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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 643 826
Rank change year-on-year +264 +183 -167
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 714 355 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.37% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 234 233 316
10th Percentile £33,000 £34,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +13.99%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £74,063
90th Percentile £84,625 £76,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,250 £51,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% - +18.60%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 18 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 18 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 +152 575 £53,250 +4.41% 70
England +198 487 £60,000 +14.29% 80
North of England +130 131 £50,000 - 15
South East +25 128 £60,000 -7.69% 11
London +137 93 £70,000 +33.33% 14
North West +72 89 £50,000 - 8
Scotland +7 75 £52,750 +50.71% 12
South West +16 74 £50,000 -25.93% 11
Work from Home +40 69 £67,000 +31.37% 38
Wales +66 64 £44,886 -38.09% 1
Midlands +1 50 £52,500 -16.00% 7
Northern Ireland +59 43 £47,500 +8.57%
Yorkshire +98 41 - - 5
East Midlands +26 37 £50,000 +34.74% 4
West Midlands -13 12 £57,500 -8.00% 3
East of England -24 10 £46,000 -8.00% 13
North East -7 1 £32,500 -19.50% 3

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 6 (0.84%) Confluence
5 4 (0.56%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (4.34%) 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 69 (9.66%) Azure
2 36 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (4.76%) AWS
4 12 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (1.68%) Entra ID
5 11 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 10 (1.40%) IaaS
7 9 (1.26%) Datadog
7 9 (1.26%) OneDrive
7 9 (1.26%) Rubrik
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%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.14%) Google Drive
13 1 (0.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 404 (56.58%) VSAT
2 107 (14.99%) Firewall
3 97 (13.59%) WAN
4 70 (9.80%) LAN
5 63 (8.82%) Wireless
6 59 (8.26%) MPLS
7 51 (7.14%) Network Security
8 45 (6.30%) BGP
9 44 (6.16%) DNS
10 42 (5.88%) TCP/IP
11 41 (5.74%) SD-WAN
12 39 (5.46%) SNMP
12 39 (5.46%) VPN
13 35 (4.90%) VLAN
14 34 (4.76%) OSPF
15 29 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
16 27 (3.78%) DHCP
17 18 (2.52%) Internet
18 17 (2.38%) EIGRP
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 68 (9.52%) Social Skills
2 65 (9.10%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (7.98%) Finance
4 34 (4.76%) Telecoms
5 31 (4.34%) Law
6 28 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (2.94%) Banking
8 20 (2.80%) Investment Banking
9 15 (2.10%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.82%) Local Government
11 10 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.26%) Legal
13 6 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.70%) Police
15 4 (0.56%) Automotive
16 3 (0.42%) Back Office
16 3 (0.42%) Electronics
16 3 (0.42%) Retail
17 2 (0.28%) Billing
17 2 (0.28%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 452 (63.31%) Architect
2 405 (56.72%) Software Architect
3 84 (11.76%) Network Engineer
4 78 (10.92%) Senior
5 55 (7.70%) Senior Network Engineer
6 33 (4.62%) Network Architect
7 30 (4.20%) Support Engineer
8 26 (3.64%) Analyst
9 23 (3.22%) Network Manager
10 19 (2.66%) Technical Support
11 17 (2.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 17 (2.38%) IT Manager
12 16 (2.24%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (2.10%) IT Support
13 15 (2.10%) Technical Support Engineer
14 14 (1.96%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
14 14 (1.96%) Senior Technical Engineer
15 13 (1.82%) Senior Support Engineer
15 13 (1.82%) Senior Technical Support
15 13 (1.82%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (3.92%) HTML
2 20 (2.80%) 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 70 (9.80%) Data Centre
2 45 (6.30%) Management Information System
3 22 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (2.10%) IoT
5 14 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 14 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.82%) CMDB
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
10 6 (0.84%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.56%) Raspberry Pi
11 4 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.42%) IVR
12 3 (0.42%) PKI
13 2 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.28%) Educational Technology
13 2 (0.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.54%) Windows
2 49 (6.86%) Linux
3 25 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 24 (3.36%) Unix
5 8 (1.12%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.56%) VMS
7 4 (0.56%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.42%) CatOS
8 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.28%) Android
9 2 (0.28%) Solaris
9 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (57.98%) Network Architecture
2 412 (57.70%) Requirements Management
3 405 (56.72%) Validation
4 404 (56.58%) Model Validation
5 402 (56.30%) Technical Architecture
5 402 (56.30%) TOGAF
6 381 (53.36%) Actionable Insight
7 57 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
9 46 (6.44%) ITIL
10 36 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (5.04%) SIEM
11 35 (4.90%) Mentoring
12 34 (4.76%) Presales
13 33 (4.62%) Disaster Recovery
13 33 (4.62%) Network Design
14 32 (4.48%) Roadmaps
15 30 (4.20%) Computer Science
16 29 (4.06%) Analytical Thinking
16 29 (4.06%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (6.58%) Python
2 33 (4.62%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.10%) Java
4 13 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.82%) Perl
5 9 (1.26%) SQL
6 4 (0.56%) Bash
7 2 (0.28%) C#
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) C++
8 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 75 (10.50%) Degree
2 63 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 45 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (6.16%) SC Cleared
5 26 (3.64%) CCNA
6 17 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.10%) CCNP
7 15 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (1.26%) CCIE
10 7 (0.98%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.84%) CISSP
12 4 (0.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.56%) CCSP
12 4 (0.56%) CRISC
12 4 (0.56%) GIAC
13 3 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.42%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.94%) 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 35 (4.90%) Active Directory
2 23 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.68%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.12%) Firmware
5 4 (0.56%) pfSense
6 3 (0.42%) KVM
6 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.42%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 23 (3.22%) 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%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) QRadar
7 1 (0.14%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 107 (14.99%) Cisco
2 88 (12.32%) Microsoft
3 38 (5.32%) SolarWinds
4 33 (4.62%) VMware
5 29 (4.06%) Juniper
6 24 (3.36%) Fortinet
6 24 (3.36%) Meraki
7 22 (3.08%) Aruba
8 21 (2.94%) Palo Alto
9 19 (2.66%) Veeam
10 16 (2.24%) Mitel
11 15 (2.10%) Oracle
12 14 (1.96%) Avaya
13 13 (1.82%) Splunk
14 10 (1.40%) LogicMonitor
14 10 (1.40%) NetApp
15 9 (1.26%) Arista
15 9 (1.26%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.26%) Google
15 9 (1.26%) HP