The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 20 June 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 86 66 54
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 1 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.197% 0.150% 3.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.206% 0.156% 3.261%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
Average salary £37,500 - £45,150
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
971 643 828
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 95.67% 96.55% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 851 590 732
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Network Engineer
Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 9 (60.00%) LAN
2 9 (60.00%) WAN
3 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
3 7 (46.67%) Juniper
4 6 (40.00%) Firewall
4 6 (40.00%) IPsec
4 6 (40.00%) ITIL
4 6 (40.00%) Network Design
5 5 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (33.33%) VoIP
5 5 (33.33%) MPLS
6 4 (26.67%) OSPF
6 4 (26.67%) BGP
6 4 (26.67%) WLAN
6 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
6 4 (26.67%) HP
6 4 (26.67%) VLAN
6 4 (26.67%) Riverbed
6 4 (26.67%) F5
7 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (20.00%) CentOS
7 3 (20.00%) Ubuntu
7 3 (20.00%) Fedora
7 3 (20.00%) Linux
7 3 (20.00%) CCNP
7 3 (20.00%) IPv4

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) LAN
1 9 (60.00%) WAN
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) IPsec
3 5 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (33.33%) VoIP
3 5 (33.33%) MPLS
4 4 (26.67%) OSPF
4 4 (26.67%) BGP
4 4 (26.67%) WLAN
4 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
4 4 (26.67%) VLAN
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
5 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (20.00%) IPv4
5 3 (20.00%) IPv6
5 3 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (13.33%) BIG-IP
7 1 (6.667%) IP Telephony
General
1 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) CentOS
1 3 (20.00%) Ubuntu
1 3 (20.00%) Fedora
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ITIL
1 6 (40.00%) Network Design
2 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CCNP
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (6.667%) CCIE
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Cisco
2 7 (46.67%) Juniper
3 4 (26.67%) HP
3 4 (26.67%) Riverbed
3 4 (26.67%) F5
4 3 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (13.33%) Citrix
6 1 (6.667%) Blue Coat
6 1 (6.667%) Fortinet
6 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint