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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 721 659 746
Rank change year-on-year -62 +87 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 70 24 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.048% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.054% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 61 20 49
10th Percentile £51,250 £56,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,188 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +33.33% -7.69%

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 98,241 44,677 79,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 90.06% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 67,184 26,547 53,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,793
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -36 70 £70,000 -12.50% 27
UK excluding London -51 49 £65,000 -18.75% 19
North of England -5 35 £65,000 -18.75% 6
North West +23 24 £67,500 -15.63% 1
London -41 18 £81,250 -4.41% 11
Work from Home -17 14 £65,000 -7.14% 7
Yorkshire -23 11 £65,000 -18.75% 4
East of England -20 6 £75,000 -6.25% 2
South East - 6 £57,500 - 2
West Midlands -36 1 £65,000 -1.89% 3
Midlands -39 1 £65,000 -18.75% 3
South West -60 1 £40,000 -31.91% 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 August 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 38 (54.29%) Cisco
2 27 (38.57%) Fortinet
3 26 (37.14%) Presales
4 25 (35.71%) Firewall
5 22 (31.43%) Network Design
6 21 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (28.57%) SD-WAN
7 20 (28.57%) WAN
8 19 (27.14%) Network Security
9 18 (25.71%) CCNP
9 18 (25.71%) Juniper
10 17 (24.29%) LAN
11 16 (22.86%) Wireless
12 15 (21.43%) CCIE
13 14 (20.00%) Azure
14 13 (18.57%) Technical Leadership
15 12 (17.14%) Aruba
16 10 (14.29%) AWS
16 10 (14.29%) Palo Alto
17 9 (12.86%) Customer Requirements
17 9 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
18 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
19 7 (10.00%) AI
19 7 (10.00%) BGP
19 7 (10.00%) Migration
19 7 (10.00%) OSPF
19 7 (10.00%) Project Delivery
19 7 (10.00%) VPN
20 6 (8.57%) DBS Check

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 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.00%) Azure
2 10 (14.29%) AWS
3 5 (7.14%) GCP
4 4 (5.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (35.71%) Firewall
2 20 (28.57%) SD-WAN
2 20 (28.57%) WAN
3 19 (27.14%) Network Security
4 17 (24.29%) LAN
5 16 (22.86%) Wireless
6 7 (10.00%) BGP
6 7 (10.00%) OSPF
6 7 (10.00%) VPN
7 6 (8.57%) Unified Communications
7 6 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (7.14%) Ethernet VPN
9 3 (4.29%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (4.29%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (4.29%) VXLAN
10 2 (2.86%) MPLS
10 2 (2.86%) WLAN
11 1 (1.43%) IP Telephony
11 1 (1.43%) VLAN
General
1 7 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (8.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.71%) Finance
5 1 (1.43%) Military
5 1 (1.43%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.71%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.43%) CCTV
3 1 (1.43%) IPTV
3 1 (1.43%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) Presales
2 22 (31.43%) Network Design
3 13 (18.57%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (12.86%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (12.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (10.00%) AI
5 7 (10.00%) Migration
5 7 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 6 (8.57%) ITIL
6 6 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.57%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness
7 5 (7.14%) Service Delivery
7 5 (7.14%) Service Management
7 5 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
8 4 (5.71%) Business Strategy
8 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
8 4 (5.71%) Mentoring
8 4 (5.71%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (25.71%) CCNP
3 15 (21.43%) CCIE
4 8 (11.43%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.43%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.57%) DBS Check
6 5 (7.14%) JNCIP
7 4 (5.71%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.71%) Azure Certification
7 4 (5.71%) CCIE Security
7 4 (5.71%) CCSA
7 4 (5.71%) CCSE
7 4 (5.71%) JNCIE
7 4 (5.71%) VCAP
8 3 (4.29%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 4 (5.71%) Terraform
2 3 (4.29%) Ansible
3 2 (2.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 38 (54.29%) Cisco
2 27 (38.57%) Fortinet
3 18 (25.71%) Juniper
4 12 (17.14%) Aruba
5 10 (14.29%) Palo Alto
6 5 (7.14%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.86%) Meraki
8 1 (1.43%) Arista
8 1 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.43%) Dell
8 1 (1.43%) HP