Network Consultant Job Trends in England

Network Consultant
UK > England

The median Network Consultant salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 February 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 594 717
Rank change year-on-year -19 +123 +223
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 27 64 50
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.044% 0.15% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.16% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 26 53 43
10th Percentile - £72,500 £51,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £79,375 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £86,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

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 56,218 39,052 62,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 91.19% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 36,340 21,134 50,106
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £28,823
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 26 February 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 26 February 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
London +33 14 £72,500 -9.38% 1
South East -9 8 £75,000 +36.36%
West Midlands +17 2 £65,000 -18.75%
Midlands +6 2 £65,000 -18.75%
East of England +1 1 - -
North of England -34 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Yorkshire -51 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Network Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 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 23 (85.19%) CCNP
1 23 (85.19%) Cisco Certification
1 23 (85.19%) Firewall
2 22 (81.48%) Cisco
3 18 (66.67%) Wireless
4 16 (59.26%) Meraki
5 14 (51.85%) SD-WAN
6 13 (48.15%) Fortinet
6 13 (48.15%) WAN
7 12 (44.44%) Migration
8 11 (40.74%) Ansible
9 10 (37.04%) BGP
9 10 (37.04%) LAN
9 10 (37.04%) OSPF
9 10 (37.04%) VXLAN
10 9 (33.33%) FortiGate
10 9 (33.33%) MPLS
10 9 (33.33%) Network Management
10 9 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
10 9 (33.33%) Python
10 9 (33.33%) REST
10 9 (33.33%) VPN
11 7 (25.93%) Cisco Wireless
11 7 (25.93%) VLAN
12 6 (22.22%) Service Delivery
13 4 (14.81%) AI
13 4 (14.81%) Business Strategy
13 4 (14.81%) CCIE
13 4 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
13 4 (14.81%) Mentoring

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:

Communications & Networking
1 23 (85.19%) Firewall
2 18 (66.67%) Wireless
3 14 (51.85%) SD-WAN
4 13 (48.15%) WAN
5 10 (37.04%) BGP
5 10 (37.04%) LAN
5 10 (37.04%) OSPF
5 10 (37.04%) VXLAN
6 9 (33.33%) MPLS
6 9 (33.33%) VPN
7 7 (25.93%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (25.93%) VLAN
8 4 (14.81%) Network Security
9 3 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (7.41%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (7.41%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (3.70%) DNS
11 1 (3.70%) IGMP
11 1 (3.70%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Migration
2 9 (33.33%) Network Management
2 9 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 6 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.81%) AI
4 4 (14.81%) Business Strategy
4 4 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.81%) Network Design
4 4 (14.81%) Requirements Analysis
4 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (7.41%) Business Continuity
5 2 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (7.41%) ITIL
5 2 (7.41%) Presales
5 2 (7.41%) Problem Management
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.70%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (85.19%) CCNP
1 23 (85.19%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (14.81%) CCIE
2 4 (14.81%) VCAP
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 11 (40.74%) Ansible
2 9 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Cisco
2 16 (59.26%) Meraki
3 13 (48.15%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.41%) AlgoSec
4 2 (7.41%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.70%) F5
5 1 (3.70%) Infoblox