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 to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 840 854 1127
Rank change year-on-year +14 +273 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Consultant 55 98 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.099% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.11% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 41 93 101
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.92% -7.14% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

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 23 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +96 48 £73,750 -13.24% 18
UK excluding London +30 35 £63,750 -1.92% 11
Midlands +1 15 £62,501 +8.70% 1
London +96 13 £80,000 -5.88% 10
East Midlands +1 12 £56,250 -2.17%
North of England +45 10 £75,000 - 1
South East +14 9 £67,500 +3.85% 8
Work from Home -5 9 £80,000 - 6
North East - 8 £75,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £80,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £60,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £80,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 24 (43.64%) Cisco
2 20 (36.36%) WAN
3 19 (34.55%) Data Centre
4 18 (32.73%) Network Security
5 13 (23.64%) Fortinet
6 12 (21.82%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (20.00%) CCNP
8 9 (16.36%) Cisco Firepower
8 9 (16.36%) Network Architecture
9 8 (14.55%) DNS
9 8 (14.55%) Firewall
9 8 (14.55%) SD-WAN
10 7 (12.73%) Migration
11 6 (10.91%) Palo Alto
11 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (10.91%) Cisco ISE
12 5 (9.09%) NIST
12 5 (9.09%) Public Sector
12 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
12 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
12 5 (9.09%) Wireless
12 5 (9.09%) Juniper
12 5 (9.09%) MPLS
12 5 (9.09%) LAN
13 4 (7.27%) VPN
13 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
13 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
13 4 (7.27%) NGFW
13 4 (7.27%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (7.27%) FortiGate

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.64%) AWS
1 2 (3.64%) Azure
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (3.64%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (36.36%) WAN
2 18 (32.73%) Network Security
3 9 (16.36%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (14.55%) DNS
4 8 (14.55%) Firewall
4 8 (14.55%) SD-WAN
5 6 (10.91%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (9.09%) LAN
6 5 (9.09%) MPLS
6 5 (9.09%) Wireless
7 4 (7.27%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (7.27%) NGFW
7 4 (7.27%) VPN
8 3 (5.45%) DHCP
8 3 (5.45%) VoIP
9 2 (3.64%) BGP
9 2 (3.64%) Broadband
9 2 (3.64%) Internet
9 2 (3.64%) OSPF
9 2 (3.64%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 5 (9.09%) Public Sector
1 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.82%) Billing
3 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.82%) Finance
3 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (34.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.36%) Network Architecture
2 7 (12.73%) Migration
3 6 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (5.45%) Mentoring
6 2 (3.64%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (3.64%) Load Balancing
6 2 (3.64%) Network Design
6 2 (3.64%) Project Delivery
6 2 (3.64%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (3.64%) Ticket Management
7 1 (1.82%) Cloud Security
7 1 (1.82%) Network Management
7 1 (1.82%) Presales
7 1 (1.82%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (1.82%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (1.82%) Roadmaps
7 1 (1.82%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (1.82%) User Stories
7 1 (1.82%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 12 (21.82%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (20.00%) CCNP
3 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.27%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.45%) CCIE
4 3 (5.45%) CCNA
4 3 (5.45%) CISSP
5 2 (3.64%) CISM
6 1 (1.82%) CCDP
6 1 (1.82%) CCSA
6 1 (1.82%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) NIST
2 2 (3.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (43.64%) Cisco
2 13 (23.64%) Fortinet
3 6 (10.91%) Palo Alto
4 5 (9.09%) Juniper
5 3 (5.45%) Aruba
5 3 (5.45%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.45%) F5
5 3 (5.45%) Meraki
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.64%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.82%) Arista
7 1 (1.82%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.82%) Dell
7 1 (1.82%) McAfee
7 1 (1.82%) Riverbed
7 1 (1.82%) Zscaler