NOC Engineer Jobs

Network Operations Centre Engineer
UK

The median Network Operations Centre Engineer salary in the UK is £33,200 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 730 708 964
Rank change year-on-year -22 +256 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a NOC Engineer 35 14 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.027% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.028% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 33 10 82
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,350 £30,825
25th Percentile - £30,000 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,200 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.02% +2.50% +26.38%
75th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £57,125
90th Percentile £43,500 £44,075 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +8.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 62,505 49,372 112,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.46% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 30,125 36,002 72,450
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,150 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% +5.00%

NOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NOC Engineer in the UK

NOC Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NOC Engineer in the UK

NOC Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NOC Engineer over the 6 months to 20 December 2024.

Salary histogram for NOC Engineer in the UK

NOC Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NOC Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 December 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
England -31 35 £33,200 -17.00% 19
UK excluding London -54 18 £34,000 -17.07% 20
London - 15 £33,200 - 5
North West - 8 £31,000 - 1
North of England - 8 £31,000 - 1
South East -46 7 £40,000 -4.76% 8
Work from Home +17 5 £43,750 -16.67% 8
Midlands -37 3 £35,000 +7.69% 4
West Midlands -39 2 £35,000 +7.69% 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

NOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 December 2024, NOC 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 featuring NOC Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (65.71%) WAN
2 21 (60.00%) Cisco
2 21 (60.00%) LAN
3 19 (54.29%) OSPF
3 19 (54.29%) BGP
4 16 (45.71%) Firewall
5 15 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (42.86%) Juniper
5 15 (42.86%) CCNA
6 14 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
7 13 (37.14%) MPLS
8 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
9 6 (17.14%) Fault Analysis
9 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
10 5 (14.29%) VPN
10 5 (14.29%) Internet
11 4 (11.43%) DWDM
11 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
11 4 (11.43%) ITIL
11 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
11 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
11 4 (11.43%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (8.57%) Palo Alto
12 3 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
12 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
12 3 (8.57%) VMware
12 3 (8.57%) Information Security
12 3 (8.57%) Information Security Management

NOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 23 (65.71%) WAN
2 21 (60.00%) LAN
3 19 (54.29%) BGP
3 19 (54.29%) OSPF
4 16 (45.71%) Firewall
5 13 (37.14%) MPLS
6 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
7 5 (14.29%) Internet
7 5 (14.29%) VPN
8 4 (11.43%) DWDM
8 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (8.57%) Network Security
9 3 (8.57%) Wireshark
10 2 (5.71%) Broadband
10 2 (5.71%) DNS
10 2 (5.71%) Ethernet
10 2 (5.71%) GPON
10 2 (5.71%) SDH
10 2 (5.71%) SD-WAN
10 2 (5.71%) Structured Cabling
General
1 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Games
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) CentOS
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
1 3 (8.57%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (17.14%) Fault Analysis
2 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 4 (11.43%) ITIL
5 3 (8.57%) Information Security
5 3 (8.57%) Information Security Management
5 3 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (8.57%) Security Management
5 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.71%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.71%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (5.71%) Time Management
7 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.86%) Fault Management
7 1 (2.86%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Qualifications
1 15 (42.86%) CCNA
1 15 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.43%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (8.57%) CCNP
3 3 (8.57%) MCSA
3 3 (8.57%) MCSE
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.71%) JNCIS
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.86%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.86%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (60.00%) Cisco
2 15 (42.86%) Juniper
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.57%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.57%) Red Hat
4 3 (8.57%) VMware
5 2 (5.71%) Dell
5 2 (5.71%) Meraki
5 2 (5.71%) Nokia
6 1 (2.86%) Datto