Network Consultant Job Trends

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 610 761
Rank change year-on-year -35 +151 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 29 61 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.13% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.15% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 28 55 49
10th Percentile - £72,500 £54,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £80,625 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £85,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -6.25% +20.75% +1.92%

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 64,631 41,533 74,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 91.12% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 40,860 22,616 57,810
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.25%

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 3 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 10 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 3 March 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 -31 28 £75,000 -6.25% 8
London +20 15 £75,000 -6.25% 2
UK excluding London -28 12 £75,000 -6.25% 7
South East -13 8 £75,000 +36.36% 3
Work from Home +15 3 £80,000 -
West Midlands +18 2 £65,000 -18.75%
Midlands -16 2 £65,000 -18.75%
East of England 0 1 - - 2
Yorkshire -42 1 £65,000 -18.75% 2
North of England -44 1 £65,000 -18.75% 3

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

For the 6 months to 3 March 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 25 (86.21%) CCNP
1 25 (86.21%) Cisco Certification
1 25 (86.21%) Firewall
2 24 (82.76%) Cisco
3 19 (65.52%) Wireless
4 16 (55.17%) Meraki
5 15 (51.72%) Fortinet
6 14 (48.28%) SD-WAN
7 13 (44.83%) Migration
7 13 (44.83%) WAN
8 12 (41.38%) LAN
9 11 (37.93%) Ansible
10 10 (34.48%) BGP
10 10 (34.48%) FortiGate
10 10 (34.48%) OSPF
10 10 (34.48%) VXLAN
11 9 (31.03%) MPLS
11 9 (31.03%) Network Management
11 9 (31.03%) Network Segmentation
11 9 (31.03%) Python
11 9 (31.03%) REST
11 9 (31.03%) VPN
12 7 (24.14%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (24.14%) VLAN
13 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
14 5 (17.24%) CCIE
14 5 (17.24%) Network Security
14 5 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
15 4 (13.79%) AI
15 4 (13.79%) Business Strategy

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 (3.45%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 25 (86.21%) Firewall
2 19 (65.52%) Wireless
3 14 (48.28%) SD-WAN
4 13 (44.83%) WAN
5 12 (41.38%) LAN
6 10 (34.48%) BGP
6 10 (34.48%) OSPF
6 10 (34.48%) VXLAN
7 9 (31.03%) MPLS
7 9 (31.03%) VPN
8 7 (24.14%) Cisco Wireless
8 7 (24.14%) VLAN
9 5 (17.24%) Network Security
10 4 (13.79%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (6.90%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (6.90%) Software-Defined Networking
13 1 (3.45%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (3.45%) NGFW
13 1 (3.45%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Migration
2 9 (31.03%) Network Management
2 9 (31.03%) Network Segmentation
3 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (13.79%) AI
5 4 (13.79%) Business Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
5 4 (13.79%) Network Design
5 4 (13.79%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (6.90%) Business Continuity
7 2 (6.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (6.90%) ITIL
7 2 (6.90%) Presales
7 2 (6.90%) Problem Management
7 2 (6.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (86.21%) CCNP
1 25 (86.21%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (17.24%) CCIE
3 4 (13.79%) VCAP
4 1 (3.45%) JNCIP
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 11 (37.93%) Ansible
2 10 (34.48%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) Cisco
2 16 (55.17%) Meraki
3 15 (51.72%) Fortinet
4 3 (10.34%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.90%) AlgoSec
5 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.45%) Arista
6 1 (3.45%) F5
6 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
6 1 (3.45%) Juniper