Network Operations Specialist Job Trends

Network Operations Specialist
UK

The median Network Operations Specialist salary in the UK is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 - 749
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Operations Specialist 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £102,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £107,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £60,000

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 44,152 67,765 53,690
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 95.36% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 25,761 38,706 41,503
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

Network Operations Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Operations Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Operations Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Operations Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Network Operations Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Network Operations Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Network Operations Specialist
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operations Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
London - 1 £105,000 -
England - 1 £105,000 -
Work from Home - 1 £105,000 -

Network Operations Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Network Operations Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Operations Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Network Operations Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco