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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 609 843
Rank change year-on-year -72 +234 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 56 42 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.060% 0.098% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.11% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 49 39 42
10th Percentile £51,250 - £50,625
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% -6.25%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £83,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -

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 87,064 38,294 94,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.31% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 57,954 21,519 69,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%

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 29 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 12 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 29 May 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 -55 55 £75,000 -6.25% 10
UK excluding London -60 36 £75,000 -6.25% 7
London -14 17 £85,000 +6.25% 3
North of England -45 17 £75,000 -6.25% 4
Work from Home +23 11 £65,000 -23.53% 6
North West +1 11 £75,000 -6.25% 2
South East - 10 £75,000 - 3
East of England -17 6 £75,000 -6.25%
Yorkshire -55 6 £75,000 -6.25% 2
Midlands -35 2 £65,000 -18.75% 1
West Midlands -38 2 £65,000 -18.75% 1
South West -58 1 £40,000 -50.00%

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 30 (53.57%) Cisco
2 29 (51.79%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (50.00%) CCNP
4 27 (48.21%) Firewall
5 24 (42.86%) SD-WAN
5 24 (42.86%) WAN
6 21 (37.50%) LAN
6 21 (37.50%) Presales
6 21 (37.50%) Wireless
7 20 (35.71%) Fortinet
8 15 (26.79%) Network Security
9 13 (23.21%) CCIE
10 12 (21.43%) Ansible
10 12 (21.43%) VPN
11 11 (19.64%) FortiGate
11 11 (19.64%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (17.86%) BGP
12 10 (17.86%) Meraki
12 10 (17.86%) MPLS
12 10 (17.86%) Network Design
12 10 (17.86%) OSPF
12 10 (17.86%) Python
13 9 (16.07%) Azure
13 9 (16.07%) Juniper
13 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (16.07%) VXLAN
14 8 (14.29%) Aruba
14 8 (14.29%) Migration
14 8 (14.29%) Network Management
14 8 (14.29%) Network Segmentation

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 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.79%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.07%) Azure
2 6 (10.71%) AWS
3 4 (7.14%) GCP
4 3 (5.36%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (48.21%) Firewall
2 24 (42.86%) SD-WAN
2 24 (42.86%) WAN
3 21 (37.50%) LAN
3 21 (37.50%) Wireless
4 15 (26.79%) Network Security
5 12 (21.43%) VPN
6 10 (17.86%) BGP
6 10 (17.86%) MPLS
6 10 (17.86%) OSPF
7 9 (16.07%) VXLAN
8 6 (10.71%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (8.93%) Unified Communications
10 4 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (5.36%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (5.36%) Ethernet VPN
12 2 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (3.57%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.57%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.71%) Telecoms
3 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.57%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.93%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Presales
2 11 (19.64%) Technical Leadership
3 10 (17.86%) Network Design
4 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (14.29%) Migration
5 8 (14.29%) Network Management
5 8 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
5 8 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 7 (12.50%) ITIL
7 6 (10.71%) AI
8 5 (8.93%) Business Strategy
8 5 (8.93%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (8.93%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.93%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (8.93%) Risk Management
8 5 (8.93%) Roadmaps
9 4 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (51.79%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (50.00%) CCNP
3 13 (23.21%) CCIE
4 7 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 5 (8.93%) DBS Check
5 5 (8.93%) VCAP
6 4 (7.14%) JNCIP
7 3 (5.36%) AWS Certification
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.36%) CCIE Security
7 3 (5.36%) CCSA
7 3 (5.36%) CCSE
7 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.36%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 12 (21.43%) Ansible
2 11 (19.64%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (53.57%) Cisco
2 20 (35.71%) Fortinet
3 10 (17.86%) Meraki
4 9 (16.07%) Juniper
5 8 (14.29%) Aruba
6 7 (12.50%) Palo Alto
7 6 (10.71%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.57%) AlgoSec
9 1 (1.79%) Arista
9 1 (1.79%) Dell
9 1 (1.79%) F5
9 1 (1.79%) HP
9 1 (1.79%) Infoblox