Network Engineer Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Network Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Network Engineer salary in Tyne and Wear is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 68 74
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 13 27 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.97% 2.94% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 3.61% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 12 27 17
10th Percentile - £33,200 £32,150
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £43,250
90th Percentile £63,750 - £50,250
North East median annual salary £39,000 £41,221 £36,250
% change year-on-year -5.39% +13.71% +0.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 1,289 748 1,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.34% 81.48% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 455 688
10th Percentile £29,650 £31,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,634 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,375 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £75,000 £82,500
North East median annual salary £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -6.98%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Tyne and Wear

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 9 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -13 10 £39,000 -8.24% 1
Network Engineer
North East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 9 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) LAN
3 6 (46.15%) WAN
3 6 (46.15%) VPN
3 6 (46.15%) Cisco
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (46.15%) Network Security
3 6 (46.15%) Presales
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (30.77%) Migration
4 4 (30.77%) DNS
4 4 (30.77%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (23.08%) WLAN
5 3 (23.08%) SSL
5 3 (23.08%) SLA
5 3 (23.08%) CCNP
5 3 (23.08%) CCNA
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (23.08%) SAN
5 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
5 3 (23.08%) DMZ
5 3 (23.08%) MPLS
5 3 (23.08%) OSPF
5 3 (23.08%) BGP
5 3 (23.08%) Replication
5 3 (23.08%) VMware
5 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (23.08%) PKI

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) LAN
3 6 (46.15%) Network Security
3 6 (46.15%) VPN
3 6 (46.15%) WAN
4 4 (30.77%) DNS
5 3 (23.08%) BGP
5 3 (23.08%) DMZ
5 3 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (23.08%) IPsec
5 3 (23.08%) MPLS
5 3 (23.08%) NAS
5 3 (23.08%) OSPF
5 3 (23.08%) SAN
5 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
5 3 (23.08%) SSL
5 3 (23.08%) WLAN
6 2 (15.38%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) PKI
1 3 (23.08%) Replication
2 2 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Presales
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (23.08%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Network Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Coaching
5 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) ITSM
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Service Management
5 1 (7.69%) User Experience
5 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Bash
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCNA
1 3 (23.08%) CCNP
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
2 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Aruba
4 1 (7.69%) Draytek
4 1 (7.69%) Meraki
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow