Network Consultant Jobs

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 670 931
Rank change year-on-year -8 +261 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 78 64 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.11% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 54 47 80
10th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £61,625 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% +16.67%

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 60,724 56,083 104,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 95.46% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 28,191 41,125 67,762
10th Percentile £34,750 £30,213 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -4.17% +1.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Consultant.

Salary trend for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Consultant over the 6 months to 11 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 14 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 11 January 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 0 75 £80,000 +14.29% 1
UK excluding London -21 48 £80,000 +23.08%
Work from Home +36 31 £80,000 +14.29% 1
London +32 25 £80,000 +6.67% 1
South East -5 21 £52,500 -25.00%
North of England -21 15 £80,000 +23.08%
Yorkshire +30 9 £80,000 -
East of England -41 6 £80,000 +14.29%
North West -34 4 £80,000 +23.08%
South West +16 2 £80,000 +18.52%
North East -14 2 £80,000 +6.67%
Midlands -24 2 £80,000 +60.00%
West Midlands -31 2 £80,000 -
Scotland - 2 £80,000 -

Network Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 January 2025, Network Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Consultant in the job title.

1 65 (83.33%) Cisco
2 41 (52.56%) Cisco Certification
3 38 (48.72%) Fortinet
4 35 (44.87%) Firewall
4 35 (44.87%) CCNP
5 33 (42.31%) Wireless
6 32 (41.03%) AWS
7 31 (39.74%) BGP
7 31 (39.74%) LAN
8 30 (38.46%) OSPF
9 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
10 26 (33.33%) WAN
11 24 (30.77%) Migration
12 23 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (26.92%) Extreme Networks
13 21 (26.92%) Cisco Nexus
13 21 (26.92%) Network Design
14 19 (24.36%) VLAN
14 19 (24.36%) CCIE
14 19 (24.36%) TCP/IP
15 17 (21.79%) Juniper
15 17 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (21.79%) Azure
15 17 (21.79%) Hybrid Cloud
15 17 (21.79%) SD-WAN
16 16 (20.51%) Data Privacy
16 16 (20.51%) Customer-Centricity
16 16 (20.51%) Cyber Resilience
16 16 (20.51%) Sprint Retrospective
16 16 (20.51%) Sprint Planning

Network Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 32 (41.03%) AWS
2 17 (21.79%) Azure
3 16 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (20.51%) SaaS
4 5 (6.41%) GCP
5 2 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 35 (44.87%) Firewall
2 33 (42.31%) Wireless
3 31 (39.74%) BGP
3 31 (39.74%) LAN
4 30 (38.46%) OSPF
5 26 (33.33%) WAN
6 21 (26.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 19 (24.36%) TCP/IP
7 19 (24.36%) VLAN
8 17 (21.79%) SD-WAN
9 14 (17.95%) Cisco ISE
10 12 (15.38%) MPLS
11 11 (14.10%) Network Security
12 9 (11.54%) 802.11
12 9 (11.54%) DHCP
12 9 (11.54%) DNS
12 9 (11.54%) DWDM
12 9 (11.54%) GLBP
12 9 (11.54%) Multicast
12 9 (11.54%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Git
1 3 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.41%) Finance
3 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.82%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.28%) cloud-init
2 1 (1.28%) JSON
2 1 (1.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (5.13%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (1.28%) Windows
2 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.77%) Migration
2 23 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (26.92%) Network Design
4 17 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (20.51%) Agile
5 16 (20.51%) Customer-Centricity
5 16 (20.51%) Cyber Resilience
5 16 (20.51%) Data Privacy
5 16 (20.51%) Sprint Planning
5 16 (20.51%) Sprint Retrospective
5 16 (20.51%) Sprint Review
6 12 (15.38%) Cloud Security
7 9 (11.54%) Network Management
7 9 (11.54%) Presales
7 9 (11.54%) Roadmaps
7 9 (11.54%) Technology Roadmap
7 9 (11.54%) WAN Optimisation
8 5 (6.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (5.13%) DevOps
9 4 (5.13%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (1.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 41 (52.56%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (44.87%) CCNP
3 19 (24.36%) CCIE
4 12 (15.38%) CCNA
5 3 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (3.85%) CCSP
5 3 (3.85%) CISA
5 3 (3.85%) CISM
5 3 (3.85%) CISSP
5 3 (3.85%) CRISC
5 3 (3.85%) Degree
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.85%) Docker
1 3 (3.85%) Firmware
2 2 (2.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) Ansible
2 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (83.33%) Cisco
2 38 (48.72%) Fortinet
3 21 (26.92%) Extreme Networks
4 17 (21.79%) Juniper
5 16 (20.51%) Sony
6 14 (17.95%) Palo Alto
7 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
8 9 (11.54%) Arista
8 9 (11.54%) Riverbed
9 7 (8.97%) Aruba
10 6 (7.69%) F5
11 5 (6.41%) Meraki
12 4 (5.13%) Blue Coat
12 4 (5.13%) CheckPoint
12 4 (5.13%) McAfee
12 4 (5.13%) Zscaler
13 3 (3.85%) Dell
13 3 (3.85%) VMware
14 1 (1.28%) Computacenter
14 1 (1.28%) Google