Network as a Service (NaaS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NaaS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NaaS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 900 929 1258
Rank change year-on-year +29 +329 -324
Permanent jobs citing NaaS 7 18 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.019% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.051% 0.12% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £70,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £95,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.32% +26.67% -46.43%
75th Percentile £54,250 - -
90th Percentile £57,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NaaS is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

NaaS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NaaS in the UK

NaaS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NaaS.

Salary trend for NaaS in the UK

NaaS
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NaaS within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London +100 4 £53,000 -44.21% 1
England +22 4 £53,000 -44.21% 1

NaaS
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 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Broadband
1 3 (42.86%) SSL
1 3 (42.86%) VPN
1 3 (42.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Development Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Kafka
1 3 (42.86%) LDAP
1 3 (42.86%) ODBC
1 3 (42.86%) REST
1 3 (42.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Learning Management System
2 3 (42.86%) CMDB
2 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) B2B
1 4 (57.14%) Contract Negotiation
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
1 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Design Patterns
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
2 3 (42.86%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
2 3 (42.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow