Network Support Jobs

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 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 825 850 1166
Rank change year-on-year +25 +316 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 82 97 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.10% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.11% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 71 64 76
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,975 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,075 £30,000 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,250 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.09% -7.45% +13.38%
75th Percentile £51,875 £47,625 £50,625
90th Percentile £54,500 £53,000 £56,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -14.63% +18.84%

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 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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK

Network Support
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 Support 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 +20 74 £42,500 +14.86% 17
UK excluding London -31 71 £42,500 +21.43% 21
North of England +37 24 £40,000 +11.11% 4
South East -10 24 £50,000 +44.93% 6
North West +16 22 £40,000 - 3
South West -25 10 £50,000 +33.33% 3
Midlands -15 8 £40,000 +7.38% 1
West Midlands -16 8 £40,000 +7.38% 1
London +99 7 £46,250 +12.80%
Work from Home +28 2 £29,000 -29.27% 4
East of England -2 2 £38,500 +40.00% 4
Scotland - 2 £39,500 - 2
Wales - 2 £35,750 - 3
Yorkshire +48 1 - - 1
North East -11 1 £29,000 -19.44%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 47 (57.32%) Cisco
2 37 (45.12%) Firewall
3 34 (41.46%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (37.80%) Juniper
5 28 (34.15%) OSPF
6 27 (32.93%) VPN
7 26 (31.71%) BGP
8 25 (30.49%) CCNA
9 23 (28.05%) Wireless
10 21 (25.61%) Fortinet
10 21 (25.61%) DHCP
11 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
12 19 (23.17%) Security Cleared
12 19 (23.17%) WAN
13 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
13 18 (21.95%) Internet
14 17 (20.73%) TCP/IP
14 17 (20.73%) LAN
15 16 (19.51%) VLAN
15 16 (19.51%) Customer Service
16 15 (18.29%) MPLS
16 15 (18.29%) Windows
17 14 (17.07%) ITIL
17 14 (17.07%) Ethernet
17 14 (17.07%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (17.07%) VMware
17 14 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
17 14 (17.07%) Azure
17 14 (17.07%) Cisco Nexus
18 13 (15.85%) 802.1X

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 (7.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.07%) Azure
2 10 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 4 (4.88%) AWS
4 4 (4.88%) IaaS
5 3 (3.66%) SaaS
6 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (45.12%) Firewall
2 28 (34.15%) OSPF
3 27 (32.93%) VPN
4 26 (31.71%) BGP
5 23 (28.05%) Wireless
6 21 (25.61%) DHCP
7 19 (23.17%) WAN
8 18 (21.95%) Internet
9 17 (20.73%) LAN
9 17 (20.73%) TCP/IP
10 16 (19.51%) VLAN
11 15 (18.29%) MPLS
12 14 (17.07%) Cisco Nexus
12 14 (17.07%) Ethernet
12 14 (17.07%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (15.85%) IPsec
14 11 (13.41%) DNS
14 11 (13.41%) DSL
14 11 (13.41%) Spanning Tree
15 10 (12.20%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Hudson
General
1 20 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.76%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Electronics
5 2 (2.44%) Law
5 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.44%) Military
5 2 (2.44%) Retail
6 1 (1.22%) Automotive
6 1 (1.22%) Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Finance
6 1 (1.22%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (15.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.88%) IPTV
2 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.44%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.22%) Replication
5 1 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (18.29%) Windows
2 13 (15.85%) Windows Server
3 9 (10.98%) Linux
4 6 (7.32%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (6.10%) VyOS
6 3 (3.66%) Mac OS X
6 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.44%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.51%) Customer Service
2 14 (17.07%) ITIL
3 11 (13.41%) Network Monitoring
3 11 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (9.76%) Change Management
5 6 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (7.32%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (6.10%) Agile
6 5 (6.10%) Project Delivery
6 5 (6.10%) Time Management
7 4 (4.88%) ITSM
7 4 (4.88%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (4.88%) Patch Management
7 4 (4.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (3.66%) Data Protection
8 3 (3.66%) Infrastructure Automation
8 3 (3.66%) Mentoring
8 3 (3.66%) Process Improvement
8 3 (3.66%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (3.66%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) Bash
1 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.22%) Python
1 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (41.46%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (30.49%) CCNA
3 19 (23.17%) Security Cleared
4 13 (15.85%) JNCIA
5 10 (12.20%) CCNP
6 8 (9.76%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.32%) DV Cleared
8 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
8 4 (4.88%) Degree
9 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.44%) CWNA
10 2 (2.44%) CWTS
10 2 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) GDPR
1 2 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (13.41%) Hyper-V
3 9 (10.98%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.44%) SCCM
3 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.22%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.22%) Nessus
3 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (57.32%) Cisco
2 31 (37.80%) Juniper
3 21 (25.61%) Fortinet
4 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
5 14 (17.07%) VMware
6 11 (13.41%) Citrix
6 11 (13.41%) Nokia
6 11 (13.41%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (10.98%) F5
8 8 (9.76%) SolarWinds
9 7 (8.54%) Meraki
10 5 (6.10%) Acronis
10 5 (6.10%) Palo Alto
10 5 (6.10%) Vyatta
11 3 (3.66%) Aruba
11 3 (3.66%) Veeam
12 2 (2.44%) ConnectWise
12 2 (2.44%) Draytek
12 2 (2.44%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.44%) Zscaler