Network Manager Job Trends in London

Network Manager
England > London

The median Network Manager salary in London is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 377 430
Rank change year-on-year -13 +53 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 54 17 33
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.22% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 54 11 18
10th Percentile - £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% +19.05% -25.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £80,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,250 £135,000 £68,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 22,402 11,032 18,397
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 91.40% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,383 7,195 12,238
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 29 August 2026.

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 29 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
West London -3 22 £40,000 -16.67%
Central London +1 5 £55,000 -57.69%
Network Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, 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 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.07%) Disaster Recovery
2 13 (24.07%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (20.37%) Project Delivery
4 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
4 10 (18.52%) Azure
4 10 (18.52%) Firewall
4 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 8 (14.81%) DBS Check
6 8 (14.81%) Line Management
7 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
7 7 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (11.11%) Business Continuity
8 6 (11.11%) Project Management
8 6 (11.11%) SLA
8 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (11.11%) VMware
8 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (11.11%) WAN
9 5 (9.26%) Aruba
9 5 (9.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (9.26%) Change Management
9 5 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (9.26%) Digital Strategy
9 5 (9.26%) DNS
9 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
9 5 (9.26%) Hyper-V

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 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (18.52%) Azure
3 5 (9.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
3 5 (9.26%) IaaS
3 5 (9.26%) PaaS
4 2 (3.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) Firewall
1 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.11%) WAN
4 5 (9.26%) DNS
4 5 (9.26%) LAN
4 5 (9.26%) VLAN
4 5 (9.26%) VPN
4 5 (9.26%) Wireless
5 2 (3.70%) BGP
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (3.70%) DMVPN
5 2 (3.70%) Extranet
5 2 (3.70%) Network Security
5 2 (3.70%) OSPF
6 1 (1.85%) NAS
6 1 (1.85%) SAN
6 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) JIRA
General
1 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Finance
3 4 (7.41%) Billing
3 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Banking
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (9.26%) AS400
3 5 (9.26%) iSeries
3 5 (9.26%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (9.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Linux
1 5 (9.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (20.37%) Project Delivery
3 10 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 8 (14.81%) Line Management
6 7 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (11.11%) Business Continuity
7 6 (11.11%) Project Management
7 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.26%) Change Management
8 5 (9.26%) Digital Strategy
8 5 (9.26%) ITSM
8 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
8 5 (9.26%) Patch Management
8 5 (9.26%) Problem Management
8 5 (9.26%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (9.26%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.26%) Service Management
8 5 (9.26%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 8 (14.81%) DBS Check
2 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) CCNP
3 1 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.85%) VCAP
3 1 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) SLA
2 3 (5.56%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.85%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.11%) VMware
3 5 (9.26%) Aruba
4 4 (7.41%) HubSpot
5 3 (5.56%) Cisco
6 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.85%) NetApp