Network Consultant Job Trends in England

Network Consultant
UK > England

The median Network Consultant salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 644 698
Rank change year-on-year -24 +54 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 71 15 68
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.076% 0.034% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.038% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 62 11 44
10th Percentile £51,500 £51,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,125 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.28% -1.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +10.34% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 88,389 39,568 69,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 90.60% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 62,111 23,903 47,017
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Network Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Network Consultant
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in England

Network Consultant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in England

Network Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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
North of England - 36 £65,000 - 8
North West - 24 £67,500 - 2
London -33 18 £77,500 -8.82% 15
Yorkshire - 12 £65,000 - 5
East of England -26 6 £75,000 -6.25% 2
South East - 6 £57,500 - 2
Midlands -24 1 £65,000 +23.81% 3
West Midlands -25 1 £65,000 +23.81% 3
South West -61 1 £40,000 +6.67% 3
Network Consultant
UK

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, Network Consultant 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 across the England region featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 39 (54.93%) Cisco
2 28 (39.44%) Fortinet
3 27 (38.03%) Presales
4 24 (33.80%) Firewall
5 23 (32.39%) Network Design
6 20 (28.17%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (28.17%) SD-WAN
6 20 (28.17%) WAN
7 19 (26.76%) Juniper
8 18 (25.35%) Network Security
9 17 (23.94%) CCNP
9 17 (23.94%) LAN
10 16 (22.54%) Wireless
11 14 (19.72%) Azure
11 14 (19.72%) CCIE
12 12 (16.90%) Aruba
12 12 (16.90%) Technical Leadership
13 10 (14.08%) AWS
13 10 (14.08%) Customer Requirements
13 10 (14.08%) Palo Alto
14 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
14 8 (11.27%) Security Cleared
14 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
15 7 (9.86%) AI
15 7 (9.86%) BGP
15 7 (9.86%) ITIL
15 7 (9.86%) Migration
15 7 (9.86%) OSPF
15 7 (9.86%) Project Delivery
15 7 (9.86%) VPN

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) Azure
2 10 (14.08%) AWS
3 5 (7.04%) GCP
4 4 (5.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (33.80%) Firewall
2 20 (28.17%) SD-WAN
2 20 (28.17%) WAN
3 18 (25.35%) Network Security
4 17 (23.94%) LAN
5 16 (22.54%) Wireless
6 7 (9.86%) BGP
6 7 (9.86%) OSPF
6 7 (9.86%) VPN
7 6 (8.45%) Unified Communications
7 6 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (7.04%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (7.04%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (4.23%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.23%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (4.23%) VXLAN
10 2 (2.82%) MPLS
10 2 (2.82%) WLAN
11 1 (1.41%) IP Telephony
11 1 (1.41%) VLAN
General
1 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
2 7 (9.86%) Presentation Skills
2 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.63%) Finance
5 1 (1.41%) Military
5 1 (1.41%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.41%) CCTV
3 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.41%) IPTV
3 1 (1.41%) Smart Home
3 1 (1.41%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Presales
2 23 (32.39%) Network Design
3 12 (16.90%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (14.08%) Customer Requirements
5 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.86%) AI
6 7 (9.86%) ITIL
6 7 (9.86%) Migration
6 7 (9.86%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.45%) Commercial Awareness
7 6 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.45%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.04%) Service Management
8 5 (7.04%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (5.63%) Customer Engagement
9 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Transformation
9 4 (5.63%) PRINCE2
9 4 (5.63%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.63%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (23.94%) CCNP
3 14 (19.72%) CCIE
4 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.27%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.45%) DBS Check
6 5 (7.04%) JNCIP
7 4 (5.63%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.63%) Azure Certification
7 4 (5.63%) CCIE Security
7 4 (5.63%) CCSA
7 4 (5.63%) CCSE
7 4 (5.63%) JNCIE
8 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.23%) VCAP
9 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.41%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Terraform
2 3 (4.23%) Ansible
3 2 (2.82%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 39 (54.93%) Cisco
2 28 (39.44%) Fortinet
3 19 (26.76%) Juniper
4 12 (16.90%) Aruba
5 10 (14.08%) Palo Alto
6 5 (7.04%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.82%) Arista
7 2 (2.82%) Meraki
8 1 (1.41%) Ciena
8 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.41%) Dell
8 1 (1.41%) HP