The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 24 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 50 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.296% 0.641% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.316% 0.641% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £32,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
316 156 236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.49% 100.00% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 169 134 228
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £46,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
Cheshire

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (75.00%) Nokia
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) CCNP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) RIP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (50.00%) Network Management
3 2 (50.00%) ATM
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (50.00%) HSRP
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (50.00%) IPX
3 2 (50.00%) IPX/SPX
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) DWDM
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Frame Relay
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 (25.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) OSPF
2 3 (75.00%) BGP
2 3 (75.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) RIP
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (50.00%) ATM
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (50.00%) HSRP
3 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (50.00%) IPX
3 2 (50.00%) IPX/SPX
3 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) DWDM
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Frame Relay
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CCNP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Nokia
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Foundry