Network Consultant Job Trends

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 666 646
Rank change year-on-year +10 -20 +457
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 12 100 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8 63 75
10th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £61,550
25th Percentile £55,938 £58,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £69,375 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £81,375 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,035 68,087 54,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 95.37% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 25,680 38,799 41,765
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 13 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 9 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 13 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
England +13 12 £62,500 -13.79% 12
Work from Home +22 9 £61,250 -15.52% 7
UK excluding London +50 8 £57,500 -11.54% 10
Midlands +53 4 £52,500 -31.15%
West Midlands +35 4 £52,500 -34.38%
London +29 2 £72,500 -9.38% 2
South East +11 2 £62,500 +13.64% 4
East of England +6 1 - - 4
South West - 1 £37,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, 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 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 6 (50.00%) LAN
3 5 (41.67%) CCNP
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (41.67%) Juniper
3 5 (41.67%) Firewall
4 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (33.33%) Presales
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
5 3 (25.00%) Business Case
5 3 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
5 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (25.00%) Degree
5 3 (25.00%) Psychology
5 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) NHS
5 3 (25.00%) WAN
5 3 (25.00%) VPN
5 3 (25.00%) HNC
5 3 (25.00%) HND
6 2 (16.67%) CCNA
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) BGP
6 2 (16.67%) Programme Management

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 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) LAN
2 5 (41.67%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (25.00%) VPN
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
3 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (16.67%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (16.67%) Junos
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (8.33%) EIGRP
5 1 (8.33%) IGRP
5 1 (8.33%) Internet
5 1 (8.33%) MPLS
5 1 (8.33%) Network Security
5 1 (8.33%) SAN
5 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
5 1 (8.33%) VPLS
5 1 (8.33%) VRRP
5 1 (8.33%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Back Office
2 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Local Government
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Retail
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Presales
1 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (25.00%) Business Case
2 3 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (25.00%) Psychology
2 3 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 2 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Identity Management
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design
4 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) SIEM
4 1 (8.33%) Time Management
4 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CCNP
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) HNC
3 3 (25.00%) HND
4 2 (16.67%) CCNA
4 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Juniper
3 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (8.33%) Google
4 1 (8.33%) HP
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) Okta
4 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (8.33%) VMware