Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 158 171
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 90 102 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.31% 1.74% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.94% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 75 83 100
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,700 £42,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £70,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -7.77% +3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,491 5,257 6,849
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.80% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,488 3,099 4,095
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,813 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,948 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire +32 60 £47,500 +5.56% 16
Buckinghamshire -29 22 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Oxfordshire +2 9 £51,020 +7.41% 7
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (61.11%) Cisco
2 45 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 36 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 33 (36.67%) SC Cleared
5 29 (32.22%) Juniper
6 28 (31.11%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (30.00%) Firewall
8 22 (24.44%) CCNA
9 19 (21.11%) Wireless
10 18 (20.00%) CCNP
10 18 (20.00%) SSL
10 18 (20.00%) VPN
10 18 (20.00%) Network Security
10 18 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 16 (17.78%) MPLS
11 16 (17.78%) Windows
11 16 (17.78%) Azure
12 14 (15.56%) Active Directory
13 13 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (13.33%) Microsoft
14 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
14 12 (13.33%) DNS
15 11 (12.22%) WAN
15 11 (12.22%) LAN
16 10 (11.11%) SD-WAN
16 10 (11.11%) Nokia
17 9 (10.00%) F5
17 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
17 9 (10.00%) Fortinet
17 9 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.44%) IIS
3 4 (4.44%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.78%) Azure
2 13 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.78%) OneDrive
4 6 (6.67%) AWS
5 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.22%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 27 (30.00%) Firewall
2 19 (21.11%) Wireless
3 18 (20.00%) Network Security
3 18 (20.00%) SSL
3 18 (20.00%) VPN
4 16 (17.78%) MPLS
5 12 (13.33%) DNS
6 11 (12.22%) LAN
6 11 (12.22%) WAN
7 10 (11.11%) SD-WAN
8 9 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (7.78%) BGP
9 7 (7.78%) OSPF
9 7 (7.78%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (6.67%) VLAN
11 5 (5.56%) DHCP
11 5 (5.56%) IPsec
11 5 (5.56%) TCP/IP
12 4 (4.44%) Ethernet
12 4 (4.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
General
1 7 (7.78%) Public Sector
2 6 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 6 (6.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.44%) Retail
5 3 (3.33%) Legal
6 2 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.22%) Electronics
6 2 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Automotive
7 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.44%) LAMP
2 2 (2.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.56%) PKI
3 4 (4.44%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (4.44%) Replication
4 3 (3.33%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.22%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.22%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.22%) Molecular Biology
5 2 (2.22%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.22%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.22%) SCADA
6 1 (1.11%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.78%) Windows
2 8 (8.89%) Linux
3 6 (6.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.56%) Android
4 5 (5.56%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.44%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.44%) VMS
5 4 (4.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (7.78%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (6.67%) Migration
4 5 (5.56%) ITIL
4 5 (5.56%) Logistics
5 4 (4.44%) Inventory Management
5 4 (4.44%) Network Design
5 4 (4.44%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (3.33%) Change Control
6 3 (3.33%) Customer Service
6 3 (3.33%) Network Segmentation
6 3 (3.33%) Presales
6 3 (3.33%) Proactive Management
6 3 (3.33%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (2.22%) Capacity Management
7 2 (2.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (2.22%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.22%) Network Management
7 2 (2.22%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (2.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.11%) Bash
Qualifications
1 45 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 36 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 33 (36.67%) SC Cleared
4 28 (31.11%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (24.44%) CCNA
6 18 (20.00%) CCNP
7 3 (3.33%) Degree
8 2 (2.22%) CCIE
8 2 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.11%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.11%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (15.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.44%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.44%) vSphere
3 1 (1.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.11%) Firmware
3 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.44%) SCCM
3 1 (1.11%) Ansible
3 1 (1.11%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (1.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (61.11%) Cisco
2 29 (32.22%) Juniper
3 12 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (11.11%) Nokia
5 9 (10.00%) F5
5 9 (10.00%) Fortinet
6 6 (6.67%) Aruba
7 5 (5.56%) Meraki
7 5 (5.56%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.56%) VMware
8 4 (4.44%) Citrix
8 4 (4.44%) ProCurve
8 4 (4.44%) Synology
8 4 (4.44%) Veeam
8 4 (4.44%) Zerto
9 2 (2.22%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.22%) Snow
9 2 (2.22%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.11%) HP
10 1 (1.11%) WatchGuard