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 24 May 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 204 279
Rank change year-on-year -1 +75 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 194 263 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.08% 1.57% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.76% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 163 178 170
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,025 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +10.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -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 17,065 14,947 17,599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 89.48% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,194 8,025 10,965
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -9 129 £42,500 -15.00% 20
Yorkshire +59 53 £45,000 -7.69% 11
North East -33 18 £39,000 -8.24% 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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.

1 135 (69.59%) Cisco
2 105 (54.12%) Cisco Certification
3 88 (45.36%) LAN
4 86 (44.33%) Firewall
5 85 (43.81%) WAN
6 66 (34.02%) CCNP
6 66 (34.02%) CCNA
7 57 (29.38%) VPN
7 57 (29.38%) OSPF
8 52 (26.80%) BGP
8 52 (26.80%) Network Security
9 48 (24.74%) Wireless
10 46 (23.71%) Wi-Fi
10 46 (23.71%) MPLS
10 46 (23.71%) Juniper
11 43 (22.16%) Fortinet
12 42 (21.65%) TCP/IP
13 35 (18.04%) DHCP
14 31 (15.98%) Customer Service
15 30 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 30 (15.46%) VMware
15 30 (15.46%) Meraki
16 28 (14.43%) Palo Alto
17 26 (13.40%) Azure
17 26 (13.40%) Social Skills
18 25 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
18 25 (12.89%) Network Architecture
19 24 (12.37%) Degree
19 24 (12.37%) JNCIA
19 24 (12.37%) Ethernet

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 12 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.40%) Azure
2 17 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (8.25%) AWS
4 12 (6.19%) GCP
5 2 (1.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.52%) GitHub
6 1 (0.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 88 (45.36%) LAN
2 86 (44.33%) Firewall
3 85 (43.81%) WAN
4 57 (29.38%) OSPF
4 57 (29.38%) VPN
5 52 (26.80%) BGP
5 52 (26.80%) Network Security
6 48 (24.74%) Wireless
7 46 (23.71%) MPLS
7 46 (23.71%) Wi-Fi
8 42 (21.65%) TCP/IP
9 35 (18.04%) DHCP
10 24 (12.37%) DNS
10 24 (12.37%) Ethernet
11 23 (11.86%) Internet
12 18 (9.28%) DSL
13 17 (8.76%) SSL
14 15 (7.73%) Cisco IOS
14 15 (7.73%) Software-Defined Networking
15 14 (7.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.58%) JIRA
2 4 (2.06%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (13.40%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.61%) Telecoms
4 6 (3.09%) Retail
5 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.55%) Finance
7 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.03%) Law
7 2 (1.03%) Marketing
7 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.52%) Automotive
8 1 (0.52%) Legal
8 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.06%) Akka
2 1 (0.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.79%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.67%) Replication
3 5 (2.58%) Driving Licence
3 5 (2.58%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.06%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.55%) PKI
6 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.79%) Windows
2 18 (9.28%) VyOS
3 16 (8.25%) Linux
4 9 (4.64%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.98%) Customer Service
2 30 (15.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (12.89%) Network Architecture
3 25 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (9.79%) ITIL
4 19 (9.79%) Network Monitoring
5 16 (8.25%) Computer Science
6 15 (7.73%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (7.73%) Disaster Recovery
6 15 (7.73%) Migration
7 12 (6.19%) Network Design
8 11 (5.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (5.67%) Mentoring
9 10 (5.15%) Agile
9 10 (5.15%) Network Management
9 10 (5.15%) Patch Management
10 9 (4.64%) Cloud Security
10 9 (4.64%) Incident Response
11 8 (4.12%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (4.12%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.15%) PowerShell
1 10 (5.15%) Python
2 1 (0.52%) ActionScript
2 1 (0.52%) Bash
2 1 (0.52%) Java
2 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 105 (54.12%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (34.02%) CCNA
2 66 (34.02%) CCNP
3 24 (12.37%) Degree
3 24 (12.37%) JNCIA
4 19 (9.79%) CCIE
5 18 (9.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (7.22%) CISSP
6 14 (7.22%) Security Cleared
7 8 (4.12%) CCDP
8 6 (3.09%) JNCIP
9 5 (2.58%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.06%) CCNA CyberOps
10 4 (2.06%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (2.06%) CISM
10 4 (2.06%) CRISC
10 4 (2.06%) HNC
10 4 (2.06%) HND
10 4 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.55%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.28%) SLA
2 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (6.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.12%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.61%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.58%) SRDF
6 4 (2.06%) vCloud
7 3 (1.55%) Firmware
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.06%) Cacti
1 4 (2.06%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.03%) Ansible
4 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (69.59%) Cisco
2 46 (23.71%) Juniper
3 43 (22.16%) Fortinet
4 30 (15.46%) Meraki
4 30 (15.46%) VMware
5 28 (14.43%) Palo Alto
6 24 (12.37%) Nokia
7 20 (10.31%) Microsoft
8 18 (9.28%) Ruckus Wireless
8 18 (9.28%) Vyatta
9 12 (6.19%) Aruba
9 12 (6.19%) SolarWinds
10 10 (5.15%) F5
11 9 (4.64%) Citrix
11 9 (4.64%) Dell
12 7 (3.61%) CheckPoint
12 7 (3.61%) HP
13 6 (3.09%) Ubiquiti
14 5 (2.58%) Brocade
14 5 (2.58%) EMC