IT network professionals: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 2137 · Professional occupations

IT network professionals

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

How people enter it

Entrants usually possess a degree or equivalent qualification, although entry with other academic qualifications and/or significant relevant experience is possible. There is a variety of relevant vocational, professional and postgraduate qualifications available.

What the work involves

implements and evaluates new networking environments, including software and hardware
monitors performance and makes recommendations concerning network quality.
creates users' accounts and provides troubleshooting service to users
ensures network security, reports on, investigates and fixes network faults
writes operational documentation and provides subsequent support and training for users

Also called

Network consultant · Network designer · Network installation engineer · Network planner

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	30,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	31,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	32,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	1,100.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	1,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	33,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2137 : IT network professionals	None	None	2026-03	800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	2137 : IT network professionals	None	5,300.00	2026-03
East Midlands	2137 : IT network professionals	None	1,400.00	2026-03
London	2137 : IT network professionals	None	7,100.00	2026-03
North East	2137 : IT network professionals	None	withheld	2026-03
North West	2137 : IT network professionals	None	2,200.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	2137 : IT network professionals	None	1,100.00	2026-03
Scotland	2137 : IT network professionals	None	1,400.00	2026-03
South East	2137 : IT network professionals	None	6,800.00	2026-03
South West	2137 : IT network professionals	None	1,700.00	2026-03
Wales	2137 : IT network professionals	None	800.00	2026-03
West Midlands	2137 : IT network professionals	None	4,400.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	2137 : IT network professionals	None	1,100.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for it network professionals vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 11 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Cyber security professionals · IT business analysts, architects and systems designers · IT managers · IT project managers · IT quality and testing professionals · Information technology professionals n.e.c. · Programmers and software development professionals