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
£ 39,801
£ 68,068

Available jobs

In the past year there were 23,521 vacancies for this type of job

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

  • Linux

  • Systems Engineering

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Wide Area Networks

  • Network Routing

  • Project Management

  • 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

  • Operations

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Self-Motivation

  • Microsoft Excel

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.