) CCNP
6 8 (11.76%) SC Cleared
7 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.47%) Degree
System Software
1 12 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (14.71%) Hyper-V
3 7 (10.29%) Active Directory
4 5 (7.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.94%) SCCM
3 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 39 (57.35%) Cisco
2 28 (41.18%) Juniper
3 21 (30.88%) Fortinet
4 12 (17.65%) VMware
5 11 (16.18%) Nokia
5 11 (16.18%) Ruckus Wireless
6 9 (13.24%) Microsoft
7 8 (11.76%) F5
8 7 (10.29%) Citrix
8 7 (10.29%) Meraki
9 5 (7.35%) Acronis
9 5 (7.35%) Palo Alto
9 5 (7.35%) SolarWinds
9 5 (7.35%) Vyatta
10 3 (4.41%) Aruba
10 3 (4.41%) Veeam
11 2 (2.94%) ConnectWise
11 2 (2.94%) Draytek
11 2 (2.94%) WatchGuard
11 2 (2.94%) Zscaler