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 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 615 625
Rank change year-on-year +16 +10 +331
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 21 89 35
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.041% 0.18% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.19% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 20 62 33
10th Percentile £61,000 £45,000 £61,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £69,688 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £86,125 £81,800
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -7.14%

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 46,939 47,175 40,877
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 93.37% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,416 25,373 32,031
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 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 +38 10 £70,000 -12.50% 1
South East +20 6 £75,000 +36.36% 1
West Midlands +31 2 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Midlands +14 2 £65,000 -18.75% 1
East of England +13 1 - -
Network Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 20 (95.24%) Cisco
2 18 (85.71%) CCNP
2 18 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (76.19%) Firewall
4 13 (61.90%) Wireless
5 12 (57.14%) Meraki
6 10 (47.62%) LAN
7 8 (38.10%) Fortinet
7 8 (38.10%) Migration
8 7 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (33.33%) VLAN
8 7 (33.33%) VPN
8 7 (33.33%) WAN
9 6 (28.57%) Ansible
9 6 (28.57%) BGP
9 6 (28.57%) OSPF
9 6 (28.57%) SD-WAN
9 6 (28.57%) VXLAN
10 5 (23.81%) FortiGate
10 5 (23.81%) MPLS
10 5 (23.81%) Network Management
10 5 (23.81%) Network Segmentation
10 5 (23.81%) Python
10 5 (23.81%) REST
11 4 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
11 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
12 3 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (14.29%) Network Design
12 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) Firewall
2 13 (61.90%) Wireless
3 10 (47.62%) LAN
4 7 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
4 7 (33.33%) VLAN
4 7 (33.33%) VPN
4 7 (33.33%) WAN
5 6 (28.57%) BGP
5 6 (28.57%) OSPF
5 6 (28.57%) SD-WAN
5 6 (28.57%) VXLAN
6 5 (23.81%) MPLS
7 4 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (9.52%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (9.52%) Junos
9 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (4.76%) DNS
10 1 (4.76%) EIGRP
10 1 (4.76%) IGMP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Migration
2 5 (23.81%) Network Management
2 5 (23.81%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (14.29%) Network Design
3 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Presales
4 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
4 2 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (4.76%) Agile
5 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.76%) ITIL
5 1 (4.76%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.76%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (4.76%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) CCNP
1 18 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
2 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) CCNA
3 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Ansible
2 5 (23.81%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (95.24%) Cisco
2 12 (57.14%) Meraki
3 8 (38.10%) Fortinet
4 2 (9.52%) Juniper
5 1 (4.76%) AlgoSec
5 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.76%) F5
5 1 (4.76%) Infoblox