Network Manager Jobs

Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 556 818
Rank change year-on-year -96 +262 +236
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 63 397 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.36% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.38% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 31 315 85
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,680
25th Percentile £35,375 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £61,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,492 105,466 83,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.93% 94.81% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 26,642 74,557 54,496
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,734 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 -98 49 £40,000 -11.11% 476
UK excluding London -61 41 £40,000 -11.11% 413
Work from Home +90 16 £42,500 -22.73% 123
London +63 16 £70,000 +62.79% 117
South East -13 12 £47,500 +25.00% 99
North of England +26 9 £35,000 -30.00% 98
North West +15 8 £35,000 -6.67% 55
Northern Ireland +48 6 - - 14
Midlands +22 6 £62,500 +28.87% 72
East Midlands +12 5 - - 24
South West +79 4 £38,500 -33.04% 33
Scotland +105 2 - - 27
East of England +30 2 £40,000 +6.67% 64
West Midlands +55 1 £62,500 +13.64% 48
North East +45 1 £35,000 -22.22% 5

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 2025, Network Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 20 (31.75%) Project Management
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 18 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 18 (28.57%) Degree
3 16 (25.40%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (25.40%) Firewall
4 14 (22.22%) Service Management
5 13 (20.63%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (20.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (20.63%) Service Delivery
5 13 (20.63%) Management Information System
5 13 (20.63%) JIRA
5 13 (20.63%) Computer Science
6 12 (19.05%) Strategic Planning
6 12 (19.05%) VLAN
6 12 (19.05%) Agile
6 12 (19.05%) Asset Management
7 11 (17.46%) IT Asset Management
7 11 (17.46%) Innovative Thinking
7 11 (17.46%) Fibre Optics
7 11 (17.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 11 (17.46%) ITSM
7 11 (17.46%) Remedy
7 11 (17.46%) BMC
7 11 (17.46%) ITIL
7 11 (17.46%) Cisco
8 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
9 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.70%) Azure
10 7 (11.11%) WAN

Network Manager 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 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.63%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (12.70%) Azure
3 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.17%) AWS
4 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.59%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.40%) Firewall
1 16 (25.40%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (19.05%) VLAN
3 7 (11.11%) WAN
4 6 (9.52%) Internet
4 6 (9.52%) Network Security
4 6 (9.52%) VPN
4 6 (9.52%) Wireless
5 5 (7.94%) LAN
6 4 (6.35%) SD-WAN
7 3 (4.76%) MPLS
8 2 (3.17%) BGP
8 2 (3.17%) DHCP
8 2 (3.17%) DNS
8 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (3.17%) OSPF
8 2 (3.17%) WLAN
9 1 (1.59%) Fast Ethernet
9 1 (1.59%) IPsec
9 1 (1.59%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 13 (20.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.35%) Banking
3 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.17%) Back Office
4 2 (3.17%) Finance
4 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.17%) Retail
5 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.59%) German Language
5 1 (1.59%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Management Information System
2 11 (17.46%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (6.35%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.17%) TM Forum
5 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.59%) CCTV
5 1 (1.59%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.59%) IoT
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) SCADA
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.59%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 4 (6.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.59%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) Project Management
2 18 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (22.22%) Service Management
4 13 (20.63%) Computer Science
4 13 (20.63%) Service Delivery
5 12 (19.05%) Agile
5 12 (19.05%) Asset Management
5 12 (19.05%) Strategic Planning
6 11 (17.46%) Innovative Thinking
6 11 (17.46%) IT Asset Management
6 11 (17.46%) ITIL
6 11 (17.46%) ITSM
7 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (9.52%) Network Design
8 6 (9.52%) Project Delivery
8 6 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (6.35%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (6.35%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) Python
2 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (28.57%) Degree
2 13 (20.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (9.52%) PMP
4 5 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.94%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.76%) CCIE
5 3 (4.76%) CCNP
6 2 (3.17%) CCNA
7 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.59%) MOS
7 1 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.59%) PMO
2 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.76%) Hyper-V
2 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.17%) Firmware
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.59%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.17%) Ansible
2 2 (3.17%) Terraform
2 2 (3.17%) WSUS
3 1 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) BMC
1 11 (17.46%) Cisco
1 11 (17.46%) Remedy
2 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.94%) VMware
4 4 (6.35%) Aruba
5 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.17%) Dell
5 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.17%) Meraki
5 2 (3.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.59%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (1.59%) Clearswift
6 1 (1.59%) Datto
6 1 (1.59%) Ekahau
6 1 (1.59%) Forcepoint
6 1 (1.59%) Google
6 1 (1.59%) MobileIron
6 1 (1.59%) Sage
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