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 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 599 742
Rank change year-on-year -50 +143 +184
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 28 71 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.15% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.16% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 27 58 54
10th Percentile - £72,500 £55,375
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £79,750
90th Percentile £91,400 £86,250 £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 62,841 44,387 71,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 91.47% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 39,642 23,421 55,777
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,250
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 £73,750
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% -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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -12 27 £75,000 -6.25% 5
London +29 13 £70,000 -12.50% 3
UK excluding London -26 13 £75,000 -6.25% 3
South East -12 9 £75,000 +36.36% 1
Work from Home +26 2 £72,500 -9.38% 2
West Midlands +5 2 £65,000 -18.75%
Midlands +2 2 £65,000 -18.75%
East of England +9 1 - -
Yorkshire -39 1 £65,000 -18.75%
North of England -44 1 £65,000 -18.75% 2

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

For the 6 months to 21 February 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 24 (85.71%) CCNP
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (82.14%) Firewall
3 18 (64.29%) Wireless
4 16 (57.14%) Meraki
5 14 (50.00%) Fortinet
6 13 (46.43%) SD-WAN
6 13 (46.43%) WAN
7 12 (42.86%) LAN
8 11 (39.29%) Ansible
8 11 (39.29%) Migration
9 10 (35.71%) BGP
9 10 (35.71%) FortiGate
9 10 (35.71%) OSPF
9 10 (35.71%) VPN
9 10 (35.71%) VXLAN
10 9 (32.14%) MPLS
10 9 (32.14%) Network Management
10 9 (32.14%) Network Segmentation
10 9 (32.14%) Python
10 9 (32.14%) REST
11 7 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
11 7 (25.00%) VLAN
12 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
13 4 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (14.29%) Network Design
13 4 (14.29%) Network Security
13 4 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
14 3 (10.71%) 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 (3.57%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 23 (82.14%) Firewall
2 18 (64.29%) Wireless
3 13 (46.43%) SD-WAN
3 13 (46.43%) WAN
4 12 (42.86%) LAN
5 10 (35.71%) BGP
5 10 (35.71%) OSPF
5 10 (35.71%) VPN
5 10 (35.71%) VXLAN
6 9 (32.14%) MPLS
7 7 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (25.00%) VLAN
8 4 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (14.29%) Network Security
9 3 (10.71%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (3.57%) BIG-IP
11 1 (3.57%) IGMP
11 1 (3.57%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (32.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Migration
2 9 (32.14%) Network Management
2 9 (32.14%) Network Segmentation
3 5 (17.86%) Service Delivery
4 4 (14.29%) Network Design
4 4 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (10.71%) AI
5 3 (10.71%) Business Strategy
5 3 (10.71%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (10.71%) Mentoring
5 3 (10.71%) Project Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
5 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) Business Continuity
6 2 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (7.14%) ITIL
6 2 (7.14%) Presales
6 2 (7.14%) Problem Management
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (85.71%) CCNP
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.71%) CCIE
2 3 (10.71%) VCAP
3 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) CCNA
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) JNCIA
Systems Management
1 11 (39.29%) Ansible
2 10 (35.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (85.71%) Cisco
2 16 (57.14%) Meraki
3 14 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.14%) AlgoSec
4 2 (7.14%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.57%) F5
5 1 (3.57%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.57%) Juniper
5 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto