Network Technician Jobs

Network Technician
UK

The median Network Technician salary in the UK is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2024.

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

6 months to
25 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 674 1019
Rank change year-on-year -84 +345 -197
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Technician 9 44 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.083% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.087% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 9 31 13
10th Percentile - - £27,823
25th Percentile £23,750 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £30,000 £38,288
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -21.65% -1.19%
75th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £44,250
90th Percentile £44,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £30,000 £38,744
% change year-on-year -8.33% -22.57% -13.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 62,346 50,751 109,721
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 95.44% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 29,817 36,878 70,785
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,300 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.34% -2.29% +5.00%

Network Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Technician in the UK

Network Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Technician in the UK

Network Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Technician over the 6 months to 25 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Technician in the UK

Network Technician
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 25 December 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
UK excluding London -87 9 £27,500 -8.33% 1
England -68 8 £27,500 -37.14% 1
South East -58 6 £27,500 -38.89%
London -11 4 £27,500 -
Work from Home +15 1 £40,000 +26.98%
East of England -69 1 £50,000 -
South West - 1 £40,000 -
Wales - 1 £40,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 December 2024, Network Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
3 4 (44.44%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (44.44%) Virgin Media
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 2 (22.22%) Network Management
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Educational Technology
6 1 (11.11%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
6 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
6 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (11.11%) SAP
6 1 (11.11%) Marketing
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Aruba
6 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement

Network Technician 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 5 (55.56%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Network Management
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (11.11%) Data Security
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Virgin Media
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Aruba
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) VMware