Network Consultant Job Trends

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 626 651
Rank change year-on-year +2 +25 +266
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 23 82 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 22 56 44
10th Percentile £61,625 £45,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -3.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,750 £86,250 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -7.14%

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 54,184 50,447 51,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 92.94% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,461 26,369 39,567
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 8 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 8 January 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 +8 23 £70,000 -12.50% 6
UK excluding London +14 11 £75,000 -6.25% 5
London +39 10 £70,000 -12.50% 1
South East +12 8 £75,000 +42.86% 2
Work from Home +37 2 £71,250 -10.94% 2
West Midlands +21 2 £65,000 -18.75%
Midlands +14 2 £65,000 -18.75%
East of England +19 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 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 22 (95.65%) Cisco
2 20 (86.96%) CCNP
2 20 (86.96%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (78.26%) Firewall
4 16 (69.57%) Wireless
5 14 (60.87%) Meraki
6 11 (47.83%) LAN
7 10 (43.48%) Fortinet
8 9 (39.13%) Ansible
8 9 (39.13%) VPN
8 9 (39.13%) WAN
9 8 (34.78%) BGP
9 8 (34.78%) Migration
9 8 (34.78%) OSPF
9 8 (34.78%) SD-WAN
9 8 (34.78%) VXLAN
10 7 (30.43%) Cisco Wireless
10 7 (30.43%) FortiGate
10 7 (30.43%) MPLS
10 7 (30.43%) Network Management
10 7 (30.43%) Network Segmentation
10 7 (30.43%) Python
10 7 (30.43%) REST
10 7 (30.43%) VLAN
11 4 (17.39%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
11 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
12 3 (13.04%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (13.04%) Network Design

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (78.26%) Firewall
2 16 (69.57%) Wireless
3 11 (47.83%) LAN
4 9 (39.13%) VPN
4 9 (39.13%) WAN
5 8 (34.78%) BGP
5 8 (34.78%) OSPF
5 8 (34.78%) SD-WAN
5 8 (34.78%) VXLAN
6 7 (30.43%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (30.43%) MPLS
6 7 (30.43%) VLAN
7 4 (17.39%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (13.04%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (8.70%) Junos
9 2 (8.70%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (4.35%) DNS
10 1 (4.35%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (8.70%) Finance
1 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (43.48%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Migration
2 7 (30.43%) Network Management
2 7 (30.43%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (13.04%) Network Design
3 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Business Continuity
4 2 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Presales
4 2 (8.70%) Problem Management
4 2 (8.70%) Programme Management
4 2 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (4.35%) Agile
5 1 (4.35%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.35%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (86.96%) CCNP
1 20 (86.96%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) CCNA
3 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) Ansible
2 7 (30.43%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Cisco
2 14 (60.87%) Meraki
3 10 (43.48%) Fortinet
4 2 (8.70%) AlgoSec
4 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.70%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) F5
5 1 (4.35%) Infoblox