Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer salary in the South East is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 181 235
Rank change year-on-year +33 +54 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 303 277 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.82% 1.86% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 2.05% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 262 223 227
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -7.77% +8.42%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,676 13,491 19,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.50% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 8,454 12,614
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Hampshire -9 109 £49,000 +3.16% 23
Thames Valley -15 80 £42,500 -5.56% 30
Surrey +42 57 £51,250 +2.50% 9
Berkshire +7 50 £40,625 -9.72% 20
Kent +14 33 £35,000 -30.00% 3
Buckinghamshire -26 21 £42,500 -19.05% 4
West Sussex +32 13 £51,250 -8.89% 3
Oxfordshire +6 10 £51,020 +7.41% 6
East Sussex +13 4 £36,500 -27.00%
Middlesex - 1 £52,500 -
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 156 (51.49%) Cisco
2 123 (40.59%) Juniper
3 115 (37.95%) Firewall
4 111 (36.63%) Cisco Certification
5 102 (33.66%) Security Cleared
6 77 (25.41%) WAN
7 73 (24.09%) CCNP
7 73 (24.09%) BGP
8 70 (23.10%) LAN
9 66 (21.78%) Social Skills
10 60 (19.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 57 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
12 56 (18.48%) CCNA
13 54 (17.82%) VMware
14 52 (17.16%) Wireless
15 50 (16.50%) Microsoft
16 47 (15.51%) Windows
17 46 (15.18%) Project Delivery
18 44 (14.52%) SC Cleared
18 44 (14.52%) Fortinet
19 39 (12.87%) Azure
19 39 (12.87%) VPN
20 38 (12.54%) Aruba
21 35 (11.55%) DV Cleared
21 35 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
22 33 (10.89%) FortiGate
22 33 (10.89%) Active Directory
23 31 (10.23%) OSPF
23 31 (10.23%) Hyper-V
24 30 (9.90%) Wi-Fi

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (5.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.32%) IIS
3 4 (1.32%) WordPress
4 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 57 (18.81%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (12.87%) Azure
3 15 (4.95%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.63%) AWS
5 7 (2.31%) OneDrive
6 5 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.99%) SaaS
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.66%) Twilio
8 2 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 115 (37.95%) Firewall
2 77 (25.41%) WAN
3 73 (24.09%) BGP
4 70 (23.10%) LAN
5 52 (17.16%) Wireless
6 39 (12.87%) VPN
7 31 (10.23%) OSPF
8 30 (9.90%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (9.24%) SD-WAN
10 25 (8.25%) VLAN
11 22 (7.26%) MPLS
12 20 (6.60%) TCP/IP
13 19 (6.27%) Broadband
13 19 (6.27%) Network Security
14 18 (5.94%) DNS
15 16 (5.28%) EIGRP
15 16 (5.28%) SSL
16 15 (4.95%) Internet
17 14 (4.62%) Cisco Firepower
18 13 (4.29%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.64%) GIS
2 7 (2.31%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.33%) MySQL
4 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.32%) GitLab
2 2 (0.66%) Hudson
General
1 66 (21.78%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.25%) Telecoms
3 11 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.31%) Finance
4 7 (2.31%) Public Sector
5 6 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (1.98%) Retail
6 5 (1.65%) Advertising
6 5 (1.65%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.32%) Marketing
8 3 (0.99%) Legal
9 2 (0.66%) Electronics
10 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.33%) Games
10 1 (0.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.31%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.32%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.58%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.59%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.96%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.31%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.98%) PKI
7 5 (1.65%) PMI
8 4 (1.32%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.32%) Replication
9 3 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (0.99%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.66%) Molecular Biology
10 2 (0.66%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) SCADA
11 1 (0.33%) Clustering
11 1 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (15.51%) Windows
2 27 (8.91%) Linux
3 15 (4.95%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.29%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.64%) Android
5 8 (2.64%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.32%) VMS
7 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (19.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (15.18%) Project Delivery
3 35 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (9.57%) Customer Service
5 22 (7.26%) Presales
6 17 (5.61%) Network Design
7 16 (5.28%) Project Management
8 15 (4.95%) Kalman Filter
8 15 (4.95%) Network Management
8 15 (4.95%) Web Filtering
9 14 (4.62%) Customer Requirements
10 13 (4.29%) Cloud Security
11 12 (3.96%) ITIL
12 10 (3.30%) Computer Science
12 10 (3.30%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (2.97%) Configuration Management
13 9 (2.97%) Mentoring
13 9 (2.97%) Network Monitoring
14 8 (2.64%) Change Management
14 8 (2.64%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.95%) Python
2 4 (1.32%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 111 (36.63%) Cisco Certification
2 102 (33.66%) Security Cleared
3 73 (24.09%) CCNP
4 56 (18.48%) CCNA
5 44 (14.52%) SC Cleared
6 35 (11.55%) DV Cleared
7 24 (7.92%) Degree
8 14 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
10 10 (3.30%) CCIE
11 9 (2.97%) JNCIA
11 9 (2.97%) MCITP
12 8 (2.64%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.65%) PMI Certification
15 4 (1.32%) CWNA
16 2 (0.66%) JNCIE
16 2 (0.66%) JNCIP
16 2 (0.66%) MCP
16 2 (0.66%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (10.89%) Active Directory
2 31 (10.23%) Hyper-V
3 12 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.98%) pfSense
4 6 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.65%) Docker
6 4 (1.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (10.89%) FortiGate
2 22 (7.26%) Ansible
3 16 (5.28%) Terraform
4 9 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.31%) Grafana
6 6 (1.98%) ZABBIX
7 5 (1.65%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.32%) SCCM
9 3 (0.99%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.33%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.33%) Icinga
Vendors
1 156 (51.49%) Cisco
2 123 (40.59%) Juniper
3 54 (17.82%) VMware
4 50 (16.50%) Microsoft
5 44 (14.52%) Fortinet
6 38 (12.54%) Aruba
7 16 (5.28%) Palo Alto
8 13 (4.29%) HP
9 11 (3.63%) Meraki
10 9 (2.97%) Draytek
10 9 (2.97%) F5
10 9 (2.97%) Nokia
10 9 (2.97%) Veeam
11 8 (2.64%) McAfee
12 6 (1.98%) Ruckus Wireless
13 5 (1.65%) BT
13 5 (1.65%) Citrix
13 5 (1.65%) Mitel
14 4 (1.32%) ProCurve
14 4 (1.32%) SolarWinds