Network Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Network Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Berkshire is £41,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 133 167
Rank change year-on-year +24 +34 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 52 59 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.69% 1.88% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 2.03% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 48 48 19
10th Percentile £33,875 £35,857 £42,000
25th Percentile £35,000 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,813 £59,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £61,250
South East median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,934 2,907 3,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 92.49% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,086 1,656 2,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% +1.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bracknell +25 28 £37,500 -44.44% 8
Reading +4 15 £62,500 +38.89% 5
Slough +29 4 £52,500 +50.00% 2
Newbury -4 1 £27,500 -38.89% 2
Network Engineer
South East

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

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

1 37 (71.15%) Cisco
1 37 (71.15%) Security Cleared
2 30 (57.69%) DV Cleared
3 29 (55.77%) SC Cleared
4 19 (36.54%) Juniper
5 18 (34.62%) Firewall
6 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (28.85%) CCNA
7 12 (23.08%) SSL
8 11 (21.15%) CCNP
8 11 (21.15%) Wireless
8 11 (21.15%) Network Security
9 10 (19.23%) VPN
10 9 (17.31%) DNS
11 8 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 7 (13.46%) Public Sector
12 7 (13.46%) LAN
13 6 (11.54%) WAN
13 6 (11.54%) Fortinet
13 6 (11.54%) Migration
13 6 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (9.62%) Palo Alto
14 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
14 5 (9.62%) SD-WAN
14 5 (9.62%) IPsec
14 5 (9.62%) Windows
14 5 (9.62%) Linux
14 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
14 5 (9.62%) MPLS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (7.69%) IIS
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (7.69%) SharePoint
1 4 (7.69%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Azure
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (34.62%) Firewall
2 12 (23.08%) SSL
3 11 (21.15%) Network Security
3 11 (21.15%) Wireless
4 10 (19.23%) VPN
5 9 (17.31%) DNS
6 7 (13.46%) LAN
7 6 (11.54%) WAN
8 5 (9.62%) BGP
8 5 (9.62%) IPsec
8 5 (9.62%) MPLS
8 5 (9.62%) OSPF
8 5 (9.62%) SD-WAN
9 4 (7.69%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (7.69%) iSCSI
9 4 (7.69%) NAS
9 4 (7.69%) SAN
10 3 (5.77%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (5.77%) DMZ
10 3 (5.77%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (13.46%) Public Sector
2 5 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.85%) Retail
4 1 (1.92%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (7.69%) Replication
3 3 (5.77%) PKI
4 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.85%) SCADA
5 1 (1.92%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.62%) Linux
1 5 (9.62%) Windows
1 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
2 4 (7.69%) Ubuntu
2 4 (7.69%) VMS
2 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (11.54%) Migration
3 4 (7.69%) Inventory Management
4 3 (5.77%) ITIL
4 3 (5.77%) Presales
4 3 (5.77%) Reverse Engineering
5 2 (3.85%) Change Control
5 2 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (3.85%) Incident Management
5 2 (3.85%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (3.85%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (3.85%) Proactive Management
5 2 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (1.92%) Agile
6 1 (1.92%) Customer Service
6 1 (1.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.92%) ITSM
6 1 (1.92%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (1.92%) Security Hardening
6 1 (1.92%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (71.15%) Security Cleared
2 30 (57.69%) DV Cleared
3 29 (55.77%) SC Cleared
4 15 (28.85%) CCNA
4 15 (28.85%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (21.15%) CCNP
6 1 (1.92%) Degree
6 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (9.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (71.15%) Cisco
2 19 (36.54%) Juniper
3 6 (11.54%) Fortinet
4 5 (9.62%) Palo Alto
5 4 (7.69%) Aruba
5 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.69%) ProCurve
5 4 (7.69%) Synology
5 4 (7.69%) Veeam
5 4 (7.69%) VMware
5 4 (7.69%) Zerto
6 3 (5.77%) F5
7 2 (3.85%) Meraki
8 1 (1.92%) HP
8 1 (1.92%) WatchGuard
65 Network Engineer jobs in the South East