The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 21 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 112 92 79
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 12 10 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.646% 0.681% 1.631%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.686% 0.699% 1.703%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 9
Average salary £30,000 £43,000 £45,150
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.23% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £34,900 £31,100
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1750 1430 1527
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.14% 97.35% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1521 1284 1375
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £56,105
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Oxford -13 2 £37,500 -
Wantage - 1 - -
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 34 (75.56%) Cisco
2 23 (51.11%) LAN
2 23 (51.11%) WAN
3 20 (44.44%) Firewall
4 18 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (37.78%) ITIL
6 16 (35.56%) Windows
7 15 (33.33%) TCP/IP
7 15 (33.33%) Juniper
8 14 (31.11%) VoIP
8 14 (31.11%) WLAN
9 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2003
10 12 (26.67%) HP
10 12 (26.67%) CCNP
10 12 (26.67%) F5
11 11 (24.44%) MPLS
12 10 (22.22%) OSPF
12 10 (22.22%) BGP
12 10 (22.22%) VLAN
13 9 (20.00%) Network Design
13 9 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (20.00%) IPsec
13 9 (20.00%) Telecoms
13 9 (20.00%) CCNA
14 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
14 8 (17.78%) VMware
15 7 (15.56%) Project Management
15 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
15 7 (15.56%) Cisco IOS

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (8.889%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (8.889%) MS Exchange
2 3 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (4.444%) Lync
3 2 (4.444%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (2.222%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (8.889%) MS Office
2 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (51.11%) LAN
1 23 (51.11%) WAN
2 20 (44.44%) Firewall
3 15 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 14 (31.11%) VoIP
4 14 (31.11%) WLAN
5 11 (24.44%) MPLS
6 10 (22.22%) OSPF
6 10 (22.22%) BGP
6 10 (22.22%) VLAN
7 9 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 9 (20.00%) IPsec
8 7 (15.56%) Cisco IOS
9 6 (13.33%) IPv4
9 6 (13.33%) IPv6
10 5 (11.11%) EIGRP
10 5 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (8.889%) BIG-IP
11 4 (8.889%) Internet
11 4 (8.889%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.444%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.222%) Back Office
3 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.667%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.444%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (35.56%) Windows
2 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (28.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (8.889%) Windows 7
3 4 (8.889%) Windows Vista
3 4 (8.889%) Windows XP
4 3 (6.667%) Linux
4 3 (6.667%) Fedora
4 3 (6.667%) CentOS
4 3 (6.667%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (37.78%) ITIL
2 9 (20.00%) Network Design
3 7 (15.56%) Project Management
4 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 5 (11.11%) Problem Management
5 5 (11.11%) Network Management
6 2 (4.444%) Load Balancing
6 2 (4.444%) B2B
7 1 (2.222%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (2.222%) Validation
7 1 (2.222%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.889%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (26.67%) CCNP
3 9 (20.00%) CCNA
4 5 (11.11%) CCENT
4 5 (11.11%) HP AIS
5 4 (8.889%) CCDP
6 3 (6.667%) MCSE
6 3 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (6.667%) CCIE
6 3 (6.667%) MCITP
7 2 (4.444%) CCDA
System Software
1 7 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.222%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) Backup Exec
1 3 (6.667%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (6.667%) WSUS
1 3 (6.667%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 34 (75.56%) Cisco
2 15 (33.33%) Juniper
3 12 (26.67%) HP
3 12 (26.67%) F5
4 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
4 8 (17.78%) VMware
5 6 (13.33%) Citrix
6 5 (11.11%) Riverbed
7 3 (6.667%) Symantec
7 3 (6.667%) Sophos
7 3 (6.667%) Red Hat
7 3 (6.667%) SolarWinds
8 2 (4.444%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (2.222%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.222%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.222%) Blue Coat