Network Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Engineer salary in the North of England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 206 259
Rank change year-on-year -9 +53 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 189 272 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.09% 1.56% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.74% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 158 183 179
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,025 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,313 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +10.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,454 15,637 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.41% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,728 8,304 11,099
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,870
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West +7 128 £42,500 -10.53% 31
Yorkshire +65 50 £45,000 -11.32% 18
North East -33 18 £39,000 -5.39% 6
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 6 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 North of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 137 (72.49%) Cisco
2 108 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
3 91 (48.15%) LAN
4 89 (47.09%) WAN
5 88 (46.56%) Firewall
6 69 (36.51%) CCNA
7 67 (35.45%) CCNP
8 59 (31.22%) OSPF
9 57 (30.16%) VPN
10 54 (28.57%) BGP
11 49 (25.93%) Juniper
12 48 (25.40%) Wi-Fi
13 47 (24.87%) MPLS
14 46 (24.34%) Fortinet
14 46 (24.34%) Network Security
15 45 (23.81%) Wireless
16 41 (21.69%) TCP/IP
17 35 (18.52%) DHCP
18 32 (16.93%) VMware
18 32 (16.93%) Customer Service
19 30 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 30 (15.87%) Meraki
20 28 (14.81%) Azure
21 27 (14.29%) Network Architecture
21 27 (14.29%) Palo Alto
22 26 (13.76%) JNCIA
22 26 (13.76%) Social Skills
23 25 (13.23%) Ethernet
23 25 (13.23%) Internet
23 25 (13.23%) Nokia

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 12 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.81%) Azure
2 18 (9.52%) AWS
3 17 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.35%) GCP
5 2 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.06%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.53%) GitHub
6 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 91 (48.15%) LAN
2 89 (47.09%) WAN
3 88 (46.56%) Firewall
4 59 (31.22%) OSPF
5 57 (30.16%) VPN
6 54 (28.57%) BGP
7 48 (25.40%) Wi-Fi
8 47 (24.87%) MPLS
9 46 (24.34%) Network Security
10 45 (23.81%) Wireless
11 41 (21.69%) TCP/IP
12 35 (18.52%) DHCP
13 25 (13.23%) Ethernet
13 25 (13.23%) Internet
14 24 (12.70%) DNS
15 19 (10.05%) DSL
16 17 (8.99%) SSL
17 15 (7.94%) Cisco IOS
17 15 (7.94%) SD-WAN
18 14 (7.41%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.65%) JIRA
2 4 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (13.76%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.70%) Public Sector
3 7 (3.70%) Telecoms
4 6 (3.17%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.17%) Retail
5 3 (1.59%) Finance
6 2 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.06%) Law
6 2 (1.06%) Legal
6 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.53%) Automotive
7 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.12%) Akka
2 1 (0.53%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.58%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.82%) Replication
3 5 (2.65%) Driving Licence
3 5 (2.65%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.12%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.59%) PKI
6 2 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.53%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.53%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.05%) VyOS
2 17 (8.99%) Windows
3 13 (6.88%) Linux
4 9 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (16.93%) Customer Service
2 30 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 25 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (10.58%) ITIL
5 20 (10.58%) Network Monitoring
6 16 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (7.94%) Computer Science
7 15 (7.94%) Migration
8 12 (6.35%) Network Design
9 11 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (5.82%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.29%) Agile
10 10 (5.29%) Network Management
10 10 (5.29%) Patch Management
11 9 (4.76%) Cloud Security
11 9 (4.76%) Incident Response
12 8 (4.23%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (3.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.29%) PowerShell
1 10 (5.29%) Python
2 1 (0.53%) ActionScript
2 1 (0.53%) Bash
2 1 (0.53%) Java
2 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 108 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (36.51%) CCNA
3 67 (35.45%) CCNP
4 26 (13.76%) JNCIA
5 23 (12.17%) Degree
6 19 (10.05%) CCIE
7 17 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (7.41%) CISSP
9 13 (6.88%) Security Cleared
10 8 (4.23%) CCDP
11 7 (3.70%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.65%) SC Cleared
13 4 (2.12%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (2.12%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (2.12%) CISM
13 4 (2.12%) CRISC
13 4 (2.12%) HNC
13 4 (2.12%) HND
13 4 (2.12%) Master's Degree
13 4 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.99%) SLA
2 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.76%) VMware NSX
3 8 (4.23%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.65%) SRDF
6 4 (2.12%) Firmware
6 4 (2.12%) vCloud
7 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Cacti
1 4 (2.12%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.06%) Ansible
4 1 (0.53%) Icinga
4 1 (0.53%) Nagios
4 1 (0.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 137 (72.49%) Cisco
2 49 (25.93%) Juniper
3 46 (24.34%) Fortinet
4 32 (16.93%) VMware
5 30 (15.87%) Meraki
6 27 (14.29%) Palo Alto
7 25 (13.23%) Nokia
8 20 (10.58%) Microsoft
9 19 (10.05%) Ruckus Wireless
9 19 (10.05%) Vyatta
10 12 (6.35%) Aruba
11 11 (5.82%) SolarWinds
12 10 (5.29%) F5
13 9 (4.76%) Dell
14 8 (4.23%) Citrix
15 7 (3.70%) CheckPoint
15 7 (3.70%) HP
16 6 (3.17%) Ubiquiti
17 5 (2.65%) Brocade
17 5 (2.65%) EMC