Network Manager Jobs

Network Manager
UK

The median Network Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 840 1033
Rank change year-on-year +273 +193 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Manager 365 106 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 291 89 178
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,680 £44,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -15.38% +7.44%
75th Percentile £55,000 £73,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £110,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% -

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 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Network Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Manager in the UK

Network Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +269 320 £45,000 -17.81% 48
UK excluding London +182 288 £45,000 -14.29% 46
South East +82 104 £38,000 -30.91% 17
Midlands +40 58 £45,000 -43.75% 5
London +105 49 £41,000 -35.69% 9
North of England +57 46 £47,500 -8.97% 6
South West +6 45 £57,500 +9.52% 4
Work from Home +53 43 £57,500 -17.86% 17
East Midlands +19 35 £39,000 -24.38% 2
East of England +17 25 £37,500 -35.79% 8
West Midlands +7 23 £55,000 -31.25% 3
Yorkshire +69 22 £50,000 -25.93% 5
North West +3 22 £37,500 +1.35% 1
Scotland - 13 £62,500 - 2
North East -6 6 £45,000 -3.23%
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Wales +5 1 £45,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Network Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 71 (19.45%) Firewall
2 63 (17.26%) Cisco
3 58 (15.89%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (14.79%) Microsoft
5 49 (13.42%) LAN
6 45 (12.33%) WAN
7 42 (11.51%) Active Directory
7 42 (11.51%) Social Skills
8 41 (11.23%) Degree
9 40 (10.96%) Network Security
10 37 (10.14%) VPN
11 36 (9.86%) Hyper-V
12 35 (9.59%) Azure
13 34 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (8.77%) VMware
15 32 (8.77%) Windows
16 30 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
16 30 (8.22%) Kalman Filter
17 29 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (7.67%) Aruba
18 28 (7.67%) DHCP
19 27 (7.40%) DNS
19 27 (7.40%) Mentoring
20 26 (7.12%) Service Delivery
21 25 (6.85%) Network Management
21 25 (6.85%) Project Delivery
21 25 (6.85%) SD-WAN
22 24 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
23 23 (6.30%) Finance

Network Manager 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 12 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.10%) SAS
3 1 (0.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.89%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (9.59%) Azure
3 11 (3.01%) AWS
4 7 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (1.92%) Entra ID
4 7 (1.92%) OCI
5 6 (1.64%) Google Workspace
6 4 (1.10%) Twilio
7 3 (0.82%) GCP
7 3 (0.82%) PaaS
7 3 (0.82%) SaaS
8 2 (0.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 71 (19.45%) Firewall
2 49 (13.42%) LAN
3 45 (12.33%) WAN
4 40 (10.96%) Network Security
5 37 (10.14%) VPN
6 34 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
7 28 (7.67%) DHCP
8 27 (7.40%) DNS
9 25 (6.85%) SD-WAN
10 21 (5.75%) Wireless
11 17 (4.66%) SAN
12 16 (4.38%) Intranet
13 15 (4.11%) Internet
13 15 (4.11%) VLAN
14 13 (3.56%) SNMP
14 13 (3.56%) TCP/IP
15 8 (2.19%) Unified Communications
16 5 (1.37%) 5G
16 5 (1.37%) Radio Access Network
17 4 (1.10%) iSCSI
General
1 42 (11.51%) Social Skills
2 23 (6.30%) Finance
3 22 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.48%) Legal
5 14 (3.84%) Marketing
6 9 (2.47%) Local Government
7 8 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.92%) Law
9 6 (1.64%) French Language
10 5 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.82%) Japanese Language
11 3 (0.82%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.55%) Banking
12 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.27%) Publishing
13 1 (0.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.55%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.48%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.93%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.38%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (3.84%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.29%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.74%) CCTV
7 6 (1.64%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.10%) IoT
9 4 (1.10%) IPTV
10 3 (0.82%) Replication
11 2 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.27%) Cyberattack
12 1 (0.27%) Educational Technology
12 1 (0.27%) Fibre Optics
12 1 (0.27%) Social Media
12 1 (0.27%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.77%) Windows
2 21 (5.75%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.01%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.37%) Mac OS X
5 4 (1.10%) Android
6 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (8.22%) Kalman Filter
3 29 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (7.40%) Mentoring
5 26 (7.12%) Service Delivery
6 25 (6.85%) Network Management
6 25 (6.85%) Project Delivery
7 24 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (5.75%) Decision-Making
9 21 (5.75%) Line Management
10 20 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (5.48%) Project Management
11 19 (5.21%) Data Protection
12 18 (4.93%) Logistics
12 18 (4.93%) Network Design
13 16 (4.38%) ITIL
14 14 (3.84%) Office Automation
14 14 (3.84%) Security Patching
15 13 (3.56%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.11%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.64%) SQL
3 1 (0.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (11.23%) Degree
2 18 (4.93%) Master's Degree
3 14 (3.84%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.47%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.19%) MCP
5 8 (2.19%) MCSA
6 6 (1.64%) CCNA
6 6 (1.64%) CCNP
7 5 (1.37%) BICSI RCDD
7 5 (1.37%) MCSE
8 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.10%) PMP
9 2 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.55%) HNC
9 2 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.55%) SLA
4 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 42 (11.51%) Active Directory
2 36 (9.86%) Hyper-V
3 30 (8.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.84%) WSUS
2 13 (3.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (2.74%) SmoothWall
4 9 (2.47%) SCCM
5 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) Core Impact
6 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 63 (17.26%) Cisco
2 54 (14.79%) Microsoft
3 32 (8.77%) VMware
4 28 (7.67%) Aruba
5 17 (4.66%) Veeam
6 11 (3.01%) HP
7 9 (2.47%) Apple
7 9 (2.47%) Fortinet
7 9 (2.47%) Juniper
7 9 (2.47%) SonicWALL
8 8 (2.19%) Sage
9 7 (1.92%) Oracle
10 6 (1.64%) Google
10 6 (1.64%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.37%) Dell
11 5 (1.37%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.55%) Ruckus Wireless
13 1 (0.27%) CrowdStrike
13 1 (0.27%) Meraki
13 1 (0.27%) Ubiquiti