Network Engineer Jobs in South Wales

Network Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Network Engineer salary in South Wales is £44,886 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 102 107
Rank change year-on-year +38 +5 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 35 4 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.43% 0.35% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 0.39% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 12
10th Percentile £31,430 £32,175 £31,475
25th Percentile £37,825 £34,313 £32,244
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £38,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -10.00% +8.28%
75th Percentile £47,633 £41,813 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,375 £43,725 -
Wales median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year -0.25% +16.13% -3.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,303 1,029 1,398
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 89.40% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 862 587 863
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,552 £45,456 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -7.23% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Bridgend - 23 £44,886 -
Cardiff +7 8 £41,067 +7.36% 5
Newport - 3 - -
Glamorgan - 1 £46,500 - 1
Network Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Wales region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (97.14%) Firewall
2 32 (91.43%) Cisco
3 25 (71.43%) Network Management
4 23 (65.71%) Business Continuity
5 20 (57.14%) Wireless
6 19 (54.29%) DNS
6 19 (54.29%) Data Centre
7 18 (51.43%) Actionable Insight
7 18 (51.43%) Incident Management
8 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
9 14 (40.00%) Avaya
9 14 (40.00%) IP Telephony
9 14 (40.00%) Mitel
9 14 (40.00%) Skype for Business
9 14 (40.00%) Network Security
9 14 (40.00%) SC Cleared
9 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
10 13 (37.14%) LAN
10 13 (37.14%) WAN
11 12 (34.29%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (28.57%) VLAN
13 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
14 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (22.86%) Customer Service
14 8 (22.86%) Degree
14 8 (22.86%) MPLS
14 8 (22.86%) VPN
15 7 (20.00%) CCNA
15 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
16 6 (17.14%) CCNP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 14 (40.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (2.86%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (97.14%) Firewall
2 20 (57.14%) Wireless
3 19 (54.29%) DNS
4 14 (40.00%) IP Telephony
4 14 (40.00%) Network Security
5 13 (37.14%) LAN
5 13 (37.14%) WAN
6 10 (28.57%) VLAN
7 8 (22.86%) MPLS
7 8 (22.86%) VPN
8 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (14.29%) WLAN
9 3 (8.57%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (8.57%) DHCP
9 3 (8.57%) VoIP
10 2 (5.71%) BGP
10 2 (5.71%) EIGRP
10 2 (5.71%) IPsec
11 1 (2.86%) OSPF
General
1 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Local Government
3 5 (14.29%) Police
4 3 (8.57%) Automotive
4 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.57%) Retail
5 2 (5.71%) Welsh Language
6 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 19 (54.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.57%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) Network Management
2 23 (65.71%) Business Continuity
3 18 (51.43%) Actionable Insight
3 18 (51.43%) Incident Management
4 8 (22.86%) Customer Service
5 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (14.29%) High Availability
6 5 (14.29%) Migration
7 3 (8.57%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (8.57%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.57%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (8.57%) Performance Analysis
8 2 (5.71%) Line Management
9 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 1 (2.86%) Security Operations
9 1 (2.86%) Security Patching
9 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 14 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (34.29%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (22.86%) Degree
4 7 (20.00%) CCNA
5 6 (17.14%) CCNP
6 3 (8.57%) CCIE
6 3 (8.57%) Check Point Certification
6 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.86%) CISMP
7 1 (2.86%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (5.71%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 32 (91.43%) Cisco
2 15 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 14 (40.00%) Avaya
3 14 (40.00%) Mitel
4 3 (8.57%) CheckPoint
4 3 (8.57%) VMware
5 2 (5.71%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks