The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 66 114 114
Rank change year-on-year
+48 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 192 120 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 3.681% 1.955% 1.625%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.912% 2.068% 1.724%
Number of salaries quoted 176 118 79
Average salary £41,500 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £48,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4908 5802 4813
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.54% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3903 4946 3993
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Network Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +57 103 £41,250 -4.06%
Bracknell -1 32 £38,500 +28.33%
Slough -4 23 £45,000 +5.88%
Newbury +12 9 £36,500 +11.45%
Wokingham - 5 £36,000 -
Maidenhead +5 1 £75,000 +36.36%
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Network Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Network Engineer in their job title.

1 279 (71.91%) Cisco
2 246 (63.40%) Cisco Certification
3 190 (48.97%) CCNP
4 168 (43.30%) Juniper
5 135 (34.79%) MPLS
6 129 (33.25%) CCNA
6 129 (33.25%) CCIE
7 121 (31.19%) Firewall
8 113 (29.12%) CCIP
9 98 (25.26%) JNCIA
10 84 (21.65%) BGP
11 82 (21.13%) JNCIS
12 78 (20.10%) WAN
13 76 (19.59%) JNCIP
14 67 (17.27%) CheckPoint
15 64 (16.49%) OSPF
15 64 (16.49%) Unified Communications
16 62 (15.98%) LAN
16 62 (15.98%) TCP/IP
17 58 (14.95%) ITIL
18 54 (13.92%) Network Security
19 51 (13.14%) VPN
19 51 (13.14%) Telecoms
20 50 (12.89%) JNCIE
20 50 (12.89%) Linux
21 48 (12.37%) Cisco IOS
22 47 (12.11%) Windows
23 44 (11.34%) Network Design
24 39 (10.05%) Cisco ASA
25 35 (9.021%) Wireless

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Network Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (1.546%) HTML
1 6 (1.546%) XML
2 3 (0.773%) Middleware
3 1 (0.258%) CGI
3 1 (0.258%) COM
3 1 (0.258%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 8 (2.062%) MS Exchange
1 8 (2.062%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (1.804%) Apache
3 6 (1.546%) SAS
3 6 (1.546%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.289%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (1.289%) IIS
5 1 (0.258%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (1.546%) MS Office
2 5 (1.289%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.515%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 135 (34.79%) MPLS
2 121 (31.19%) Firewall
3 84 (21.65%) BGP
4 78 (20.10%) WAN
5 64 (16.49%) OSPF
5 64 (16.49%) Unified Communications
6 62 (15.98%) LAN
6 62 (15.98%) TCP/IP
7 54 (13.92%) Network Security
8 51 (13.14%) VPN
9 48 (12.37%) Cisco IOS
10 39 (10.05%) Cisco ASA
11 35 (9.021%) Wireless
12 28 (7.216%) VoIP
13 25 (6.443%) Internet
14 21 (5.412%) DNS
15 20 (5.155%) DSL
16 19 (4.897%) DHCP
16 19 (4.897%) Ethernet
16 19 (4.897%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.320%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.258%) Big Data
2 1 (0.258%) Informix
2 1 (0.258%) Data Mining
2 1 (0.258%) MySQL
General
1 51 (13.14%) Telecoms
2 16 (4.124%) Finance
3 8 (2.062%) Multimedia
4 2 (0.515%) Marketing
4 2 (0.515%) French Language
4 2 (0.515%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.258%) Front Office
5 1 (0.258%) Back Office
5 1 (0.258%) Law
5 1 (0.258%) Banking
5 1 (0.258%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.320%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.031%) Computer Science
3 3 (0.773%) SaaS
3 3 (0.773%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.515%) Firmware
4 2 (0.515%) Open Source
5 1 (0.258%) Kindle
5 1 (0.258%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.258%) IVR
5 1 (0.258%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.89%) Linux
2 47 (12.11%) Windows
3 32 (8.247%) UNIX
4 22 (5.670%) Windows Server 2003
5 20 (5.155%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (2.062%) Solaris
7 6 (1.546%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.773%) CentOS
8 3 (0.773%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.258%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.258%) Debian
9 1 (0.258%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.258%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (14.95%) ITIL
2 44 (11.34%) Network Design
3 22 (5.670%) Project Management
3 22 (5.670%) Network Management
4 21 (5.412%) Incident Management
5 20 (5.155%) Load Balancing
5 20 (5.155%) Problem Management
6 19 (4.897%) Network Architecture
7 10 (2.577%) Service Management
7 10 (2.577%) CMMI
7 10 (2.577%) Change Management
8 9 (2.320%) Validation
9 7 (1.804%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (1.546%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (1.546%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (1.546%) Web Development
10 6 (1.546%) Risk Management
10 6 (1.546%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (1.289%) Time Management
