Network Management Jobs

Network Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 365 608
Rank change year-on-year -104 +243 +226
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 262 764 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.70% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.85% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 151 243 235
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,100 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,774 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.17% -7.68% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,992 90,272 88,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.87% 82.80% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 25,976 62,401 53,795
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,605 £33,838
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 2025. 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 -42 256 £60,000 - 122
UK excluding London -87 203 £60,000 +18.17% 96
North of England +8 76 £38,500 -23.00% 37
Yorkshire +79 62 £42,500 -39.29% 5
London +74 59 £82,500 +17.86% 32
South East -5 38 £60,000 - 32
West Midlands +43 36 £65,000 +13.04% 8
Midlands +7 36 £65,000 +30.00% 10
Work from Home +101 35 £56,121 -16.24% 47
East of England +56 30 £50,000 -16.67% 6
South West +58 17 £56,121 +32.05% 9
North West -52 14 £38,500 -23.00% 29
Scotland +43 5 £50,000 -5.21% 4
Northern Ireland +6 1 £57,500 +21.05% 1

Network Management
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 11 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 69 (26.34%) Azure
2 51 (19.47%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (9.92%) AWS
4 11 (4.20%) Entra ID
5 5 (1.91%) GCP
6 3 (1.15%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.38%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 116 (44.27%) Firewall
2 80 (30.53%) WAN
3 52 (19.85%) Cisco ISE
4 45 (17.18%) VPN
5 40 (15.27%) LAN
6 33 (12.60%) Network Security
7 30 (11.45%) Wi-Fi
8 29 (11.07%) OSPF
9 28 (10.69%) BGP
10 20 (7.63%) TCP/IP
11 18 (6.87%) MPLS
12 17 (6.49%) EIGRP
13 15 (5.73%) VoIP
14 14 (5.34%) DHCP
15 13 (4.96%) DNS
15 13 (4.96%) Ethernet
15 13 (4.96%) SNMP
16 12 (4.58%) Wireless
17 10 (3.82%) IPsec
18 9 (3.44%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
General
1 60 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 43 (16.41%) Finance
3 15 (5.73%) Banking
4 10 (3.82%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.29%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.29%) Police
7 5 (1.91%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.53%) Law
9 3 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Aviation
9 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.15%) Legal
10 2 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.76%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Military
11 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (21.37%) IT Engineer
2 46 (17.56%) Architect
3 40 (15.27%) Network Architect
4 38 (14.50%) Network Engineer
5 36 (13.74%) Designer
5 36 (13.74%) Network Designer
6 25 (9.54%) Senior
7 22 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (8.02%) IT Support
9 19 (7.25%) Instrumentation Engineer
10 16 (6.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.82%) Support Engineer
12 9 (3.44%) IT Support Engineer
13 8 (3.05%) Senior Network Engineer
14 7 (2.67%) Technical Support
15 6 (2.29%) Lead
16 5 (1.91%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 5 (1.91%) Analyst
16 5 (1.91%) Infrastructure Support
16 5 (1.91%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.05%) REST
2 4 (1.53%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.53%) Kafka
2 4 (1.53%) Node.js
2 4 (1.53%) React
2 4 (1.53%) Spring
3 1 (0.38%) EDI
3 1 (0.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 58 (22.14%) Operational Technology
2 9 (3.44%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.05%) Social Media
4 7 (2.67%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.29%) IPTV
6 4 (1.53%) IoT
6 4 (1.53%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.53%) Reference Data
7 3 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.15%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.76%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.76%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.38%) CCTV
9 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.38%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) PKI
9 1 (0.38%) SCADA
9 1 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.38%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 114 (43.51%) Windows
2 22 (8.40%) Windows 10
3 20 (7.63%) Linux
4 13 (4.96%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.76%) Unix
8 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.76%) zOS
9 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (27.86%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (26.34%) Network Design
3 40 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (6.11%) Network Monitoring
6 15 (5.73%) Customer Service
7 14 (5.34%) Computer Science
7 14 (5.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (4.96%) Configuration Management
9 12 (4.58%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (4.58%) ITIL
9 12 (4.58%) Performance Monitoring
9 12 (4.58%) Risk Management
10 10 (3.82%) Kalman Filter
10 10 (3.82%) Roadmaps
11 9 (3.44%) Mobile Device Management
11 9 (3.44%) Web Filtering
12 8 (3.05%) Line Management
12 8 (3.05%) Mentoring
12 8 (3.05%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.29%) Python
2 5 (1.91%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.53%) Java
4 2 (0.76%) JCL
5 1 (0.38%) Bash
Qualifications
1 79 (30.15%) Security Cleared
2 41 (15.65%) SC Cleared
3 40 (15.27%) Cisco Certification
4 33 (12.60%) CCNA
5 31 (11.83%) Degree
6 29 (11.07%) CCNP
7 9 (3.44%) DBS Check
8 8 (3.05%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.29%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.91%) CCIE
10 5 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.38%) CCSP
13 1 (0.38%) CISSP
13 1 (0.38%) HNC
13 1 (0.38%) HND
13 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.38%) PMP
13 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (3.05%) SLA
2 5 (1.91%) GDPR
3 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.38%) GRC
3 1 (0.38%) NCSC
3 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 101 (38.55%) Active Directory
2 58 (22.14%) Virtual Servers
3 29 (11.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.44%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.91%) Firmware
6 4 (1.53%) Docker
6 4 (1.53%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.15%) vSphere
8 2 (0.76%) KVM
8 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.38%) RHEV
9 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.96%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (3.05%) SmoothWall
4 7 (2.67%) SCCM
5 6 (2.29%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.53%) Ansible
6 4 (1.53%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.53%) WSUS
7 3 (1.15%) Terraform
8 2 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.76%) Tivoli NetView
9 1 (0.38%) CASB
9 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.38%) OpenNebula
9 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 150 (57.25%) Cisco
2 81 (30.92%) Juniper
3 65 (24.81%) VMware
4 50 (19.08%) Microsoft
5 47 (17.94%) SevOne
6 42 (16.03%) Meraki
7 25 (9.54%) Fortinet
8 18 (6.87%) CheckPoint
8 18 (6.87%) SolarWinds
9 12 (4.58%) Arista
10 11 (4.20%) Red Hat
11 7 (2.67%) Citrix
11 7 (2.67%) Palo Alto
12 6 (2.29%) Bloomberg
12 6 (2.29%) Google
12 6 (2.29%) Refinitiv
13 5 (1.91%) Apple
13 5 (1.91%) Aruba
14 4 (1.53%) Infoblox
14 4 (1.53%) Riverbed
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