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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
£32,563
£44,615
£76,525

New workers start around £32,563. Normal pay is £44,615 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £76,525.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 23,280 vacancies for this type of job

4.57%

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.

  • Automation

  • Network Engineering

  • Firewall

  • Network Routing

  • Systems Engineering

  • Linux

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Python (Programming Language)

  • Scripting

  • Network Infrastructure

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)

  • Problem Solving

  • Operations

  • Customer Service

  • Detail Oriented

  • Planning

  • Innovation

  • Interpersonal Communications

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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