Network Support
UK

The median Network Support salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 877 1138
Rank change year-on-year +59 +261 -308
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 84 95 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.094% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.10% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 75 61 73
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -3.90% +4.05%
75th Percentile £53,125 £47,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £54,800 £52,500 £59,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -13.58% +15.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England +90 78 £42,500 +14.86% 24
UK excluding London +4 72 £42,500 +21.43% 18
South East -1 26 £50,000 +44.93% 4
North of England +57 23 £40,000 +11.11% 9
North West +30 21 £40,000 - 4
South West -17 13 £50,000 +33.33% 1
London +95 8 £45,000 -2.17% 7
West Midlands +6 8 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Midlands -16 8 £40,000 -5.88% 4
Work from Home +58 6 £22,500 -39.60% 5
Scotland - 2 £39,500 -
Yorkshire +78 1 - - 5
North East -5 1 £29,000 -19.44%

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 51 (60.71%) Cisco
2 38 (45.24%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (42.86%) Firewall
4 30 (35.71%) Juniper
5 29 (34.52%) CCNA
6 27 (32.14%) OSPF
7 26 (30.95%) VPN
8 25 (29.76%) BGP
9 24 (28.57%) WAN
10 23 (27.38%) Wireless
11 22 (26.19%) DHCP
11 22 (26.19%) LAN
11 22 (26.19%) Security Cleared
11 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
12 21 (25.00%) Customer Service
12 21 (25.00%) Microsoft
13 19 (22.62%) Windows
13 19 (22.62%) VLAN
13 19 (22.62%) Fortinet
14 18 (21.43%) Internet
15 15 (17.86%) ITIL
15 15 (17.86%) TCP/IP
16 14 (16.67%) Ethernet
16 14 (16.67%) VMware
16 14 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
16 14 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
17 13 (15.48%) Azure
17 13 (15.48%) 802.1X
17 13 (15.48%) IPsec

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (15.48%) Azure
3 6 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.76%) IaaS
5 3 (3.57%) AWS
5 3 (3.57%) SaaS
6 2 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.38%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (42.86%) Firewall
2 27 (32.14%) OSPF
3 26 (30.95%) VPN
4 25 (29.76%) BGP
5 24 (28.57%) WAN
6 23 (27.38%) Wireless
7 22 (26.19%) DHCP
7 22 (26.19%) LAN
8 19 (22.62%) VLAN
9 18 (21.43%) Internet
10 15 (17.86%) TCP/IP
11 14 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
11 14 (16.67%) Ethernet
12 13 (15.48%) IPsec
12 13 (15.48%) MPLS
13 12 (14.29%) DNS
13 12 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (13.10%) DSL
14 11 (13.10%) Spanning Tree
15 10 (11.90%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Hudson
General
1 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.48%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Electronics
5 2 (2.38%) Law
5 2 (2.38%) Military
6 1 (1.19%) Banking
6 1 (1.19%) Finance
6 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.19%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.48%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.76%) IPTV
2 4 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.38%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.19%) Replication
5 1 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Windows
2 12 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 11 (13.10%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (5.95%) Linux
5 5 (5.95%) VyOS
6 3 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.38%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 15 (17.86%) ITIL
3 11 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.90%) Network Monitoring
5 7 (8.33%) Change Management
6 6 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (5.95%) Agile
7 5 (5.95%) Project Delivery
8 4 (4.76%) ITSM
8 4 (4.76%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (4.76%) Patch Management
8 4 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (3.57%) Antivirus Management
9 3 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (3.57%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (3.57%) Mentoring
9 3 (3.57%) Process Improvement
9 3 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (3.57%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.19%) Bash
1 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.19%) Python
1 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (45.24%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (34.52%) CCNA
3 22 (26.19%) Security Cleared
4 13 (15.48%) JNCIA
5 9 (10.71%) CCNP
5 9 (10.71%) DV Cleared
6 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (9.52%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (5.95%) MCITP
9 4 (4.76%) Azure Certification
10 3 (3.57%) Degree
11 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (13.10%) Hyper-V
3 9 (10.71%) Active Directory
4 4 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.38%) SCCM
3 1 (1.19%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.19%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.19%) Nessus
3 1 (1.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (60.71%) Cisco
2 30 (35.71%) Juniper
3 21 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 19 (22.62%) Fortinet
5 14 (16.67%) VMware
6 11 (13.10%) Citrix
6 11 (13.10%) Nokia
6 11 (13.10%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (10.71%) F5
8 8 (9.52%) SolarWinds
9 7 (8.33%) Meraki
10 5 (5.95%) Acronis
10 5 (5.95%) Vyatta
11 3 (3.57%) Veeam
12 2 (2.38%) Aruba
12 2 (2.38%) ConnectWise
12 2 (2.38%) Draytek
12 2 (2.38%) Palo Alto
12 2 (2.38%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.38%) Zscaler