Network Engineer Jobs in the North West

Network Engineer
England > North West

The median Network Engineer salary in the North West is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 168 266
Rank change year-on-year -8 +98 -123
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 141 132 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.24% 1.82% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.03% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 118 90 59
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +19.05% -16.00%
75th Percentile £53,438 £57,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -2.00% -5.21% +5.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 10,836 6,498 9,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.52% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 3,977 5,427
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +48 106 £42,500 -15.00% 11
Cheshire -31 14 £41,500 -11.70% 1
Merseyside 0 10 £47,250 -14.48% 2
Cumbria -11 6 £35,000 -
Lancashire -22 5 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 99 (70.21%) Cisco
2 70 (49.65%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (43.97%) LAN
4 60 (42.55%) WAN
4 60 (42.55%) Firewall
5 53 (37.59%) OSPF
6 49 (34.75%) BGP
7 43 (30.50%) CCNA
8 41 (29.08%) Juniper
8 41 (29.08%) MPLS
8 41 (29.08%) Wireless
9 40 (28.37%) CCNP
9 40 (28.37%) Fortinet
10 36 (25.53%) VPN
11 35 (24.82%) TCP/IP
11 35 (24.82%) Network Security
12 30 (21.28%) DHCP
12 30 (21.28%) Wi-Fi
13 27 (19.15%) Customer Service
14 23 (16.31%) Social Skills
14 23 (16.31%) Nokia
14 23 (16.31%) Ethernet
15 21 (14.89%) Internet
15 21 (14.89%) Degree
16 20 (14.18%) VMware
16 20 (14.18%) Network Architecture
16 20 (14.18%) Palo Alto
17 19 (13.48%) JNCIA
17 19 (13.48%) DNS
18 18 (12.77%) Network Monitoring

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.64%) Azure
2 14 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.38%) AWS
4 7 (4.96%) GCP
5 2 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.71%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 62 (43.97%) LAN
2 60 (42.55%) Firewall
2 60 (42.55%) WAN
3 53 (37.59%) OSPF
4 49 (34.75%) BGP
5 41 (29.08%) MPLS
5 41 (29.08%) Wireless
6 36 (25.53%) VPN
7 35 (24.82%) Network Security
7 35 (24.82%) TCP/IP
8 30 (21.28%) DHCP
8 30 (21.28%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (16.31%) Ethernet
10 21 (14.89%) Internet
11 19 (13.48%) DNS
12 17 (12.06%) DSL
12 17 (12.06%) SSL
13 16 (11.35%) IPsec
14 14 (9.93%) SD-WAN
15 11 (7.80%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (2.84%) JIRA
1 4 (2.84%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (16.31%) Social Skills
2 5 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (2.84%) Public Sector
3 4 (2.84%) Retail
4 3 (2.13%) Finance
5 2 (1.42%) Law
6 1 (0.71%) Automotive
6 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.84%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.96%) Replication
3 4 (2.84%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (2.84%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.13%) PKI
5 1 (0.71%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.06%) VyOS
2 16 (11.35%) Linux
3 12 (8.51%) Windows
4 5 (3.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (19.15%) Customer Service
2 20 (14.18%) Network Architecture
3 18 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 18 (12.77%) Network Monitoring
3 18 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (11.35%) Computer Science
5 11 (7.80%) ITIL
5 11 (7.80%) Mentoring
6 9 (6.38%) Agile
7 8 (5.67%) Cloud Security
7 8 (5.67%) Data Centre Operations
7 8 (5.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (5.67%) Network Management
8 7 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (4.96%) Migration
9 6 (4.26%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (4.26%) ITSM
9 6 (4.26%) Network Design
9 6 (4.26%) Risk Management
10 5 (3.55%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.84%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 70 (49.65%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (30.50%) CCNA
3 40 (28.37%) CCNP
4 21 (14.89%) Degree
5 19 (13.48%) JNCIA
6 16 (11.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (9.22%) Security Cleared
8 9 (6.38%) CCIE
9 6 (4.26%) CCDP
9 6 (4.26%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.84%) CCNA CyberOps
10 4 (2.84%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (2.84%) CISM
10 4 (2.84%) CISSP
10 4 (2.84%) CRISC
10 4 (2.84%) HNC
10 4 (2.84%) HND
10 4 (2.84%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.13%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
1 2 (1.42%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.96%) VMware NSX
3 5 (3.55%) SRDF
4 4 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.13%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) Ansible
1 2 (1.42%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 99 (70.21%) Cisco
2 41 (29.08%) Juniper
3 40 (28.37%) Fortinet
4 23 (16.31%) Nokia
5 20 (14.18%) Palo Alto
5 20 (14.18%) VMware
6 17 (12.06%) Ruckus Wireless
6 17 (12.06%) Vyatta
7 13 (9.22%) Meraki
8 11 (7.80%) Citrix
9 10 (7.09%) Aruba
9 10 (7.09%) F5
9 10 (7.09%) SolarWinds
10 9 (6.38%) Dell
10 9 (6.38%) Microsoft
11 7 (4.96%) HP
12 6 (4.26%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (3.55%) Brocade
13 5 (3.55%) EMC
14 4 (2.84%) Google