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The table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Network Engineer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank161146
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads21623072
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.252 %1.322 %
As % of the category below1.391 %1.422 %
Salaries quoted18362498
Average minimum salary£37,746£37,299
Average salary£40,492£39,704
% change on same period last year+1.98 %
Average maximum salary£43,237£42,109
UK excluding London average salary£35,988£35,639
% change on same period last year+0.97 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads155435216039
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.98 %92.97 %
Salaries quoted129673172751
Average minimum salary£39,078£40,596
Average salary£42,746£44,398
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Average maximum salary£46,414£48,200
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %

Network Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Network Engineer Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK.

Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

Network Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Engineer
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-152059£40,536+1.73 %
LondonDown-8885£47,154+1.92 %
South EastDown-11507£38,993-1.68 %
City of LondonDown-25218£55,225+8.45 %
West MidlandsUp+21170£34,172+9.84 %
South WestUp+20147£33,924+12.23 %
BerkshireDown-25141£39,431-2.68 %
HampshireUp+26134£36,689-5.78 %
YorkshireDown-9133£30,372-8.95 %
SurreyDown-6104£41,702+3.99 %
East of EnglandDown-3693£35,593-0.71 %
North WestDown-1592£31,467+4.70 %
West YorkshireDown-887£29,122-15.32 %
BirminghamUp+1766£31,839+3.21 %
LeedsUp+2663£28,878-13.06 %
ReadingDown-1461£37,175-13.07 %
BuckinghamshireDown-157£37,688+8.18 %
ManchesterUp+2152£33,850+15.33 %
ScotlandUp+2450£33,724+2.05 %
HertfordshireDown-248£36,432-0.11 %
BristolUp+1546£37,539+18.85 %
South WalesUp+341£39,796+9.83 %
WalesDown-2141£39,796+11.58 %
WiltshireDown-739£35,064+17.83 %
KentUp+1539£38,188+17.50 %
NewportUp+638£39,527+7.55 %
East MidlandsDown-5037£30,369-5.68 %
North YorkshireUp+1635£34,385+6.03 %
ShropshireDown-129£44,875+49.58 %
EssexDown-1028£34,737-1.26 %

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

12962 (68.06 %)Cisco
22224 (51.10 %)Cisco Certification
31748 (40.17 %)Firewall
41398 (32.12 %)CCNP
51372 (31.53 %)WAN
61357 (31.18 %)LAN
71238 (28.45 %)CCNA
81173 (26.95 %)Windows
9954 (21.92 %)TCP/IP
10921 (21.16 %)VPN
11809 (18.59 %)BGP
12805 (18.50 %)CheckPoint
13799 (18.36 %)OSPF
14746 (17.14 %)Windows Server 2003
15685 (15.74 %)Active Directory
16664 (15.26 %)Cisco PIX
17621 (14.27 %)MPLS
18576 (13.24 %)Finance
19568 (13.05 %)Microsoft
20545 (12.52 %)Microsoft Certification
21542 (12.45 %)Network Security
22525 (12.06 %)VoIP
23492 (11.31 %)MS Exchange
24482 (11.08 %)MCSE
25478 (10.98 %)Juniper
26473 (10.87 %)Linux
27463 (10.64 %)Network Design
28452 (10.39 %)DNS
29444 (10.20 %)Telecoms
30415 (9.536 %)CCIE

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
160 (1.379 %)CSS
219 (0.437 %)WebServices
39 (0.207 %)HTML
46 (0.138 %).NET
55 (0.115 %)XML
55 (0.115 %)WMI
63 (0.069 %)Java RMI
72 (0.046 %)CGI
72 (0.046 %)ODBC
72 (0.046 %)FIX Protocol
72 (0.046 %)ColdSpring
81 (0.023 %)ISPF
81 (0.023 %)WebSphere
81 (0.023 %)Application Packaging
81 (0.023 %)EDI
81 (0.023 %)X-Windows
81 (0.023 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1492 (11.31 %)MS Exchange
2322 (7.399 %)Exchange Server 2003
3163 (3.745 %)IIS
4109 (2.505 %)Exchange Server 2007
599 (2.275 %)Exchange Server 2000
671 (1.631 %)SharePoint
765 (1.494 %)Apache
835 (0.804 %)Lotus Notes
921 (0.483 %)Lotus Domino
1020 (0.460 %)Tomcat
119 (0.207 %)GroupWise
119 (0.207 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
128 (0.184 %)Office Communications Server
137 (0.161 %)CMS
137 (0.161 %)Commerce Server
145 (0.115 %)Exchange Server 5.5
154 (0.092 %)IBM HTTP Server
163 (0.069 %)Joomla!
172 (0.046 %)SharePoint Server 2007
172 (0.046 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1251 (5.767 %)MS Excel
2118 (2.711 %)MS Office
334 (0.781 %)MS Visio
46 (0.138 %)AutoCAD
51 (0.023 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.023 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.115 %)GoldMine
23 (0.069 %)Summit
23 (0.069 %)RMDS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11748 (40.17 %)Firewall
21372 (31.53 %)WAN
31357 (31.18 %)LAN
4954 (21.92 %)TCP/IP
5921 (21.16 %)VPN
6809 (18.59 %)BGP
7799 (18.36 %)OSPF
8664 (15.26 %)Cisco PIX
9621 (14.27 %)MPLS
10542 (12.45 %)Network Security
11525 (12.06 %)VoIP
12452 (10.39 %)DNS
13362 (8.318 %)Cisco ASA
14355 (8.157 %)Internet
15354 (8.134 %)EIGRP
16306 (7.031 %)Ethernet
17268 (6.158 %)RIP
18250 (5.744 %)Wireless
19232 (5.331 %)VLAN
20226 (5.193 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1189 (4.343 %)SQL Server
255 (1.264 %)MySQL
336 (0.827 %)SQL Server 2005
425 (0.574 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (0.092 %)PostgreSQL
63 (0.069 %)Oracle Reports
72 (0.046 %)MS Access
72 (0.046 %)GIS
81 (0.023 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.023 %)SQL Server 2008
81 (0.023 %)RDBMS
81 (0.023 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.023 %)FileMaker
81 (0.023 %)DB2
81 (0.023 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.046 %)Subversion
21 (0.023 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.023 %)Synon
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1576 (13.24 %)Finance
2444 (10.20 %)Telecoms
3214 (4.917 %)Pensions
4210 (4.825 %)Banking
5182 (4.182 %)Health
6113 (2.597 %)Government
773 (1.677 %)Insurance
870 (1.608 %)Back Office
966 (1.517 %)Education
1058 (1.333 %)Investment Banking
1135 (0.804 %)Military
1232 (0.735 %)Retail
1328 (0.643 %)Marketing
1425 (0.574 %)Financial Institution
1520 (0.460 %)Legal
1616 (0.368 %)Manufacturing
1712 (0.276 %)Electronics
1810 (0.230 %)Construction
1810 (0.230 %)Games
1810 (0.230 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (1.011 %)Client/Server
243 (0.988 %)IPTV
342 (0.965 %)Blackberry
435 (0.804 %)Clustering
435 (0.804 %)SecurID
528 (0.643 %)Video Conferencing
625 (0.574 %)Computer Science
720 (0.460 %)Fat Client
720 (0.460 %)Thin Client
818 (0.414 %)French Language
818 (0.414 %)German Language
915 (0.345 %)Firmware
1014 (0.322 %)Mainframe
1014 (0.322 %)Management Information System
1113 (0.299 %)Derivative
1210 (0.230 %)CLARiiON
139 (0.207 %)e-Health
148 (0.184 %)Statistics
148 (0.184 %)Spanish Language
157 (0.161 %)Equities
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11173 (26.95 %)Windows
2746 (17.14 %)Windows Server 2003
3473 (10.87 %)Linux
4386 (8.869 %)UNIX
5261 (5.997 %)Windows 2000 Server
6243 (5.584 %)Windows 2000
7218 (5.009 %)Windows XP
