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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 665 781
Rank change year-on-year -33 +116 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 71 25 65
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.051% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.056% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 62 21 48
10th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £56,251
25th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.34% -9.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £80,000 £62,501
% change year-on-year -15.63% +28.00% -10.71%

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 94,649 44,285 87,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 90.20% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 64,854 26,220 61,542
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,082
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -35 70 £70,000 -12.50% 16
UK excluding London -40 48 £67,500 -15.63% 16
North of England -3 33 £70,000 -12.50% 5
North West +19 23 £70,000 -12.50% 1
London -21 19 £85,000 - 4
Work from Home -14 14 £65,000 -7.14% 1
Yorkshire -22 10 £70,000 -12.50% 3
South East - 7 £57,500 - 2
East of England -3 6 £75,000 -6.25% 2
West Midlands -35 1 £65,000 -1.89% 1
Midlands -36 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
South West -59 1 £40,000 -31.91% 3

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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 (53.52%) Cisco
2 28 (39.44%) Firewall
2 28 (39.44%) Fortinet
3 26 (36.62%) Presales
4 23 (32.39%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (30.99%) SD-WAN
5 22 (30.99%) WAN
6 20 (28.17%) CCNP
6 20 (28.17%) Network Design
6 20 (28.17%) Network Security
7 18 (25.35%) LAN
8 17 (23.94%) Juniper
9 16 (22.54%) CCIE
9 16 (22.54%) Wireless
10 14 (19.72%) Azure
10 14 (19.72%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (15.49%) Aruba
11 11 (15.49%) Palo Alto
12 10 (14.08%) AWS
12 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (12.68%) Customer Requirements
14 8 (11.27%) AI
14 8 (11.27%) BGP
14 8 (11.27%) Migration
14 8 (11.27%) OSPF
14 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
14 8 (11.27%) VPN
15 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
15 7 (9.86%) Security Cleared
16 6 (8.45%) Cisco Nexus

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 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) Azure
2 10 (14.08%) AWS
3 5 (7.04%) GCP
4 4 (5.63%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 28 (39.44%) Firewall
2 22 (30.99%) SD-WAN
2 22 (30.99%) WAN
3 20 (28.17%) Network Security
4 18 (25.35%) LAN
5 16 (22.54%) Wireless
6 8 (11.27%) BGP
6 8 (11.27%) OSPF
6 8 (11.27%) VPN
7 6 (8.45%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (7.04%) Ethernet VPN
8 5 (7.04%) Unified Communications
9 4 (5.63%) VXLAN
10 3 (4.23%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (4.23%) MPLS
10 3 (4.23%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (2.82%) WLAN
12 1 (1.41%) IP Telephony
12 1 (1.41%) NGFW
General
1 6 (8.45%) Documentation Skills
1 6 (8.45%) Presentation Skills
1 6 (8.45%) Social Skills
1 6 (8.45%) Telecoms
2 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.63%) Finance
4 1 (1.41%) Military
4 1 (1.41%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.41%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.31%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.41%) CCTV
3 1 (1.41%) IPTV
3 1 (1.41%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) Presales
2 20 (28.17%) Network Design
3 14 (19.72%) Technical Leadership
4 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (12.68%) Customer Requirements
6 8 (11.27%) AI
6 8 (11.27%) Migration
6 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.45%) ITIL
7 6 (8.45%) Roadmaps
7 6 (8.45%) Service Delivery
8 5 (7.04%) Business Strategy
8 5 (7.04%) Commercial Awareness
8 5 (7.04%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (7.04%) Mentoring
8 5 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (7.04%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (7.04%) Risk Management
8 5 (7.04%) Service Management
8 5 (7.04%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (32.39%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (28.17%) CCNP
3 16 (22.54%) CCIE
4 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) Security Cleared
5 5 (7.04%) DBS Check
5 5 (7.04%) JNCIP
5 5 (7.04%) VCAP
6 4 (5.63%) AWS Certification
6 4 (5.63%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.63%) CCIE Security
6 4 (5.63%) CCSA
6 4 (5.63%) CCSE
6 4 (5.63%) JNCIE
7 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Ansible
1 4 (5.63%) FortiGate
1 4 (5.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (53.52%) Cisco
2 28 (39.44%) Fortinet
3 17 (23.94%) Juniper
4 11 (15.49%) Aruba
4 11 (15.49%) Palo Alto
5 5 (7.04%) CheckPoint
6 3 (4.23%) Meraki
7 1 (1.41%) Arista
7 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.41%) Dell
7 1 (1.41%) HP