Network Support Jobs in England

Network Support
UK > England

The median Network Support salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 807 1108
Rank change year-on-year +18 +301 -263
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 74 87 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.11% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.12% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 62 62 62
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,825 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,250 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.09% -3.87% +10.71%
75th Percentile £52,500 £49,875 £52,438
90th Percentile £54,500 £54,875 £59,875
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Support in England

Network Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in England

Network Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East -30 25 £50,000 +44.93% 6
North of England +17 23 £40,000 +11.11% 6
North West -3 21 £40,000 - 4
Midlands -37 9 £38,000 -10.59% 3
London +80 8 £47,500 +5.56% 2
West Midlands -11 8 £40,000 -5.88% 3
South West -41 8 £45,000 +20.00% 2
East of England -11 2 £38,500 +40.00% 3
Yorkshire +53 1 - - 2
North East -18 1 £29,000 -19.44%
East Midlands -30 1 £35,000 -36.36%
Network Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 across the England region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 38 (51.35%) Cisco
2 32 (43.24%) Firewall
3 29 (39.19%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (36.49%) Juniper
5 25 (33.78%) OSPF
5 25 (33.78%) BGP
6 21 (28.38%) VPN
7 20 (27.03%) CCNA
7 20 (27.03%) Wireless
7 20 (27.03%) Fortinet
8 19 (25.68%) DHCP
9 18 (24.32%) Internet
10 17 (22.97%) WAN
11 16 (21.62%) LAN
11 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
11 16 (21.62%) Security Cleared
12 15 (20.27%) Social Skills
12 15 (20.27%) Customer Service
12 15 (20.27%) TCP/IP
13 14 (18.92%) MPLS
13 14 (18.92%) Cisco Nexus
14 13 (17.57%) VLAN
14 13 (17.57%) 802.1X
14 13 (17.57%) Windows
15 12 (16.22%) Citrix
15 12 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (16.22%) VMware
15 12 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
16 11 (14.86%) Hyper-V
16 11 (14.86%) Azure

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (9.46%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.86%) Azure
1 11 (14.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.11%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.41%) AWS
4 3 (4.05%) SaaS
5 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (43.24%) Firewall
2 25 (33.78%) BGP
2 25 (33.78%) OSPF
3 21 (28.38%) VPN
4 20 (27.03%) Wireless
5 19 (25.68%) DHCP
6 18 (24.32%) Internet
7 17 (22.97%) WAN
8 16 (21.62%) LAN
9 15 (20.27%) TCP/IP
10 14 (18.92%) Cisco Nexus
10 14 (18.92%) MPLS
11 13 (17.57%) VLAN
12 12 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (14.86%) Ethernet
13 11 (14.86%) IPsec
14 10 (13.51%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (13.51%) DNS
14 10 (13.51%) DSL
14 10 (13.51%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Hudson
General
1 15 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.05%) Electronics
4 2 (2.70%) Law
4 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.70%) Military
4 2 (2.70%) Retail
5 1 (1.35%) Automotive
5 1 (1.35%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.76%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.41%) IPTV
3 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.70%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.70%) Replication
5 1 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Windows
2 11 (14.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.46%) Linux
3 7 (9.46%) Windows 10
4 6 (8.11%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.41%) VyOS
6 3 (4.05%) Mac OS X
6 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.70%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.70%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) Customer Service
2 11 (14.86%) ITIL
3 9 (12.16%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (10.81%) Change Management
5 7 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.11%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (6.76%) Agile
7 5 (6.76%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.41%) Patch Management
8 4 (5.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (4.05%) Antivirus Management
9 3 (4.05%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (4.05%) Data Protection
9 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Automation
9 3 (4.05%) Mentoring
9 3 (4.05%) Process Improvement
9 3 (4.05%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (4.05%) Software Deployment
9 3 (4.05%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.35%) Bash
1 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.35%) Python
1 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (39.19%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (27.03%) CCNA
3 16 (21.62%) Security Cleared
4 11 (14.86%) CCNP
4 11 (14.86%) JNCIA
5 7 (9.46%) SC Cleared
6 6 (8.11%) Degree
7 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CCSA
10 1 (1.35%) CCSE
10 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (14.86%) Hyper-V
3 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
4 5 (6.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.05%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (2.70%) SCCM
4 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.35%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.35%) Nessus
4 1 (1.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (51.35%) Cisco
2 27 (36.49%) Juniper
3 20 (27.03%) Fortinet
4 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
5 12 (16.22%) Citrix
5 12 (16.22%) VMware
6 10 (13.51%) Nokia
6 10 (13.51%) Ruckus Wireless
7 9 (12.16%) F5
8 8 (10.81%) SolarWinds
9 5 (6.76%) Acronis
9 5 (6.76%) Meraki
10 4 (5.41%) Vyatta
11 3 (4.05%) Aruba
11 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
11 3 (4.05%) Veeam
12 2 (2.70%) Draytek
12 2 (2.70%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.70%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.35%) Veritas