Network Manager Job Trends in London

Network Manager
England > London

The median Network Manager salary in London is £59,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 436 441
Rank change year-on-year +54 +5 +365
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 14 25 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 42
10th Percentile £35,425 £35,000 £33,975
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,125 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -21.43% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76,875 £61,250 £113,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £66,500 £119,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 10,896 18,397 20,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 95.40% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7,112 11,621 17,265
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in London

Network Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Network Manager job vacancies in London

Network Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in London

Network Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
West London +43 2 £48,000 +17.07% 3
Central London +37 2 £130,000 +116.67% 2
Network Manager
England

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Network Manager 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 across the London region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Wireless
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) VPN
2 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 3 (21.43%) Internet
3 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (21.43%) IT Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 2 (14.29%) GDPR
4 2 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 2 (14.29%) Storage Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (14.29%) CCIE

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
1 4 (28.57%) VPN
1 4 (28.57%) Wireless
2 3 (21.43%) Internet
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (7.14%) LAN
4 1 (7.14%) MPLS
4 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (7.14%) SMTP
4 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
4 1 (7.14%) VLAN
4 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.14%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Agile
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (21.43%) IT Strategy
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 2 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE
3 2 (14.29%) Storage Management
4 1 (7.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (7.14%) Budget Management
4 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.14%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (7.14%) Observability
4 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
4 1 (7.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.14%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CCIE
1 2 (14.29%) CCNP
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 2 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (7.14%) MCP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware
2 2 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) WSUS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Nessus
2 1 (7.14%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 2 (14.29%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) Clearswift
4 1 (7.14%) Ekahau
4 1 (7.14%) IBM
4 1 (7.14%) MobileIron
4 1 (7.14%) Sage