Network Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Engineer salary in the North of England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 208 291
Rank change year-on-year +4 +83 -116
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 210 243 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.07% 1.53% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.71% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 165 168 165
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,025 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,250 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +12.50% -6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year 0.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 18,613 14,213 18,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 89.24% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14,062 7,976 11,047
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +3 139 £42,500 -15.00% 13
Yorkshire +67 60 £42,500 -8.11% 7
North East -40 17 £40,750 -4.12% 2
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 7 June 2024, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 139 (66.19%) Cisco
2 109 (51.90%) Cisco Certification
3 88 (41.90%) Firewall
4 86 (40.95%) LAN
5 83 (39.52%) WAN
6 69 (32.86%) CCNA
7 68 (32.38%) CCNP
8 58 (27.62%) OSPF
8 58 (27.62%) VPN
9 54 (25.71%) Network Security
10 53 (25.24%) BGP
11 50 (23.81%) Wireless
12 47 (22.38%) MPLS
13 46 (21.90%) Juniper
14 45 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
15 43 (20.48%) TCP/IP
16 42 (20.00%) Fortinet
17 35 (16.67%) DHCP
18 33 (15.71%) Customer Service
19 31 (14.76%) Meraki
19 31 (14.76%) Palo Alto
20 30 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 30 (14.29%) Social Skills
21 28 (13.33%) Internet
21 28 (13.33%) VMware
22 26 (12.38%) Azure
22 26 (12.38%) Network Architecture
23 25 (11.90%) Degree
23 25 (11.90%) DNS
23 25 (11.90%) Problem-Solving

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (12.38%) Azure
2 17 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (7.14%) AWS
4 12 (5.71%) GCP
5 2 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.95%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.48%) GitHub
6 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 88 (41.90%) Firewall
2 86 (40.95%) LAN
3 83 (39.52%) WAN
4 58 (27.62%) OSPF
4 58 (27.62%) VPN
5 54 (25.71%) Network Security
6 53 (25.24%) BGP
7 50 (23.81%) Wireless
8 47 (22.38%) MPLS
9 45 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
10 43 (20.48%) TCP/IP
11 35 (16.67%) DHCP
12 28 (13.33%) Internet
13 25 (11.90%) DNS
14 23 (10.95%) Ethernet
15 17 (8.10%) DSL
15 17 (8.10%) SSL
16 15 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
16 15 (7.14%) IPsec
16 15 (7.14%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.38%) JIRA
2 4 (1.90%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 10 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.33%) Telecoms
4 6 (2.86%) Retail
5 5 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.90%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.43%) Finance
7 3 (1.43%) Marketing
8 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.95%) Law
8 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.48%) Automotive
9 1 (0.48%) Legal
9 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) Akka
2 1 (0.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.05%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.76%) Replication
3 6 (2.86%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.38%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.90%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.90%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.43%) PKI
7 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.48%) FMCG
8 1 (0.48%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.48%) NHS
8 1 (0.48%) Tandem
8 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.05%) Windows
2 17 (8.10%) VyOS
3 16 (7.62%) Linux
4 9 (4.29%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.43%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (15.71%) Customer Service
2 30 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 26 (12.38%) Network Architecture
4 25 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (9.05%) ITIL
5 19 (9.05%) Network Monitoring
6 16 (7.62%) Computer Science
7 15 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (6.67%) Network Management
9 13 (6.19%) Migration
9 13 (6.19%) Network Design
10 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (5.24%) Mentoring
12 10 (4.76%) Agile
12 10 (4.76%) Cloud Security
12 10 (4.76%) Patch Management
13 9 (4.29%) Incident Response
14 8 (3.81%) Collaborative Working
14 8 (3.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.24%) Python
2 10 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.48%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.48%) Bash
3 1 (0.48%) Java
3 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 109 (51.90%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (32.86%) CCNA
3 68 (32.38%) CCNP
4 25 (11.90%) Degree
5 24 (11.43%) JNCIA
6 19 (9.05%) CCIE
7 18 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (8.10%) Security Cleared
9 14 (6.67%) CISSP
10 8 (3.81%) CCDP
11 7 (3.33%) JNCIP
11 7 (3.33%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.90%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (1.90%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (1.90%) CISM
12 4 (1.90%) CRISC
12 4 (1.90%) HNC
12 4 (1.90%) HND
12 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.05%) SLA
2 2 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.33%) VMware NSX
3 6 (2.86%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.38%) SRDF
4 5 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.90%) vCloud
6 3 (1.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.90%) Cacti
1 4 (1.90%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.43%) Ansible
2 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 139 (66.19%) Cisco
2 46 (21.90%) Juniper
3 42 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 31 (14.76%) Meraki
4 31 (14.76%) Palo Alto
5 28 (13.33%) VMware
6 23 (10.95%) Nokia
7 21 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 17 (8.10%) Ruckus Wireless
8 17 (8.10%) Vyatta
9 14 (6.67%) SolarWinds
10 12 (5.71%) Aruba
11 11 (5.24%) Citrix
11 11 (5.24%) F5
12 10 (4.76%) Dell
13 7 (3.33%) CheckPoint
13 7 (3.33%) HP
14 6 (2.86%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (2.38%) Brocade
15 5 (2.38%) EMC