The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 23 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 116 117 92
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 10 17 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.561% 0.849% 1.671%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.585% 0.888% 1.774%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 25
Average salary £20,000 £33,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-39.39% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £22,500 £31,250
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £40,000 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1708 1914 1578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.74% 95.60% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1680 1344
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
North West

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Crewe +4 5 £18,000 -21.73%
Warrington +8 3 £40,000 +14.28%
Chester -18 1 - -
Lymm - 1 £30,000 -
Network Engineer
North West

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 12 (70.59%) Cisco
2 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) LAN
2 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
2 8 (47.06%) Firewall
3 7 (41.18%) WAN
3 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (29.41%) CCNP
4 5 (29.41%) VPN
4 5 (29.41%) SLA
5 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
6 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (17.65%) OSPF
6 3 (17.65%) BGP
6 3 (17.65%) EIGRP
6 3 (17.65%) VoIP
6 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
6 3 (17.65%) CCNA
6 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
6 3 (17.65%) RIP
6 3 (17.65%) SSL
6 3 (17.65%) Juniper
6 3 (17.65%) Nokia
6 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
6 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (11.76%) HSRP

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (5.882%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
1 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) LAN
1 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
1 8 (47.06%) Firewall
2 7 (41.18%) WAN
3 5 (29.41%) VPN
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
5 3 (17.65%) OSPF
5 3 (17.65%) BGP
5 3 (17.65%) EIGRP
5 3 (17.65%) VoIP
5 3 (17.65%) RIP
5 3 (17.65%) SSL
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (11.76%) HSRP
6 2 (11.76%) Internet
6 2 (11.76%) DWDM
6 2 (11.76%) ATM
6 2 (11.76%) WLAN
6 2 (11.76%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.882%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) Solaris
3 1 (5.882%) Linux
3 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.882%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (11.76%) Network Management
1 2 (11.76%) Change Management
1 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 1 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL
2 1 (5.882%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (29.41%) CCNP
3 3 (17.65%) CCNA
4 1 (5.882%) JNCIA
4 1 (5.882%) CCIP
4 1 (5.882%) CCIE
4 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.882%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) Juniper
2 3 (17.65%) Nokia
2 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
3 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
4 1 (5.882%) Brocade
4 1 (5.882%) VMware
4 1 (5.882%) McAfee
4 1 (5.882%) Symantec
4 1 (5.882%) F5
4 1 (5.882%) Foundry
4 1 (5.882%) NETGEAR