Network Manager Job Trends in London

Network Manager
England > London

The median Network Manager salary in London is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 412 394
Rank change year-on-year +42 -18 +341
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 12 25 65
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.099% 0.14% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 60
10th Percentile £35,750 £39,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% -8.20%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £97,500
90th Percentile - £76,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -9.84% -2.40%

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 11,007 16,542 18,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 95.12% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,168 10,207 15,402
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Network Manager job vacancy trend 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 31 October 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 31 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
West London - 2 £48,000 -
Central London +36 1 - - 1
Network Manager
England

Network Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, Network Manager 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 London region featuring Network Manager in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) GDPR
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) VLAN
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (25.00%) IBM
3 3 (25.00%) IBM Cloud
3 3 (25.00%) MCP
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (25.00%) Nessus
3 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Proxmox

Network Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 3 (25.00%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
1 4 (33.33%) VLAN
1 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) Internet
3 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (8.33%) MPLS
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (8.33%) Banking
1 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
2 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Security Management
2 3 (25.00%) SIEM
2 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 3 (25.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Register
4 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (25.00%) MCP
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (16.67%) CCNP
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CCIE
3 1 (8.33%) CCNA
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) GDPR
1 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Nessus
1 3 (25.00%) Proxmox
2 1 (8.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) IBM
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) Sage
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds