2nd Line Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Second Line Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Second Line Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 730 821
Rank change year-on-year +12 +91 -142
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 41 32 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.057% 0.054% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.061% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 17
10th Percentile £25,950 £29,825 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,188 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +4.62%
75th Percentile £37,500 £41,125 £37,500
90th Percentile £47,000 £43,750 -
UK median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,121 52,440 69,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,105 29,890 42,562
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
North of England +63 17 £32,500 -18.75% 2
South East +7 10 £39,500 +11.27%
Yorkshire +83 9 £35,000 -17.65% 1
North West +3 7 £32,500 -18.75% 1
Wales - 6 £30,000 -
West Midlands +12 5 £26,900 -11.80%
Midlands -7 5 £26,900 -11.80% 1
East of England - 3 £35,000 - 1
North East - 1 £29,000 -
2nd Line Network Engineer
UK

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 May 2024, 2nd Line 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 UK excluding London region featuring 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (41.46%) Cisco
2 14 (34.15%) CCNA
2 14 (34.15%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (34.15%) Firewall
3 13 (31.71%) CCNP
4 11 (26.83%) WAN
5 9 (21.95%) Windows
5 9 (21.95%) Azure
6 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
6 8 (19.51%) VoIP
6 8 (19.51%) Wireless
6 8 (19.51%) Degree
6 8 (19.51%) Computer Science
7 7 (17.07%) DHCP
7 7 (17.07%) DNS
7 7 (17.07%) BGP
8 6 (14.63%) Juniper
8 6 (14.63%) MPLS
8 6 (14.63%) VPN
8 6 (14.63%) Python
8 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
8 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
8 6 (14.63%) IPsec
8 6 (14.63%) SD-WAN
8 6 (14.63%) AWS
8 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V
8 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (12.20%) VLAN

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) AWS
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.20%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.20%) GCP
4 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (34.15%) Firewall
2 11 (26.83%) WAN
3 8 (19.51%) VoIP
3 8 (19.51%) Wireless
4 7 (17.07%) BGP
4 7 (17.07%) DHCP
4 7 (17.07%) DNS
5 6 (14.63%) IPsec
5 6 (14.63%) MPLS
5 6 (14.63%) SD-WAN
5 6 (14.63%) VPN
6 5 (12.20%) ADSL
6 5 (12.20%) Broadband
6 5 (12.20%) LAN
6 5 (12.20%) PBX
6 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
6 5 (12.20%) VLAN
7 3 (7.32%) DSL
7 3 (7.32%) LTE
7 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.32%) Legal
3 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Public Cloud
2 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.32%) Smartphone
3 2 (4.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.32%) Android
3 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.88%) Linux
4 2 (4.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) Computer Science
1 8 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (9.76%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (9.76%) Business Continuity
2 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
2 4 (9.76%) Incident Management
3 3 (7.32%) ITIL
3 3 (7.32%) Logistics
4 2 (4.88%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (4.88%) ITSM
4 2 (4.88%) Problem Management
4 2 (4.88%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (4.88%) Service Management
4 2 (4.88%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (2.44%) Antivirus Management
5 1 (2.44%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (2.44%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (2.44%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (2.44%) Process Improvement
5 1 (2.44%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) Bash
2 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) CCNA
1 14 (34.15%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (31.71%) CCNP
3 8 (19.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (19.51%) Degree
4 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V
2 4 (9.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 17 (41.46%) Cisco
2 6 (14.63%) Juniper
3 5 (12.20%) Meraki
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.32%) Citrix
4 3 (7.32%) MikroTik
4 3 (7.32%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (7.32%) VMware
5 2 (4.88%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.44%) Acronis
6 1 (2.44%) Draytek
6 1 (2.44%) Veeam