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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South East region.

 Network Engineer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank143119114
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Down-5
Matching permanent IT job ads211274757
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East1.362 %1.543 %1.766 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.443 %1.659 %1.868 %
Salaries quoted177231683
Average salary£40,000£35,000£36,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.690 %-7.140 %
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
146261651740528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East94.39 %93.01 %94.54 %
Salaries quoted122001383933738
Average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Network Engineer EnglandNetwork Engineer
England

Network Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Network Engineer Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the South East region.

South East Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HampshireDown-1455£37,000+8.02 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2340£26,000-21.21 %
BerkshireDown-2039£42,000+7.00 %
SurreyDown-1123£50,000+53.84 %
West SussexUp+1820£45,000+16.88 %
OxfordshireDown-115£44,000+46.66 %
MiddlesexUp+2113£45,000+16.12 %
KentDown-173£31,250-26.47 %
SussexNew entry-3£55,000-
M4 CorridorDown-41£32,500-23.52 %
Network Engineer EnglandNetwork Engineer
England

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1278 (72.77 %)Cisco
2252 (65.97 %)Cisco Certification
3172 (45.03 %)CCNA
4149 (39.01 %)CCNP
5141 (36.91 %)Firewall
6101 (26.44 %)VPN
791 (23.82 %)WAN
888 (23.04 %)LAN
984 (21.99 %)TCP/IP
1081 (21.20 %)VoIP
1180 (20.94 %)Windows
1180 (20.94 %)Linux
1278 (20.42 %)Network Security
1372 (18.85 %)Juniper
1372 (18.85 %)CheckPoint
1372 (18.85 %)MPLS
1471 (18.59 %)Cisco ASA
1565 (17.02 %)CCIE
1662 (16.23 %)BGP
1757 (14.92 %)Network Design
1851 (13.35 %)Microsoft
1948 (12.57 %)OSPF
2044 (11.52 %)Cisco PIX
2143 (11.26 %)DNS
2239 (10.21 %)CCSP
2239 (10.21 %)Security Cleared
2338 (9.948 %)DHCP
2338 (9.948 %)ITIL
2338 (9.948 %)Telecoms
2437 (9.686 %)TippingPoint