11 5 (1.289%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.351%) SQL
2 9 (2.320%) Perl
3 6 (1.546%) Java
3 6 (1.546%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.258%) Bourne shell
4 1 (0.258%) Bash shell
4 1 (0.258%) Korn
4 1 (0.258%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 246 (63.40%) Cisco Certification
2 190 (48.97%) CCNP
3 129 (33.25%) CCNA
3 129 (33.25%) CCIE
4 113 (29.12%) CCIP
5 98 (25.26%) JNCIA
6 82 (21.13%) JNCIS
7 76 (19.59%) JNCIP
8 50 (12.89%) JNCIE
9 31 (7.990%) CCSP
10 17 (4.381%) CCDP
11 16 (4.124%) Degree
12 15 (3.866%) Security Cleared
13 13 (3.351%) SC Cleared
14 12 (3.093%) CCSE
15 11 (2.835%) CCSA
16 6 (1.546%) CISSP
17 5 (1.289%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (1.289%) CCDA
17 5 (1.289%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.608%) SLA
2 10 (2.577%) ISO 9000
3 8 (2.062%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.804%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.546%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.515%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.515%) QA
System Software
1 19 (4.897%) VMware Infrastructure
1 19 (4.897%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.546%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.773%) vSphere
4 1 (0.258%) FreeRADIUS
4 1 (0.258%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.258%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.258%) Snort
4 1 (0.258%) NDS
Systems Management
1 4 (1.031%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (0.515%) Netcool
2 2 (0.515%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.258%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (0.258%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 279 (71.91%) Cisco
2 168 (43.30%) Juniper
3 67 (17.27%) CheckPoint
4 33 (8.505%) F5
5 26 (6.701%) VMware
6 22 (5.670%) HP
7 21 (5.412%) Microsoft
8 20 (5.155%) Blue Coat
9 14 (3.608%) Nokia
10 13 (3.351%) Twitter
10 13 (3.351%) Radware
11 11 (2.835%) Red Hat
12 10 (2.577%) ProCurve
13 9 (2.320%) Remedy
14 8 (2.062%) Websense
14 8 (2.062%) Nortel
14 8 (2.062%) Oracle
14 8 (2.062%) Nokia Siemens Networks
15 6 (1.546%) ZyXEL
16 5 (1.289%) NETGEAR
Slough, Berkshire
You will be responsible for setting up new user accounts using Active directory and DNS, supporting the Windows and Exchange server... Key Skills: -Cisco -Active Directory / DNS -Routers /...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Knowledge of Cisco wireless products. Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications products... Cisco ASA, Juniper Firewalls... CCNP level with strong routing and switching skills... CCVP... Cisco Works LMS/UOM.....
FT Select
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Network Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, Support, Windows server, MCSA/MSCE, CCNA/CCNP, VWware, Hyper-V... You will be an ambitious self motivated individual with either an MCSA...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £37000 per annum + EX BENS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Our client is one of the largest service providers in the UK. They have customers in both the private and public sector around the UK. Due to recent...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Role: Maintaining and monitoring the Network, including firewalls, VPNs and Avaya based VoIP... Use of Incident and Change management tools (ServiceNOW) Cisco equipment configuration skills including ASA, and...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £45,000 per annum + 10% Bonus + 7% On-Call + Full Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire
Keywords; Datacentre, Network, MPLS, Nexus Switches, Cisco Firewalls, ASA, Juniper Firewalls, ITIL, Websense, Cisco Call Manager, CUCM, CCIE, Configuration, Implementation, Design, Support My client, a market leading Energy...
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Cisco hardware, Cisco software, Juniper, e-commerce... Firewall principles and Cisco/Juniper firewall products (ASA & NetScreen) Experience of high availability mission critical ecommerce or web high volume/transactional...
EarthStream Global
Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Skills: Cisco, Windows, Unix, Juniper, Solarwinds, ITIL... Essential Skills: ITIL Certified. Strong knowledge of Cisco hardware (6500,3250 & Nexus 2000/5000) Good experience of Cisco software configuration. Knowledge...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cisco IP Network Engineer - CCNP/ CCIP/CCIE to join their team. This is a great opportunity for a high calibre networking...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newbury
Essential Skills:Active Directory and Windows Server (2003 MCSA/MCSE or newer).Network configuration (CCNA/CCNP).Internet WAN technologies (proxies, DNS, SMTP).Monitoring and logging (Syslog, SNMP).High...
Joanne Senior
Salary: £25k - 35k per year + flexible working and pension
Posted: 10 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013