The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Network Engineer
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank202277238
Rank change year-on-year
Up+75Down-39
Matching permanent IT job ads15421011851
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.279 %0.825 %0.891 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.350 %0.875 %0.955 %
Number of salaries quoted1333880706
Average salary£42,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38 %-3.75 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£26,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£62,250£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£35,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+8.57 %-6.66 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Network Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+651428£42,500+9.67 %
LondonUp+142680£52,500+5.00 %
South EastUp+14379£40,000+5.26 %
City of LondonUp+69195£52,500-12.50 %
BerkshireUp+2123£42,500-5.55 %
SurreyUp+35116£40,000+1.26 %
East of EnglandUp+994£42,250+5.62 %
South WestUp+2477£35,750+15.32 %
HampshireUp+2267£35,000-12.50 %
North WestDown-2760£35,500+13.60 %
YorkshireDown-1457£36,750+13.07 %
West MidlandsDown-1848£35,000+12.90 %
ScotlandUp+3041£40,000+14.28 %
BedfordshireUp+2435£45,000+12.50 %
BristolUp+1635£35,000+52.17 %
ReadingDown-3535£43,000-4.44 %
SloughUp+2033£42,500-22.72 %
ManchesterDown-1233£40,000+33.33 %
HertfordshireDown-1232£35,000-13.58 %
West YorkshireDown-1630£36,000+10.76 %
BuckinghamshireUp+926£42,500+13.33 %
WalesUp+425£35,000-7.89 %
South WalesUp+524£35,000-7.89 %
ShropshireUp+1621£41,250-8.33 %
East MidlandsDown-721£30,000-1.63 %
LeedsDown-821£36,000+20.00 %
KentDown-420£37,500-1.31 %
SouthamptonNew entry-20£23,000-
TelfordUp+1318£50,000+11.11 %
North EastNew entry-18£42,500-

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

12398 (79.64 %)Cisco
21925 (63.93 %)Cisco Certification
31548 (51.41 %)Firewall
41302 (43.24 %)CCNP
51070 (35.54 %)WAN
61003 (33.31 %)CCNA
71001 (33.24 %)LAN
8933 (30.99 %)BGP
9861 (28.60 %)OSPF
10755 (25.07 %)Juniper
11718 (23.85 %)VPN
12706 (23.45 %)Network Security
13664 (22.05 %)CheckPoint
14640 (21.26 %)TCP/IP
15598 (19.86 %)Windows
16584 (19.40 %)MPLS
17548 (18.20 %)Finance
18533 (17.70 %)Cisco ASA
19444 (14.75 %)CCIE
20433 (14.38 %)EIGRP
21430 (14.28 %)Wireless
22408 (13.55 %)DNS
23407 (13.52 %)Linux
24393 (13.05 %)Microsoft
25383 (12.72 %)Telecoms
26373 (12.39 %)ITIL
27370 (12.29 %)VoIP
28351 (11.66 %)Network Design
29345 (11.46 %)Degree
30329 (10.93 %)Load Balancing

