Network Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Support salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 710 661 812
Rank change year-on-year -49 +151 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 70 67 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.12% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.14% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 59 47 51
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 -
25th Percentile £32,875 £30,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +15.94%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,500 £50,313
90th Percentile £54,500 £52,250 £52,500
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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in the UK excluding London

Network Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
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
Wales - 2 £35,750 - 2
Scotland - 2 £39,500 - 2
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 the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 38 (54.29%) Cisco
2 32 (45.71%) Firewall
3 30 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (38.57%) OSPF
5 26 (37.14%) Juniper
6 25 (35.71%) BGP
7 22 (31.43%) Wireless
7 22 (31.43%) VPN
8 21 (30.00%) CCNA
9 20 (28.57%) DHCP
9 20 (28.57%) Fortinet
10 18 (25.71%) WAN
10 18 (25.71%) Internet
11 17 (24.29%) TCP/IP
11 17 (24.29%) LAN
12 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
12 15 (21.43%) Customer Service
13 14 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 14 (20.00%) MPLS
13 14 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (18.57%) VLAN
14 13 (18.57%) Security Cleared
14 13 (18.57%) IPsec
14 13 (18.57%) Ethernet
14 13 (18.57%) 802.1X
15 12 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
15 12 (17.14%) JNCIA
15 12 (17.14%) VMware
16 11 (15.71%) ITIL
16 11 (15.71%) Windows

Network Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.86%) Azure
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.57%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.71%) AWS
4 3 (4.29%) SaaS
5 2 (2.86%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (45.71%) Firewall
2 27 (38.57%) OSPF
3 25 (35.71%) BGP
4 22 (31.43%) VPN
4 22 (31.43%) Wireless
5 20 (28.57%) DHCP
6 18 (25.71%) Internet
6 18 (25.71%) WAN
7 17 (24.29%) LAN
7 17 (24.29%) TCP/IP
8 14 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
8 14 (20.00%) MPLS
8 14 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (18.57%) Ethernet
9 13 (18.57%) IPsec
9 13 (18.57%) VLAN
10 11 (15.71%) Spanning Tree
11 10 (14.29%) DNS
11 10 (14.29%) DSL
12 9 (12.86%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Hudson
General
1 15 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.71%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.29%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.29%) Electronics
4 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.86%) Law
4 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.86%) Military
4 2 (2.86%) Retail
5 1 (1.43%) Automotive
5 1 (1.43%) Finance
5 1 (1.43%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (18.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.71%) IPTV
3 3 (4.29%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.86%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.43%) Replication
5 1 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Windows
2 9 (12.86%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.57%) Linux
4 5 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 5 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.71%) VyOS
6 3 (4.29%) Mac OS X
7 2 (2.86%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.43%) Customer Service
2 11 (15.71%) ITIL
3 8 (11.43%) Change Management
3 8 (11.43%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (8.57%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 4 (5.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (4.29%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (4.29%) Configuration Management
7 3 (4.29%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (4.29%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (4.29%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (4.29%) Mentoring
7 3 (4.29%) Process Improvement
7 3 (4.29%) Project Management
7 3 (4.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (4.29%) Software Deployment
7 3 (4.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) Bash
1 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (30.00%) CCNA
3 13 (18.57%) Security Cleared
4 12 (17.14%) JNCIA
5 10 (14.29%) CCNP
6 7 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 4 (5.71%) Degree
8 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.86%) CWNA
9 2 (2.86%) CWTS
9 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 8 (11.43%) Active Directory
4 5 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.86%) SCCM
3 1 (1.43%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 38 (54.29%) Cisco
2 26 (37.14%) Juniper
3 20 (28.57%) Fortinet
4 12 (17.14%) VMware
5 11 (15.71%) Microsoft
6 10 (14.29%) Nokia
6 10 (14.29%) Ruckus Wireless
7 8 (11.43%) F5
8 7 (10.00%) Citrix
8 7 (10.00%) Meraki
9 5 (7.14%) Acronis
9 5 (7.14%) Palo Alto
9 5 (7.14%) SolarWinds
10 4 (5.71%) Vyatta
11 3 (4.29%) Aruba
11 3 (4.29%) Veeam
12 2 (2.86%) ConnectWise
12 2 (2.86%) Draytek
12 2 (2.86%) WatchGuard
12 2 (2.86%) Zscaler