Network Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Management over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 631 818
Rank change year-on-year +250 +187 -131
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 713 351 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.36% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.38% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 234 233 329
10th Percentile £33,000 £34,000 £30,716
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,180 £48,750
% change year-on-year +5.40% +7.04% +13.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,929 93,520 157,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.51% 95.57% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 60,315 55,145 82,723
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the UK

Network Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
UK excluding London +167 575 £55,000 +5.40% 75
England +166 486 £60,000 +13.74% 90
North of England +121 131 £50,000 - 18
South East +17 126 £60,000 -7.69% 20
London +134 92 £70,000 +30.84% 25
North West +72 90 £50,000 - 9
South West +16 75 £50,000 -25.93% 7
Scotland +10 75 £52,750 +50.71% 7
Work from Home +20 69 £67,000 +31.37% 37
Wales +71 64 £44,886 -38.09% 2
Midlands 0 50 £52,500 -16.00% 11
Northern Ireland +62 43 £47,500 +8.57%
Yorkshire +96 40 - - 8
East Midlands +17 37 £50,000 +34.74% 3
West Midlands -21 12 £57,500 -8.00% 7
East of England -13 11 £53,000 +6.00% 10
North East -7 1 £32,500 -19.50% 2

Network Management
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 18 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.96%) Skype for Business
3 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.70%) Confluence
5 4 (0.56%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (9.40%) Azure
2 34 (4.77%) AWS
3 33 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (1.68%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (1.40%) Datadog
6 10 (1.40%) IaaS
6 10 (1.40%) Rubrik
7 9 (1.26%) OneDrive
7 9 (1.26%) SaaS
8 8 (1.12%) PaaS
9 7 (0.98%) AWS Direct Connect
10 6 (0.84%) GCP
11 4 (0.56%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.28%) OCI
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 1 (0.14%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.14%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 404 (56.66%) VSAT
2 106 (14.87%) Firewall
3 94 (13.18%) WAN
4 68 (9.54%) LAN
5 65 (9.12%) Wireless
6 59 (8.27%) MPLS
7 53 (7.43%) Network Security
8 47 (6.59%) BGP
9 43 (6.03%) DNS
9 43 (6.03%) SD-WAN
10 42 (5.89%) TCP/IP
11 40 (5.61%) VPN
12 38 (5.33%) SNMP
13 37 (5.19%) OSPF
14 36 (5.05%) VLAN
15 28 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
16 27 (3.79%) DHCP
17 19 (2.66%) EIGRP
18 17 (2.38%) Internet
19 15 (2.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.82%) MySQL
1 13 (1.82%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.56%) Metabase
3 2 (0.28%) Big Data
4 1 (0.14%) Power BI
4 1 (0.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (1.82%) Eclipse
2 4 (0.56%) JIRA
2 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (0.42%) GCC
4 2 (0.28%) GitLab
4 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (9.26%) Social Skills
2 64 (8.98%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (7.99%) Finance
4 34 (4.77%) Telecoms
5 31 (4.35%) Law
6 28 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.95%) Banking
8 20 (2.81%) Investment Banking
9 14 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.82%) Local Government
11 9 (1.26%) Legal
11 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.70%) Police
14 4 (0.56%) Automotive
15 3 (0.42%) Back Office
15 3 (0.42%) Electronics
15 3 (0.42%) Retail
16 2 (0.28%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 452 (63.39%) Architect
2 405 (56.80%) Software Architect
3 85 (11.92%) Network Engineer
4 79 (11.08%) Senior
5 56 (7.85%) Senior Network Engineer
6 33 (4.63%) Network Architect
7 26 (3.65%) Analyst
7 26 (3.65%) Support Engineer
8 24 (3.37%) Network Manager
9 19 (2.66%) Technical Support
10 17 (2.38%) IT Manager
11 16 (2.24%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 16 (2.24%) Technical Engineer
12 15 (2.10%) Technical Support Engineer
13 14 (1.96%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
13 14 (1.96%) Senior Technical Engineer
14 13 (1.82%) IT Support
14 13 (1.82%) Senior Support Engineer
14 13 (1.82%) Senior Technical Support
14 13 (1.82%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.93%) HTML
2 20 (2.81%) XML
3 19 (2.66%) 802.1X
4 13 (1.82%) Ajax
