Network Consultant Jobs

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 849 1152
Rank change year-on-year +4 +303 -298
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 62 98 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.10% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.11% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 44 93 98
10th Percentile £51,875 £60,250 £57,625
25th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +1.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% -7.14% +7.69%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant 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
England +39 54 £72,500 -9.38% 19
UK excluding London -11 38 £63,750 -1.92% 11
Midlands -2 16 £62,501 +8.70%
London +93 14 £80,000 -5.88% 9
Work from Home -14 13 £80,000 - 7
East Midlands -11 12 £56,250 -2.17%
North of England +38 11 £75,000 - 3
South East -1 10 £65,000 - 7
North East - 8 £75,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £80,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £60,000 - 3
East of England - 1 £80,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Network Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 30 (48.39%) Cisco
2 25 (40.32%) WAN
3 23 (37.10%) Network Security
3 23 (37.10%) Data Centre
4 19 (30.65%) Fortinet
5 18 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (27.42%) CCNP
7 14 (22.58%) SD-WAN
7 14 (22.58%) Cisco Firepower
7 14 (22.58%) Firewall
8 11 (17.74%) Palo Alto
9 10 (16.13%) Migration
10 9 (14.52%) Network Architecture
11 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
11 8 (12.90%) FortiGate
11 8 (12.90%) NGFW
11 8 (12.90%) DNS
12 7 (11.29%) CCIE
12 7 (11.29%) Wireless
12 7 (11.29%) Cisco ISE
12 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
13 6 (9.68%) Aruba
13 6 (9.68%) F5
13 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (9.68%) Meraki
13 6 (9.68%) MPLS
13 6 (9.68%) Juniper
13 6 (9.68%) CheckPoint
14 5 (8.06%) LAN
14 5 (8.06%) Telecoms

Network Consultant 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 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.23%) AWS
1 2 (3.23%) Azure
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (3.23%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.61%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 25 (40.32%) WAN
2 23 (37.10%) Network Security
3 14 (22.58%) Cisco Firepower
3 14 (22.58%) Firewall
3 14 (22.58%) SD-WAN
4 8 (12.90%) DNS
4 8 (12.90%) NGFW
5 7 (11.29%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (11.29%) Wireless
6 6 (9.68%) MPLS
7 5 (8.06%) LAN
8 4 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (6.45%) VoIP
8 4 (6.45%) VPN
9 3 (4.84%) DHCP
10 2 (3.23%) BGP
10 2 (3.23%) Broadband
10 2 (3.23%) Internet
10 2 (3.23%) OSPF
10 2 (3.23%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
1 5 (8.06%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.23%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.61%) Billing
3 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.61%) Finance
3 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 23 (37.10%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.13%) Migration
2 9 (14.52%) Network Architecture
3 6 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (8.06%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (6.45%) Mentoring
5 4 (6.45%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.23%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (3.23%) Load Balancing
6 2 (3.23%) Network Design
6 2 (3.23%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (3.23%) Ticket Management
7 1 (1.61%) Agile
7 1 (1.61%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (1.61%) ITIL
7 1 (1.61%) OOD
7 1 (1.61%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (1.61%) Scrum
7 1 (1.61%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.61%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 18 (29.03%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (27.42%) CCNP
3 8 (12.90%) Security Cleared
4 7 (11.29%) CCIE
4 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.84%) CCNA
5 3 (4.84%) CISSP
6 2 (3.23%) CCDP
6 2 (3.23%) CCSA
6 2 (3.23%) CCSE
6 2 (3.23%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) NIST
2 2 (3.23%) NCSC
3 1 (1.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.61%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (48.39%) Cisco
2 19 (30.65%) Fortinet
3 11 (17.74%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.68%) Aruba
4 6 (9.68%) CheckPoint
4 6 (9.68%) F5
4 6 (9.68%) Juniper
4 6 (9.68%) Meraki
5 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.23%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.61%) Arista
7 1 (1.61%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.61%) Dell
7 1 (1.61%) McAfee
7 1 (1.61%) Riverbed
7 1 (1.61%) VMware
7 1 (1.61%) Zscaler
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