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (1.309 %)CSS
South East IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (2.094 %)IIS
26 (1.571 %)MS Exchange
35 (1.309 %)SharePoint
43 (0.785 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (0.524 %)Office Communications Server
61 (0.262 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (0.262 %)Apache
South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (3.927 %)MS Excel
24 (1.047 %)MS Office
33 (0.785 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.524 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (0.524 %)AWD
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1141 (36.91 %)Firewall
2101 (26.44 %)VPN
391 (23.82 %)WAN
488 (23.04 %)LAN
584 (21.99 %)TCP/IP
681 (21.20 %)VoIP
778 (20.42 %)Network Security
872 (18.85 %)MPLS
971 (18.59 %)Cisco ASA
1062 (16.23 %)BGP
1148 (12.57 %)OSPF
1244 (11.52 %)Cisco PIX
1343 (11.26 %)DNS
1438 (9.948 %)DHCP
1529 (7.592 %)EIGRP
1625 (6.545 %)Ethernet
1625 (6.545 %)SSL
1724 (6.283 %)Internet
1819 (4.974 %)VLAN
1916 (4.188 %)NetScreen
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (1.309 %)SQL Server
23 (0.785 %)MS Access
32 (0.524 %)MySQL
41 (0.262 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.262 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.262 %)Oracle 8/8i
South East IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.524 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
138 (9.948 %)Telecoms
217 (4.450 %)Finance
316 (4.188 %)Pensions
410 (2.618 %)Health
58 (2.094 %)Aerospace
66 (1.571 %)Government
75 (1.309 %)Education
75 (1.309 %)Financial Institution
75 (1.309 %)Legal
75 (1.309 %)Retail
75 (1.309 %)Marketing
84 (1.047 %)Construction
93 (0.785 %)Music
102 (0.524 %)Back Office
102 (0.524 %)Banking
111 (0.262 %)Electronics
111 (0.262 %)Auditing
111 (0.262 %)Billing
111 (0.262 %)Investment Banking
111 (0.262 %)Military
South East IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (4.712 %)PKI
215 (3.927 %)Computer Science
36 (1.571 %)Video Conferencing
44 (1.047 %)Dutch Language
44 (1.047 %)Blackberry
53 (0.785 %)French Language
53 (0.785 %)Spanish Language
62 (0.524 %)Cloud Computing
62 (0.524 %)Portuguese Language
62 (0.524 %)Management Information System
71 (0.262 %)NHS
71 (0.262 %)Firmware
71 (0.262 %)Thin Client
71 (0.262 %)German Language
71 (0.262 %)Italian Language
71 (0.262 %)Japanese Language
71 (0.262 %)Open Source
71 (0.262 %)Fat Client
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
180 (20.94 %)Windows
180 (20.94 %)Linux
222 (5.759 %)UNIX
321 (5.497 %)Red Hat Linux
419 (4.974 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (2.618 %)Windows Server 2008
510 (2.618 %)Windows XP
64 (1.047 %)Solaris
64 (1.047 %)Windows Vista
64 (1.047 %)Windows NT
64 (1.047 %)Mac OS X
73 (0.785 %)Mac OS X Server
73 (0.785 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.262 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (0.262 %)AIX
81 (0.262 %)HPUX
81 (0.262 %)VMS
81 (0.262 %)Windows 2000
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
157 (14.92 %)Network Design
238 (9.948 %)ITIL
319 (4.974 %)Validation
414 (3.665 %)Load Balancing
513 (3.403 %)Capacity Planning
611 (2.880 %)Project Management
710 (2.618 %)Problem Management
86 (1.571 %)Network Planning
95 (1.309 %)Risk Assessment
104 (1.047 %)Information Security
104 (1.047 %)Supplier Management
104 (1.047 %)E-Commerce
104 (1.047 %)Risk Management
104 (1.047 %)Disaster Recovery
113 (0.785 %)Business Continuity
113 (0.785 %)BCP
113 (0.785 %)Configuration Management
113 (0.785 %)Performance Testing
113 (0.785 %)Time Management
113 (0.785 %)Performance Management
South East IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
115 (3.927 %)C
210 (2.618 %)SQL
37 (1.832 %)Perl
42 (0.524 %)PHP
42 (0.524 %)C#
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1252 (65.97 %)Cisco Certification
2172 (45.03 %)CCNA
3149 (39.01 %)CCNP
465 (17.02 %)CCIE
539 (10.21 %)CCSP
539 (10.21 %)Security Cleared
632 (8.377 %)Degree
632 (8.377 %)CCDP
728 (7.330 %)Microsoft Certification
823 (6.021 %)CCSA
922 (5.759 %)CCIP
1021 (5.497 %)CCSE
1118 (4.712 %)Check Point Certification
1214 (3.665 %)MCSE
1214 (3.665 %)JNCIA
1313 (3.403 %)JNCIS
1313 (3.403 %)SC Cleared
1412 (3.141 %)MCP
1511 (2.880 %)CCDA
168 (2.094 %)JNCIP
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.618 %)SLA
21 (0.262 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
125 (6.545 %)Active Directory
221 (5.497 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (1.571 %)Hyper-V
45 (1.309 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.524 %)Terminal Server
52 (0.524 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.262 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.262 %)XenApp
61 (0.262 %)XenServer
61 (0.262 %)NFS
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
123 (6.021 %)CiscoWorks
217 (4.450 %)OpenView
36 (1.571 %)Backup Exec
43 (0.785 %)ARCserve
52 (0.524 %)Tivoli
61 (0.262 %)Tivoli NetView
61 (0.262 %)Netcool
61 (0.262 %)OVSD
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1278 (72.77 %)Cisco
272 (18.85 %)Juniper
272 (18.85 %)CheckPoint
351 (13.35 %)Microsoft
437 (9.686 %)TippingPoint
528 (7.330 %)VMware
626 (6.806 %)Nortel
724 (6.283 %)Citrix
724 (6.283 %)Blue Coat
822 (5.759 %)Red Hat
919 (4.974 %)HP
1015 (3.927 %)BT
1015 (3.927 %)Riverbed
1111 (2.880 %)Nokia
1210 (2.618 %)SolarWinds
136 (1.571 %)Websense
144 (1.047 %)Alcatel
144 (1.047 %)ProCurve
153 (0.785 %)Sourcefire
153 (0.785 %)Mitel