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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
£39,801
£68,068

New workers start around £26,411. Normal pay is £39,801 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £68,068.

Available jobs

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

5.80%

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

  • Linux

  • Systems Engineering

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Network Routing

  • Wide Area Networks

  • 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

  • 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.

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Graphic Design

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Hinckley · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Graphic Design

Buckinghamshire New University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · High Wycombe · 30/09/2024

Tariff points: 88/112

Graphic Design

Canterbury Christ Church University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Canterbury · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Communication Design

Robert Gordon University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Aberdeen · 09/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Graphic Design

University of Portsmouth

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

Graphic Design

Leeds Arts University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 09/2024

Tariff points: 104/120

Graphic and Media Design

Hereford College of Arts

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hereford · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 80/80

Graphic Design

University of Worcester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Worcester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

Graphic Design

Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 13/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/112

Graphic Communication

University of Reading

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Reading · 10/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Graphic Design

University of Hull

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hull · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Graphic Design

Sheffield Hallam University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Sheffield · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Graphic Design

University of Bolton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bolton · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

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