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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 43 62 71
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 46 24 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 4.360% 2.462% 1.235%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.449% 2.516% 1.305%
Number of salaries quoted 45 23 8
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £33,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1034 954 843
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 98.01% 97.85% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 942 848 788
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
Wales

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales 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 Wales 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
Cardiff +10 31 £47,500 +10.46%
Caerphilly +2 7 £55,000 +64.17%
Network Engineer
Wales

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 (100.00%) Cisco
2 44 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (57.81%) Firewall
4 29 (45.31%) CheckPoint
4 29 (45.31%) CCNP
5 28 (43.75%) F5
6 25 (39.06%) CCIE
7 22 (34.38%) VPN
8 21 (32.81%) Cisco Nexus
9 19 (29.69%) Cisco ASA
10 17 (26.56%) WAN
11 16 (25.00%) Nokia
12 15 (23.44%) BGP
13 14 (21.88%) Juniper
13 14 (21.88%) CCNA
13 14 (21.88%) LAN
13 14 (21.88%) Cisco PIX
13 14 (21.88%) Network Design
14 12 (18.75%) Wireless
14 12 (18.75%) MPLS
14 12 (18.75%) Load Balancing
15 10 (15.63%) Degree
15 10 (15.63%) EIGRP
15 10 (15.63%) CCDP
16 9 (14.06%) OSPF
16 9 (14.06%) VMware
17 8 (12.50%) Advertising
17 8 (12.50%) CCDA
17 8 (12.50%) ITIL
18 7 (10.94%) SLA

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (3.125%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.688%) CMS
2 1 (1.563%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (3.125%) MS Office
1 2 (3.125%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 37 (57.81%) Firewall
2 22 (34.38%) VPN
3 21 (32.81%) Cisco Nexus
4 19 (29.69%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (26.56%) WAN
6 15 (23.44%) BGP
7 14 (21.88%) LAN
7 14 (21.88%) Cisco PIX
8 12 (18.75%) Wireless
8 12 (18.75%) MPLS
9 10 (15.63%) EIGRP
10 9 (14.06%) OSPF
11 6 (9.375%) Network Security
11 6 (9.375%) TCP/IP
12 5 (7.813%) HSRP
13 4 (6.250%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (6.250%) IPsec
14 3 (4.688%) SAN
14 3 (4.688%) FWSM
15 2 (3.125%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.563%) MySQL
General
1 8 (12.50%) Advertising
2 4 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 4 (6.250%) Finance
3 2 (3.125%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (3.125%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.813%) UNIX
2 4 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.88%) Network Design
2 12 (18.75%) Load Balancing
3 8 (12.50%) ITIL
4 5 (7.813%) PRINCE2
4 5 (7.813%) Project Planning
4 5 (7.813%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (6.250%) Network Architecture
6 3 (4.688%) Service Management
6 3 (4.688%) Business Development
6 3 (4.688%) Network Management
6 3 (4.688%) Capacity Management
7 1 (1.563%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (1.563%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 44 (68.75%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (45.31%) CCNP
3 25 (39.06%) CCIE
4 14 (21.88%) CCNA
5 10 (15.63%) Degree
5 10 (15.63%) CCDP
6 8 (12.50%) CCDA
7 7 (10.94%) CCIP
8 5 (7.813%) CCSA
8 5 (7.813%) CCSE
8 5 (7.813%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (6.250%) Security Cleared
10 3 (4.688%) SC Cleared
11 2 (3.125%) JNCIA
11 2 (3.125%) JNCIS
11 2 (3.125%) JNCIP
11 2 (3.125%) JNCIE
11 2 (3.125%) CCDE
11 2 (3.125%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.688%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.125%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (45.31%) CheckPoint
3 28 (43.75%) F5
4 16 (25.00%) Nokia
5 14 (21.88%) Juniper
6 9 (14.06%) VMware
7 4 (6.250%) Red Hat
8 3 (4.688%) Progress
9 2 (3.125%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.563%) McAfee
10 1 (1.563%) NetApp
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Network, Security, Solutions, Engineer, Cisco, Firewall, Routers, Switches, VMware, ITIL, TCP/IP, UDP, VPN... VMware and Cisco virtualisation; Good communication skills; Strong organisational and planning skills;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £50K (incl. Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Main responsibilities will be: Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum + Health + Pension + 20%Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Network design of WAN, IP, MPLS, LAN and Security solutions. Application of CCIP/CCNP level troubleshooting and diagnostics of networking issues. Deliver standard solutions basic BGP; HSRP and...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Health, Pension, 20% Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NETWORK Design ** NETWORK Architecture ** NETWORK implementation ** CCDA ** CCIE ** TDA ** Managed Service Professional ** CISCO ** Network Architect is needed by one of the UK's fastest growing Hosted Infrastructure Managed...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Health + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013