8145 (3.332 %)Solaris
9122 (2.803 %)Windows Vista
10102 (2.344 %)Red Hat Linux
1153 (1.218 %)Windows NT
1234 (0.781 %)Windows Server 2008
1330 (0.689 %)SUSE
1416 (0.368 %)FreeBSD
1513 (0.299 %)NetWare
1612 (0.276 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1711 (0.253 %)Debian
189 (0.207 %)AIX
195 (0.115 %)HPUX
195 (0.115 %)OpenBSD
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1463 (10.64 %)Network Design
2202 (4.642 %)Load Balancing
3178 (4.090 %)Security Cleared
4162 (3.722 %)ITIL
5128 (2.941 %)E-Commerce
6102 (2.344 %)Project Management
7100 (2.298 %)Disaster Recovery
891 (2.091 %)SC Cleared
967 (1.540 %)B2B
1063 (1.448 %)Migration
1158 (1.333 %)Service Delivery
1255 (1.264 %)Incident Management
1345 (1.034 %)PRINCE2
1442 (0.965 %)Data Security
1538 (0.873 %)Change Management
1634 (0.781 %)Fault Management
1733 (0.758 %)Configuration Management
1827 (0.620 %)Validation
1919 (0.437 %)Business Continuity
1919 (0.437 %)Problem Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1175 (4.021 %)SQL
2100 (2.298 %)C
367 (1.540 %)Perl
433 (0.758 %)PHP
433 (0.758 %)Shell Script
522 (0.506 %)C++
615 (0.345 %)Java
711 (0.253 %)Python
87 (0.161 %)VB
95 (0.115 %)Embedded C++
95 (0.115 %)AWK
104 (0.092 %)VBA
113 (0.069 %)VBScript
122 (0.046 %)Tcl
131 (0.023 %)JCL
131 (0.023 %)VB6
131 (0.023 %)DataFlex
131 (0.023 %)Ruby
131 (0.023 %)Korn
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12224 (51.10 %)Cisco Certification
21398 (32.12 %)CCNP
31238 (28.45 %)CCNA
4545 (12.52 %)Microsoft Certification
5482 (11.08 %)MCSE
6415 (9.536 %)CCIE
7253 (5.813 %)CCIP
8219 (5.032 %)Degree
9204 (4.688 %)CCSP
10186 (4.274 %)CCDP
11137 (3.148 %)CCSA
12125 (2.872 %)MCP
13101 (2.321 %)CCDA
1473 (1.677 %)CCVP
1571 (1.631 %)CCSE
1668 (1.563 %)MCSA
1747 (1.080 %)JNCIS
1833 (0.758 %)JNCIA
1932 (0.735 %)CISSP
2028 (0.643 %)Check Point Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1208 (4.779 %)SLA
279 (1.815 %)QA
316 (0.368 %)ISO9001
49 (0.207 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
56 (0.138 %)ISO27001
63 (0.069 %)PCI DSS
63 (0.069 %)BS7799
71 (0.023 %)ISO9000
71 (0.023 %)TickIT
71 (0.023 %)CESG Infosec
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1685 (15.74 %)Active Directory
277 (1.769 %)Terminal Services
349 (1.126 %)VMware Infrastructure
448 (1.103 %)ISA Server
533 (0.758 %)Backup Exec
625 (0.574 %)VMware ESX
723 (0.528 %)Citrix Presentation Server
813 (0.299 %)MetaFrame
912 (0.276 %)Terminal Server
1010 (0.230 %)NFS
117 (0.161 %)NetBackup
125 (0.115 %)VMware Server
134 (0.092 %)NDS
142 (0.046 %)Squid
142 (0.046 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
151 (0.023 %)Novell eDirectory
151 (0.023 %)Xen
151 (0.023 %)Snort
151 (0.023 %)RACF
151 (0.023 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
198 (2.252 %)CiscoWorks
280 (1.838 %)OpenView
321 (0.483 %)Netcool
413 (0.299 %)Nagios
511 (0.253 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
610 (0.230 %)WSUS
78 (0.184 %)OVSD
78 (0.184 %)Norton AntiVirus
86 (0.138 %)ZENworks
86 (0.138 %)MOM
86 (0.138 %)Tivoli
95 (0.115 %)Tivoli NetView
95 (0.115 %)Legato
95 (0.115 %)ARCserve
95 (0.115 %)NNM
104 (0.092 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
113 (0.069 %)MIMEsweeper
113 (0.069 %)MAILsweeper
113 (0.069 %)EMC NetWorker
113 (0.069 %)ServiceCenter
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12962 (68.06 %)Cisco
2805 (18.50 %)CheckPoint
3568 (13.05 %)Microsoft
4478 (10.98 %)Juniper
5285 (6.549 %)Nokia
6284 (6.526 %)Nortel
7210 (4.825 %)Citrix
8199 (4.573 %)HP
9159 (3.653 %)VMware
10114 (2.619 %)Red Hat
11101 (2.321 %)Blue Coat
1268 (1.563 %)3Com
1357 (1.310 %)IBM
1456 (1.287 %)Symantec
1456 (1.287 %)Remedy
1552 (1.195 %)Avaya
1645 (1.034 %)Lotus
1744 (1.011 %)Novell
1843 (0.988 %)Sun
1942 (0.965 %)Oracle