Network Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 712 980
Rank change year-on-year +46 +268 -213
Permanent jobs citing Network Monitoring 237 263 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.26% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.28% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 205 220 205
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -31.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,000 £54,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £77,500 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +30.67% -11.76% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Monitoring 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 85,026 95,219 153,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.30% 95.60% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,821 55,995 82,364
10th Percentile £29,079 £34,000 £33,695
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 Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Monitoring over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Monitoring in the UK

Network Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +80 221 £50,500 +34.67% 56
UK excluding London -36 163 £49,000 +30.67% 52
London +135 70 £55,000 -16.98% 9
Work from Home +9 58 £50,000 +27.39% 27
South West -10 39 £45,000 +19.21% 8
Midlands +4 38 £49,000 +27.27% 2
West Midlands +30 37 £49,000 +28.95% 2
South East -39 37 £55,600 +95.09% 20
North of England +51 30 £42,500 -10.53% 12
North West +6 22 £45,000 -4.26% 8
Scotland -64 11 £32,500 -7.14% 6
Yorkshire +82 6 £49,000 +0.51% 2
East of England -15 6 £52,500 +50.00% 4
Wales +8 3 £52,500 +31.25% 1
North East -7 2 £31,750 -52.08% 2
Northern Ireland +23 1 - -
East Midlands -20 1 £65,000 +23.88%

Network Monitoring
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 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.53%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 58 (24.47%) AWS
2 54 (22.78%) Azure
3 23 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.64%) GCP
4 11 (4.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 6 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.11%) DigitalOcean
6 5 (2.11%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.84%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.84%) Datadog
9 1 (0.42%) SaaS
9 1 (0.42%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 136 (57.38%) Firewall
2 68 (28.69%) VPN
3 62 (26.16%) Network Security
4 59 (24.89%) WAN
5 53 (22.36%) LAN
6 40 (16.88%) Wireless
7 37 (15.61%) VLAN
8 35 (14.77%) DNS
9 34 (14.35%) TCP/IP
10 31 (13.08%) OSPF
11 30 (12.66%) BGP
12 25 (10.55%) MPLS
13 22 (9.28%) DHCP
14 21 (8.86%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (6.75%) SD-WAN
16 15 (6.33%) VoIP
17 13 (5.49%) Cisco Nexus
18 12 (5.06%) IPsec
18 12 (5.06%) SAN
18 12 (5.06%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.69%) InfluxDB
2 2 (0.84%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 93 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.03%) Finance
3 22 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.86%) Retail
5 18 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.06%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.64%) Billing
8 8 (3.38%) Law
8 8 (3.38%) Legal
9 7 (2.95%) Games
10 6 (2.53%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.11%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.84%) Electronics
14 2 (0.84%) Local Government
14 2 (0.84%) Police
14 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.42%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 120 (50.63%) Network Engineer
2 50 (21.10%) Senior
3 39 (16.46%) Senior Network Engineer
4 22 (9.28%) Architect
4 22 (9.28%) Lead
5 17 (7.17%) Analyst
6 13 (5.49%) Security Analyst
7 11 (4.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 11 (4.64%) Infrastructure Architect
7 11 (4.64%) IT Analyst
7 11 (4.64%) IT Security Analyst
7 11 (4.64%) Network Architect
7 11 (4.64%) Network Support
7 11 (4.64%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.22%) Cisco Engineer
8 10 (4.22%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 10 (4.22%) Support Assistant
9 9 (3.80%) ICT Assistant
9 9 (3.80%) Network Support Engineer
9 9 (3.80%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.53%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.69%) .NET
2 4 (1.69%) CSS
2 4 (1.69%) HTML
3 2 (0.84%) Web Services
4 1 (0.42%) Middleware
4 1 (0.42%) OAuth
4 1 (0.42%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.42%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.78%) Data Centre
2 28 (11.81%) Public Cloud
3 15 (6.33%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (5.49%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (4.64%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (4.64%) Management Information System
5 11 (4.64%) Replication
5 11 (4.64%) Virtual Team
6 10 (4.22%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.27%) SCADA
11 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.84%) Molecular Biology
11 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.84%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.84%) PKI
11 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (20.68%) Windows
2 39 (16.46%) Linux
3 31 (13.08%) Windows Server
4 17 (7.17%) Ubuntu
5 11 (4.64%) SUSE
5 11 (4.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (4.22%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.22%) Windows 7
7 8 (3.38%) Debian
8 6 (2.53%) Mac OS
9 5 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.84%) Android
10 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.84%) Unix
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (13.92%) ITIL
4 26 (10.97%) Mentoring
4 26 (10.97%) SIEM
5 25 (10.55%) Root Cause Analysis
5 25 (10.55%) Security Operations
6 22 (9.28%) Customer Service
6 22 (9.28%) Information Security
6 22 (9.28%) Network Design
7 20 (8.44%) Network Architecture
7 20 (8.44%) Project Delivery
8 19 (8.02%) Computer Science
8 19 (8.02%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (8.02%) Load Balancing
9 18 (7.59%) Network Virtualisation
10 17 (7.17%) Data Protection
10 17 (7.17%) Proactive Monitoring
11 16 (6.75%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.97%) SQL
2 24 (10.13%) PowerShell
3 23 (9.70%) Python
4 12 (5.06%) C#
5 8 (3.38%) Java
6 7 (2.95%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.84%) Bash
8 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.42%) C++
9 1 (0.42%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 78 (32.91%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (26.58%) CCNP
3 55 (23.21%) Degree
4 39 (16.46%) CCNA
5 23 (9.70%) Security Cleared
6 21 (8.86%) Master's Degree
7 18 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (6.75%) MCSA
8 16 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (6.33%) CCIE
9 15 (6.33%) MCSE
10 14 (5.91%) CISSP
10 14 (5.91%) DBS Check
10 14 (5.91%) DV Cleared
11 11 (4.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (3.80%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (3.38%) SC Cleared
14 7 (2.95%) JNCIA
14 7 (2.95%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (2.53%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.75%) PCI DSS
2 15 (6.33%) NIST
3 10 (4.22%) GDPR
4 5 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.27%) SLA
6 2 (0.84%) QA
7 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (14.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (10.97%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.06%) vSphere
4 11 (4.64%) vCloud
5 5 (2.11%) Firmware
5 5 (2.11%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (3.80%) CASB
1 9 (3.80%) Cisco Prime
2 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.95%) Terraform
2 7 (2.95%) ZABBIX
3 6 (2.53%) Ansible
3 6 (2.53%) Icinga
3 6 (2.53%) Nagios
3 6 (2.53%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.11%) Opsview
5 4 (1.69%) Grafana
6 1 (0.42%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.42%) IBM BigFix
6 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.42%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 107 (45.15%) Cisco
2 49 (20.68%) Microsoft
3 42 (17.72%) Juniper
4 35 (14.77%) VMware
5 34 (14.35%) SolarWinds
6 27 (11.39%) Meraki
7 26 (10.97%) Aruba
7 26 (10.97%) HP
8 23 (9.70%) Palo Alto
9 19 (8.02%) CheckPoint
9 19 (8.02%) Veeam
10 14 (5.91%) Citrix
11 13 (5.49%) Fortinet
12 11 (4.64%) Fujitsu
13 7 (2.95%) F5
14 6 (2.53%) Logitech
14 6 (2.53%) MikroTik
14 6 (2.53%) TP-LINK
14 6 (2.53%) Yealink
14 6 (2.53%) ZyXEL