Network Consultant Job Trends

Network Consultant
UK

The median Network Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 723 660 690
Rank change year-on-year -63 +30 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 82 13 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.026% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.029% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 72 9 58
10th Percentile £53,750 £48,250 £45,000
25th Percentile - £57,500 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -13.79% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 105,685 44,574 74,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 89.72% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 72,853 26,277 45,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Consultant in the UK

Network Consultant
Top 13 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 10 September 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 -54 82 £65,000 +4.00% 15
UK excluding London -63 64 £65,000 +4.00% 8
North of England - 41 £65,000 - 3
North West - 25 £65,000 - 3
London -47 16 £77,500 +6.90% 9
Yorkshire - 16 £65,000 -
Work from Home -34 15 £65,000 +6.12% 8
Midlands -39 11 £65,000 +23.81% 2
West Midlands -27 7 £65,000 +23.81%
South East -18 6 £57,500 -8.00%
East of England -24 5 £75,000 -6.25%
East Midlands - 4 £70,000 - 2
South West -80 1 £40,000 +6.67%

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

For the 6 months to 10 September 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 41 (50.00%) Cisco
2 36 (43.90%) Fortinet
3 34 (41.46%) Network Design
4 24 (29.27%) SD-WAN
4 24 (29.27%) WAN
5 23 (28.05%) Presales
6 20 (24.39%) Firewall
6 20 (24.39%) Network Security
7 18 (21.95%) Juniper
8 16 (19.51%) LAN
9 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (18.29%) Wireless
10 14 (17.07%) Azure
11 12 (14.63%) Aruba
11 12 (14.63%) CCNP
12 10 (12.20%) AWS
12 10 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
12 10 (12.20%) Unified Communications
13 9 (10.98%) CCIE
13 9 (10.98%) Palo Alto
13 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
13 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
14 8 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
15 7 (8.54%) BGP
15 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
16 6 (7.32%) Commercial Awareness
16 6 (7.32%) DBS Check
16 6 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
16 6 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
17 5 (6.10%) 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 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.07%) Azure
2 10 (12.20%) AWS
3 5 (6.10%) GCP
4 4 (4.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (29.27%) SD-WAN
1 24 (29.27%) WAN
2 20 (24.39%) Firewall
2 20 (24.39%) Network Security
3 16 (19.51%) LAN
4 15 (18.29%) Wireless
5 10 (12.20%) Unified Communications
6 7 (8.54%) BGP
7 6 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (6.10%) OSPF
8 5 (6.10%) VPN
9 4 (4.88%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (3.66%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (3.66%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (3.66%) VLAN
10 3 (3.66%) VXLAN
11 1 (1.22%) DWDM
11 1 (1.22%) IP Telephony
11 1 (1.22%) VoIP
11 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
2 8 (9.76%) Telecoms
3 7 (8.54%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (8.54%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (8.54%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.66%) Finance
5 1 (1.22%) Military
5 1 (1.22%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.88%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.22%) CCTV
3 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.22%) IPTV
3 1 (1.22%) Smart Home
3 1 (1.22%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.46%) Network Design
2 23 (28.05%) Presales
3 10 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
6 6 (7.32%) Commercial Awareness
6 6 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (6.10%) AI
7 5 (6.10%) High Availability
7 5 (6.10%) ITIL
7 5 (6.10%) Roadmaps
7 5 (6.10%) Service Management
7 5 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (4.88%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (4.88%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 4 (4.88%) PRINCE2
8 4 (4.88%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (4.88%) Zero Trust
9 3 (3.66%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (14.63%) CCNP
3 9 (10.98%) CCIE
3 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.88%) AWS Certification
5 4 (4.88%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.88%) CCIE Security
5 4 (4.88%) CCSA
5 4 (4.88%) CCSE
5 4 (4.88%) JNCIE
5 4 (4.88%) JNCIP
6 2 (2.44%) Degree
7 1 (1.22%) CISSP
7 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.22%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (4.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 41 (50.00%) Cisco
2 36 (43.90%) Fortinet
3 18 (21.95%) Juniper
4 12 (14.63%) Aruba
5 9 (10.98%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.88%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.22%) Arista
7 1 (1.22%) Ciena
7 1 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.22%) Dell
7 1 (1.22%) HP
7 1 (1.22%) Meraki