Network Consultant Job Trends

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 715 666 725
Rank change year-on-year -49 +59 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 83 13 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.076% 0.026% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.029% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 72 9 53
10th Percentile £53,750 £48,250 £45,000
25th Percentile - £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 103,099 44,902 77,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.81% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70,871 26,693 49,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Network Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 September 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
England -45 83 £65,000 +4.00% 21
UK excluding London -44 64 £65,000 +4.00% 6
North of England - 42 £65,000 - 4
North West - 26 £67,500 - 3
London -36 16 £77,500 +6.90% 14
Yorkshire - 16 £65,000 - 1
Work from Home -18 15 £65,000 +6.12% 5
Midlands -39 9 £65,000 +23.81% 2
East of England -15 6 £75,000 -6.25%
West Midlands -22 6 £65,000 +23.81%
South East -36 6 £57,500 -8.00%
East Midlands - 3 £70,000 - 2
South West -74 1 £40,000 +6.67%

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 41 (49.40%) Cisco
2 36 (43.37%) Fortinet
3 32 (38.55%) Network Design
4 28 (33.73%) Presales
5 25 (30.12%) SD-WAN
5 25 (30.12%) WAN
6 21 (25.30%) Firewall
7 19 (22.89%) Network Security
8 18 (21.69%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (21.69%) Juniper
9 16 (19.28%) LAN
10 15 (18.07%) CCNP
10 15 (18.07%) Wireless
11 14 (16.87%) Azure
12 12 (14.46%) Aruba
12 12 (14.46%) CCIE
13 11 (13.25%) SC Cleared
13 11 (13.25%) Security Cleared
14 10 (12.05%) AWS
14 10 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
15 9 (10.84%) Palo Alto
15 9 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
15 9 (10.84%) Unified Communications
16 7 (8.43%) BGP
16 7 (8.43%) ITIL
16 7 (8.43%) OSPF
16 7 (8.43%) Project Delivery
16 7 (8.43%) Roadmaps
16 7 (8.43%) VPN
17 6 (7.23%) AI

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.87%) Azure
2 10 (12.05%) AWS
3 5 (6.02%) GCP
4 4 (4.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (30.12%) SD-WAN
1 25 (30.12%) WAN
2 21 (25.30%) Firewall
3 19 (22.89%) Network Security
4 16 (19.28%) LAN
5 15 (18.07%) Wireless
6 9 (10.84%) Unified Communications
7 7 (8.43%) BGP
7 7 (8.43%) OSPF
7 7 (8.43%) VPN
8 6 (7.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (7.23%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (6.02%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (3.61%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (3.61%) VXLAN
11 2 (2.41%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (2.41%) MPLS
12 1 (1.20%) DWDM
12 1 (1.20%) VoIP
12 1 (1.20%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (9.64%) Public Sector
1 8 (9.64%) Telecoms
2 7 (8.43%) Presentation Skills
2 7 (8.43%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Finance
5 1 (1.20%) Military
5 1 (1.20%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.25%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.20%) CCTV
3 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.20%) IPTV
3 1 (1.20%) Smart Home
3 1 (1.20%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (38.55%) Network Design
2 28 (33.73%) Presales
3 10 (12.05%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (8.43%) ITIL
5 7 (8.43%) Project Delivery
5 7 (8.43%) Roadmaps
6 6 (7.23%) AI
6 6 (7.23%) Commercial Awareness
6 6 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (7.23%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (6.02%) Service Management
8 4 (4.82%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 4 (4.82%) Migration
8 4 (4.82%) PRINCE2
8 4 (4.82%) TOGAF
8 4 (4.82%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (21.69%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (18.07%) CCNP
3 12 (14.46%) CCIE
4 11 (13.25%) SC Cleared
4 11 (13.25%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.23%) DBS Check
6 4 (4.82%) AWS Certification
6 4 (4.82%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.82%) CCIE Security
6 4 (4.82%) CCSA
6 4 (4.82%) CCSE
6 4 (4.82%) JNCIE
6 4 (4.82%) JNCIP
7 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.41%) Degree
9 1 (1.20%) CISSP
9 1 (1.20%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.20%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (49.40%) Cisco
2 36 (43.37%) Fortinet
3 18 (21.69%) Juniper
4 12 (14.46%) Aruba
5 9 (10.84%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.82%) CheckPoint
7 3 (3.61%) Meraki
8 1 (1.20%) Arista
8 1 (1.20%) Ciena
8 1 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.20%) Dell
8 1 (1.20%) HP