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IT Network Professionals

IT network professionals design, set up and maintain computer networks, support the network users and fix problems which arise.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£26,411
£39,800
£68,068

New workers start around £26,411. Normal pay is £39,800 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £68,068.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 23,513 vacancies for this type of job

5.79%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Writes operational documentation and provides subsequent support and training for users.

  • Ensures network security, reports on, investigates and fixes network faults.

  • Creates users' accounts and provides troubleshooting service to users.

  • Monitors performance and makes recommendations concerning network quality..

  • Implements and evaluates new networking environments, including software and hardware.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Network Engineering

  • Automation

  • Firewall

  • Network Routing

  • Linux

  • Systems Engineering

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Project Management

  • Wide Area Networks

  • Network Switches

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Management

  • Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

  • Customer Service

  • Problem Solving

  • Operations

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Organizational Skills

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Computer Science

Royal Holloway, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Egham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Computer Science

University of Derby

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Derby · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Computing

University of Buckingham

BSc (Hons) · 2 Years · Full-time · Buckingham · 05/01/2026

Tariff points: 120/128

Cyber Security

City College Plymouth

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Computing with Foundation Year

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Liverpool · 09/2025

Tariff points: 88/96

Computing with Technology

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Cyber Security

De Montfort University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leicester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Data Science and Analytics

University of Portsmouth

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Computing with Foundation Year

University of Huddersfield

BSc (Hons) · 5 Years · Sandwich · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Computing with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 10/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Artificial Intelligence

King's College London, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

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