The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 120 115 138
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 37 39 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.182% 1.134% 0.524%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.251% 1.195% 0.553%
Number of salaries quoted 20 35 16
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £55,000 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Glasgow - 12 £35,000 -
Aberdeen +3 9 £42,500 +6.25%
Edinburgh -9 5 £43,750 +25.00%
Highlands - 3 - -
Dundee -18 2 £42,500 -22.72%
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 64 (94.12%) Cisco
2 61 (89.71%) Cisco Certification
3 54 (79.41%) Firewall
4 47 (69.12%) CCNP
5 39 (57.35%) Cisco ASA
6 35 (51.47%) CCNA
7 33 (48.53%) Network Security
8 29 (42.65%) CheckPoint
9 28 (41.18%) F5
10 24 (35.29%) Finance
10 24 (35.29%) Blue Coat
11 23 (33.82%) Juniper
12 22 (32.35%) Cisco PIX
13 21 (30.88%) Telecoms
14 20 (29.41%) CCSE
14 20 (29.41%) JNCIS
14 20 (29.41%) Websense
15 19 (27.94%) WAN
15 19 (27.94%) Wireless
16 18 (26.47%) LAN
17 17 (25.00%) VPN
18 16 (23.53%) MPLS
19 14 (20.59%) TCP/IP
20 12 (17.65%) BGP
20 12 (17.65%) EIGRP
20 12 (17.65%) VoIP
21 10 (14.71%) DNS
21 10 (14.71%) Network Design
22 9 (13.24%) Windows
23 8 (11.76%) CCIP

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (1.471%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.471%) Apache
1 1 (1.471%) MS Exchange
1 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (1.471%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 54 (79.41%) Firewall
2 39 (57.35%) Cisco ASA
3 33 (48.53%) Network Security
4 22 (32.35%) Cisco PIX
5 19 (27.94%) Wireless
5 19 (27.94%) WAN
6 18 (26.47%) LAN
7 17 (25.00%) VPN
8 16 (23.53%) MPLS
9 14 (20.59%) TCP/IP
10 12 (17.65%) BGP
10 12 (17.65%) EIGRP
10 12 (17.65%) VoIP
11 10 (14.71%) DNS
12 8 (11.76%) OSPF
12 8 (11.76%) DHCP
13 5 (7.353%) Ethernet
13 5 (7.353%) SNMP
13 5 (7.353%) Unified Communications
14 4 (5.882%) FWSM
General
1 24 (35.29%) Finance
2 21 (30.88%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.471%) French Language
3 1 (1.471%) German Language
3 1 (1.471%) Russian Language
3 1 (1.471%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.471%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.24%) Windows
2 2 (2.941%) Linux
2 2 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (2.941%) UNIX
3 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.471%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (1.471%) Windows NT
3 1 (1.471%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.71%) Network Design
2 7 (10.29%) ITIL
2 7 (10.29%) Capacity Management
3 6 (8.824%) Service Delivery
4 4 (5.882%) Load Balancing
5 3 (4.412%) Information Security
6 2 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (2.941%) Fault Management
6 2 (2.941%) Business Development
6 2 (2.941%) SIEM
7 1 (1.471%) Business Transformation
7 1 (1.471%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (1.471%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.471%) Business Continuity
7 1 (1.471%) Project Management
7 1 (1.471%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.471%) Data Management
7 1 (1.471%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.471%) Perl
1 1 (1.471%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 61 (89.71%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (69.12%) CCNP
3 35 (51.47%) CCNA
4 20 (29.41%) CCSE
4 20 (29.41%) JNCIS
5 8 (11.76%) CCIP
5 8 (11.76%) CCIE
5 8 (11.76%) CCSP
6 7 (10.29%) CCDA
7 6 (8.824%) Degree
8 5 (7.353%) CCVP
9 3 (4.412%) CCDP
10 2 (2.941%) SC Cleared
10 2 (2.941%) Security Cleared
11 1 (1.471%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (1.471%) Avaya Certification
11 1 (1.471%) MCP
11 1 (1.471%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.471%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.412%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.941%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.471%) MOM
1 1 (1.471%) HP NNM
1 1 (1.471%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 64 (94.12%) Cisco
2 29 (42.65%) CheckPoint
3 28 (41.18%) F5
4 24 (35.29%) Blue Coat
5 23 (33.82%) Juniper
6 20 (29.41%) Websense
7 8 (11.76%) Riverbed
8 4 (5.882%) HP
9 3 (4.412%) Twitter
10 2 (2.941%) LogLogic
10 2 (2.941%) Q1 Labs
10 2 (2.941%) Axway
10 2 (2.941%) ProCurve
10 2 (2.941%) Avaya
10 2 (2.941%) Symantec
11 1 (1.471%) Dell
11 1 (1.471%) Citrix
11 1 (1.471%) Microsoft
11 1 (1.471%) 3Com
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Responsibilities * configure, maintain, install, upgrade and rollout network devices, such as Cisco firewalls, Cisco and Enterasys switches, Cisco routers, VPN concentrators and other equipment responsible for providing IT...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Inverness, Inverness-Shire
Experience of networking typologies such as: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP. CCNA certification (Minimum) Full UK driving Licence... CCSP... We provide high quality interim and permanent IT professionals" Additional...
ninesharp
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cisco Engineer with strong Networking (Routers and Switching) experience required for lead position with long established consultancy in the Aberdeen area. After a successful period of growth and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 7 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
Cisco Engineer with strong Call Manager / Cisco Voice experience required for lead position with long established consultancy in the Aberdeen area. After a successful period of growth and...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Scotland
Competent in all skills as shown: CISCO (CCNA or CCNP), SNMP, FTP, networking theory. Nice to have: Netcool, DOORS, Starteam (configuration tool) Other key skills/product knowledge: Requirements...
EADS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Scotland
Formal Education and training: A Technical qualification (CCNA/CCNP) backed by several years experience producing network solutions... Competent in all skills as shown: CISCO (CCNA or CCNP), SNMP,...
EADS
Posted: 16 May 2013
Perth & Kinross
Perth - £20-25K + excellent benefits Our client is a well established and respected organisation looking to secure an enthusiastic and self motivated 1st Line Support Engineer who can...
Search Consultancy
Salary: excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013