4 13 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 13 (1.82%) CSS
4 13 (1.82%) JDBC
4 13 (1.82%) ODBC
4 13 (1.82%) REST
4 13 (1.82%) SOAP
4 13 (1.82%) Web Services
4 13 (1.82%) XHTML
5 5 (0.70%) NETCONF
6 4 (0.56%) Middleware
7 2 (0.28%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.54%) Data Centre
2 45 (6.31%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.09%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (2.10%) IoT
5 14 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.82%) CMDB
6 13 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.40%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.12%) Security Posture
9 7 (0.98%) Cyberattack
9 7 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
11 5 (0.70%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.56%) Raspberry Pi
12 4 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.42%) IVR
13 3 (0.42%) PKI
14 2 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 2 (0.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.42%) Windows
2 48 (6.73%) Linux
3 24 (3.37%) Unix
3 24 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.12%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.56%) VMS
6 4 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.42%) CatOS
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.28%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) Solaris
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (57.92%) Network Architecture
2 412 (57.78%) Requirements Management
3 405 (56.80%) Validation
4 404 (56.66%) Model Validation
5 402 (56.38%) Technical Architecture
5 402 (56.38%) TOGAF
6 369 (51.75%) Actionable Insight
7 56 (7.85%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (7.15%) Cybersecurity
9 45 (6.31%) ITIL
10 37 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (5.05%) SIEM
12 35 (4.91%) Mentoring
13 34 (4.77%) Presales
14 33 (4.63%) Network Design
15 32 (4.49%) Disaster Recovery
16 31 (4.35%) Roadmaps
17 30 (4.21%) Computer Science
18 29 (4.07%) Analytical Thinking
18 29 (4.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (6.45%) Python
2 30 (4.21%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.10%) Java
4 13 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.82%) Perl
5 9 (1.26%) SQL
6 3 (0.42%) Bash
7 2 (0.28%) C#
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) C++
8 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 75 (10.52%) Degree
2 63 (8.84%) Security Cleared
3 45 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (6.17%) SC Cleared
5 26 (3.65%) CCNA
6 17 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.24%) CCNP
8 15 (2.10%) DV Cleared
9 12 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.26%) CCIE
11 7 (0.98%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.84%) CISSP
13 4 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.56%) CCSP
13 4 (0.56%) CRISC
13 4 (0.56%) GIAC
14 3 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.42%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (2.52%) SLA
3 11 (1.54%) NIST
4 10 (1.40%) GDPR
5 8 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 6 (0.84%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.56%) NCSC
9 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.28%) COSHH
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.14%) GxP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.14%) QA
System Software
1 33 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.98%) Firmware
5 4 (0.56%) pfSense
6 3 (0.42%) KVM
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (3.23%) Ansible
2 13 (1.82%) Terraform
2 13 (1.82%) WMI
3 10 (1.40%) Progress Chef
3 10 (1.40%) Puppet
4 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.84%) Endace
5 6 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.28%) CASB
6 2 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.28%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.28%) Nessus
6 2 (0.28%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.28%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.28%) WSUS
7 1 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
7 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (15.29%) Cisco
2 85 (11.92%) Microsoft
3 41 (5.75%) SolarWinds
4 29 (4.07%) VMware
5 28 (3.93%) Juniper
6 25 (3.51%) Meraki
6 25 (3.51%) Palo Alto
7 24 (3.37%) Aruba
7 24 (3.37%) Fortinet
8 20 (2.81%) Veeam
9 16 (2.24%) Mitel
10 15 (2.10%) Oracle
11 14 (1.96%) Avaya
12 13 (1.82%) Splunk
13 11 (1.54%) LogicMonitor
13 11 (1.54%) NetApp
14 10 (1.40%) HP
15 9 (1.26%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.26%) F5
15 9 (1.26%) Google