Network Support Engineer Jobs in England

Network Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Support Engineer salary in England is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 871 1088
Rank change year-on-year +82 +217 -283
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 51 56 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.060% 0.061% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.066% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 47 43 33
10th Percentile £21,250 £29,040 -
25th Percentile £29,188 £31,625 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,750 £50,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% +10.45% -4.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +6 20 £31,600 -9.71% 1
South West -17 12 £50,000 +20.48% 1
North of England +52 9 £40,000 +11.11% 10
North West +8 7 £40,000 - 5
West Midlands +15 6 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Midlands +12 6 £45,000 -18.18% 4
London +112 4 £40,000 -19.19% 4
North East -5 1 £29,000 -19.44% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £30,250 - 4
Network Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Network Support 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 England region featuring Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (68.63%) Cisco
2 31 (60.78%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (54.90%) CCNA
4 21 (41.18%) Firewall
5 20 (39.22%) Wireless
6 19 (37.25%) LAN
6 19 (37.25%) WAN
6 19 (37.25%) Customer Service
7 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 17 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (31.37%) DHCP
8 16 (31.37%) Windows
8 16 (31.37%) Juniper
9 15 (29.41%) OSPF
9 15 (29.41%) BGP
10 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
10 14 (27.45%) ITIL
10 14 (27.45%) Fortinet
11 13 (25.49%) VLAN
11 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (23.53%) VPN
12 12 (23.53%) Telecoms
12 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
13 11 (21.57%) Windows 10
14 10 (19.61%) DV Cleared
14 10 (19.61%) Network+ Certification
14 10 (19.61%) DNS
14 10 (19.61%) Broadband
14 10 (19.61%) Citrix
15 9 (17.65%) ADSL

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (9.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 7 (13.73%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.88%) AWS
4 3 (5.88%) SaaS
5 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (41.18%) Firewall
2 20 (39.22%) Wireless
3 19 (37.25%) LAN
3 19 (37.25%) WAN
4 16 (31.37%) DHCP
5 15 (29.41%) BGP
5 15 (29.41%) OSPF
6 13 (25.49%) VLAN
7 12 (23.53%) VPN
8 10 (19.61%) Broadband
8 10 (19.61%) DNS
9 9 (17.65%) ADSL
9 9 (17.65%) NetScaler
10 8 (15.69%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (13.73%) TCP/IP
11 7 (13.73%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (11.76%) DSL
12 6 (11.76%) Ethernet
12 6 (11.76%) Internet
12 6 (11.76%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Hudson
General
1 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
1 12 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.88%) Law
3 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.73%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Data Centre
1 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) Windows
2 11 (21.57%) Windows 10
3 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 6 (11.76%) VyOS
5 5 (9.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Customer Service
2 14 (27.45%) ITIL
3 8 (15.69%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (13.73%) Change Management
5 5 (9.80%) Agile
5 5 (9.80%) Project Delivery
6 4 (7.84%) Patch Management
6 4 (7.84%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (5.88%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (5.88%) Configuration Management
7 3 (5.88%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.88%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.88%) Process Improvement
7 3 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (5.88%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) Bash
1 1 (1.96%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (60.78%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (54.90%) CCNA
3 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (19.61%) DV Cleared
5 10 (19.61%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (17.65%) MCITP
7 7 (13.73%) JNCIA
8 3 (5.88%) CCNP
9 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.96%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.80%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.84%) Firmware
3 4 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (68.63%) Cisco
2 16 (31.37%) Juniper
3 14 (27.45%) Fortinet
3 14 (27.45%) Microsoft
4 10 (19.61%) Citrix
5 8 (15.69%) SolarWinds
6 6 (11.76%) Nokia
6 6 (11.76%) Ruckus Wireless
6 6 (11.76%) Vyatta
7 5 (9.80%) Acronis
7 5 (9.80%) Meraki
8 4 (7.84%) VMware
9 3 (5.88%) Veeam
9 3 (5.88%) WatchGuard
10 2 (3.92%) Aruba
10 2 (3.92%) F5
10 2 (3.92%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.96%) Draytek