Network Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Network Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Network Engineer salary in Scotland is £65,000 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 229 192 208
Rank change year-on-year -37 +16 -56
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 52 28 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.77% 0.62% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.69% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 39 19 33
10th Percentile £47,788 - £35,795
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,985 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.49% -11.33% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,560 £83,000
90th Percentile £167,400 £60,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,570 4,062 5,734
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.97% 89.87% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,673 2,167 3,040
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,043 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +4.84% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +53 23 £72,500 +31.82% 9
Glasgow -101 13 £52,500 +40.00% 9
Aberdeen -7 6 £152,200 +176.73% 5
Dundee - 5 £49,990 -
Highlands - 2 £152,200 -
Perth and Kinross - 1 £152,200 -
Lanarkshire - 1 £52,500 - 6
Renfrewshire - 1 £152,200 -
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

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 Scotland region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
1 15 (28.85%) Firewall
2 14 (26.92%) CCNP
3 13 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (23.08%) Network Design
5 11 (21.15%) LAN
5 11 (21.15%) WAN
6 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (15.38%) CI/CD
7 8 (15.38%) Data Centre
7 8 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (15.38%) Azure
7 8 (15.38%) Windows
7 8 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (13.46%) Finance
8 7 (13.46%) Degree
8 7 (13.46%) BGP
9 6 (11.54%) Linux
9 6 (11.54%) Cisco
9 6 (11.54%) QMS
9 6 (11.54%) Quality Management
9 6 (11.54%) Asset Management
9 6 (11.54%) SaaS
9 6 (11.54%) Project Planning
9 6 (11.54%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (11.54%) Incident Response
9 6 (11.54%) Project Delivery
9 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
10 5 (9.62%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (9.62%) Ansible

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (15.38%) Azure
2 6 (11.54%) SaaS
3 3 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.77%) GCP
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.92%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) Firewall
2 11 (21.15%) LAN
2 11 (21.15%) WAN
3 7 (13.46%) BGP
4 5 (9.62%) Network Security
5 4 (7.69%) OSPF
5 4 (7.69%) VPN
6 3 (5.77%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (5.77%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (5.77%) Wireless
7 2 (3.85%) HSRP
7 2 (3.85%) IPsec
7 2 (3.85%) MPLS
7 2 (3.85%) SAN
7 2 (3.85%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.85%) VLAN
7 2 (3.85%) VRRP
7 2 (3.85%) WLAN
8 1 (1.92%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.92%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Git
General
1 13 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (13.46%) Finance
3 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.92%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) ADO
2 1 (1.92%) CSS
2 1 (1.92%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 8 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (11.54%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (5.77%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (3.85%) PKI
4 2 (3.85%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.92%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.38%) Windows
2 6 (11.54%) Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Network Design
2 10 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 8 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (11.54%) Asset Management
4 6 (11.54%) Incident Response
4 6 (11.54%) Project Delivery
4 6 (11.54%) Project Planning
4 6 (11.54%) QMS
4 6 (11.54%) Quality Management
5 5 (9.62%) Configuration Management
5 5 (9.62%) ITIL
5 5 (9.62%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (9.62%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.69%) Service Delivery Management
6 4 (7.69%) Service Design
7 3 (5.77%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (5.77%) DevOps
8 2 (3.85%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) Python
2 3 (5.77%) Shell Script
3 2 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (26.92%) CCNP
3 7 (13.46%) Degree
4 4 (7.69%) CCDP
4 4 (7.69%) CCNA
4 4 (7.69%) CCSP
4 4 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.85%) CCIE
6 2 (3.85%) JNCIP
6 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.92%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Ansible
2 2 (3.85%) Puppet
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Cisco
2 4 (7.69%) VMware
3 1 (1.92%) Aruba
3 1 (1.92%) ForeScout
3 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.92%) Meraki
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.92%) Splunk
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