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1103 (3.421 %)CSS
221 (0.697 %)XML
313 (0.432 %)Middleware
412 (0.399 %)Web Services
511 (0.365 %)SOAP
68 (0.266 %)FIX Protocol
77 (0.232 %)Forefront TMG
77 (0.232 %)WebSphere
86 (0.199 %)XML Messaging
86 (0.199 %)COM
86 (0.199 %)ASP
94 (0.133 %).NET
103 (0.100 %)JSP
112 (0.066 %)J2EE
112 (0.066 %)MAPI
112 (0.066 %)XMPP
112 (0.066 %)Windows SharePoint Services
112 (0.066 %)LAMP
112 (0.066 %)FreeSWITCH
112 (0.066 %)Regular Expression
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1235 (7.805 %)MS Exchange
287 (2.889 %)Exchange Server 2003
386 (2.856 %)Exchange Server 2010
471 (2.358 %)SharePoint
570 (2.325 %)IIS
570 (2.325 %)Exchange Server 2007
648 (1.594 %)Apache
721 (0.697 %)CMS
817 (0.565 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
99 (0.299 %)SharePoint 2010
107 (0.232 %)Office Communications Server
107 (0.232 %)Tomcat
114 (0.133 %)Lotus Notes
114 (0.133 %)Exchange Server 2000
114 (0.133 %)Lync
122 (0.066 %)SharePoint Server
122 (0.066 %)WorkSite
122 (0.066 %)WebLogic
131 (0.033 %)Site Server
131 (0.033 %)Jetty
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1175 (5.812 %)MS Excel
2103 (3.421 %)MS Office
385 (2.823 %)MS Visio
410 (0.332 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.166 %)Google Apps
55 (0.166 %)MS Project
61 (0.033 %)QuarkXPress
61 (0.033 %)AutoCAD
61 (0.033 %)S-PLUS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (0.432 %)Summit
24 (0.133 %)Dynamics CRM
32 (0.066 %)Remedy ITSM
32 (0.066 %)Remedy AR System
41 (0.033 %)SAP R/3
41 (0.033 %)Line 500
41 (0.033 %)RMDS
41 (0.033 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11548 (51.41 %)Firewall
21070 (35.54 %)WAN
31001 (33.24 %)LAN
4933 (30.99 %)BGP
5861 (28.60 %)OSPF
6718 (23.85 %)VPN
7706 (23.45 %)Network Security
8640 (21.26 %)TCP/IP
9584 (19.40 %)MPLS
10533 (17.70 %)Cisco ASA
11433 (14.38 %)EIGRP
12430 (14.28 %)Wireless
13408 (13.55 %)DNS
14370 (12.29 %)VoIP
15309 (10.26 %)Cisco PIX
16297 (9.864 %)Cisco IOS
17293 (9.731 %)Internet
18282 (9.366 %)VLAN
19242 (8.037 %)Ethernet
20223 (7.406 %)IPsec
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1129 (4.284 %)SQL Server
275 (2.491 %)MySQL
323 (0.764 %)SQL Server 2008
415 (0.498 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (0.266 %)Oracle 10g
58 (0.266 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (0.199 %)Oracle 11g
74 (0.133 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
82 (0.066 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82 (0.066 %)PostgreSQL
91 (0.033 %)DB2
91 (0.033 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (0.332 %)Subversion
27 (0.232 %)Git (software)
34 (0.133 %)VSS/SourceSafe
42 (0.066 %)WebLOAD
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1548 (18.20 %)Finance
2383 (12.72 %)Telecoms
3234 (7.772 %)Banking
466 (2.192 %)Investment Banking
549 (1.627 %)Retail
642 (1.395 %)Financial Institution
736 (1.196 %)Back Office
832 (1.063 %)Advertising
924 (0.797 %)Manufacturing
1021 (0.697 %)Law
1021 (0.697 %)Legal
1119 (0.631 %)Marketing
1217 (0.565 %)German Language
1315 (0.498 %)Games
1412 (0.399 %)Aerospace
1511 (0.365 %)Billing
167 (0.232 %)Retail Banking
176 (0.199 %)Online Betting
176 (0.199 %)Electronics
185 (0.166 %)Korean Language
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1116 (3.853 %)Computer Science
285 (2.823 %)Hedge funds
349 (1.627 %)SaaS
442 (1.395 %)Statistics
537 (1.229 %)Management Information System
636 (1.196 %)Blackberry
732 (1.063 %)Video Conferencing
820 (0.664 %)Client/Server
820 (0.664 %)Clustering
917 (0.565 %)Firmware
1016 (0.531 %)IVR
1115 (0.498 %)Fixed Income
1214 (0.465 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1214 (0.465 %)Open Source
1214 (0.465 %)Cloud Computing
1313 (0.432 %)Mathematics
1411 (0.365 %)Reference Data
1411 (0.365 %)PMI
1510 (0.332 %)SecurID
1510 (0.332 %)Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1598 (19.86 %)Windows
2407 (13.52 %)Linux
3280 (9.299 %)Windows Server 2003
4275 (9.133 %)UNIX
5268 (8.901 %)Windows Server 2008
681 (2.690 %)Windows XP
767 (2.225 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
859 (1.959 %)Solaris
948 (1.594 %)Windows 2000
1038 (1.262 %)Windows 7
1132 (1.063 %)Windows Vista
1223 (0.764 %)CentOS
1321 (0.697 %)AIX
1412 (0.399 %)Windows NT
158 (0.266 %)Ubuntu
167 (0.232 %)Windows 2000 Server
175 (0.166 %)Debian
183 (0.100 %)VMS
192 (0.066 %)SUSE
192 (0.066 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1373 (12.39 %)ITIL
2351 (11.66 %)Network Design
3329 (10.93 %)Load Balancing
4298 (9.897 %)Network Management
5124 (4.118 %)Change Management
6119 (3.952 %)Project Management
791 (3.022 %)Service Delivery
791 (3.022 %)Root Cause Analysis
889 (2.956 %)Disaster Recovery
984 (2.790 %)Capacity Planning
1075 (2.491 %)Incident Management
1163 (2.092 %)Configuration Management
1255 (1.827 %)Problem Management
1353 (1.760 %)Network Architecture
1450 (1.661 %)Business Continuity
1549 (1.627 %)Asset Management
1648 (1.594 %)Change Control
1747 (1.561 %)PRINCE2
1842 (1.395 %)Service Management
1940 (1.328 %)Fault Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1137 (4.550 %)SQL
2104 (3.454 %)Perl
375 (2.491 %)C
445 (1.495 %)Python
535 (1.162 %)PHP
621 (0.697 %)Java
621 (0.697 %)Bash shell
715 (0.498 %)C++
814 (0.465 %)JavaScript
912 (0.399 %)Tcl
1011 (0.365 %)Shell Script
1011 (0.365 %)PowerShell
1110 (0.332 %)VBScript
128 (0.266 %)Ruby
132 (0.066 %)R
132 (0.066 %)VB
141 (0.033 %)OCaml
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11925 (63.93 %)Cisco Certification
21302 (43.24 %)CCNP
31003 (33.31 %)CCNA
4444 (14.75 %)CCIE
5345 (11.46 %)Degree
6288 (9.565 %)CCSP
7196 (6.509 %)Microsoft Certification
8181 (6.011 %)CCDP
9178 (5.912 %)Security Cleared
10177 (5.878 %)CCIP
11176 (5.845 %)CCVP
12154 (5.115 %)JNCIA
13139 (4.616 %)MCSE
14120 (3.985 %)CCSE
15116 (3.853 %)SC Cleared
16107 (3.554 %)CCSA
1771 (2.358 %)JNCIS
1858 (1.926 %)CCDA
1951 (1.694 %)MCP
2042 (1.395 %)MCITP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1164 (5.447 %)SLA
275 (2.491 %)ISO/IEC 27001
368 (2.258 %)PCI DSS
422 (0.731 %)ISO 9001
520 (0.664 %)QA
617 (0.565 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
76 (0.199 %)COBIT
83 (0.100 %)ISO 9000
91 (0.033 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1313 (10.40 %)Active Directory
2176 (5.845 %)VMware Infrastructure
374 (2.458 %)vSphere
444 (1.461 %)Hyper-V
533 (1.096 %)VMware ESX
622 (0.731 %)XenApp
622 (0.731 %)VMware ESXi
721 (0.697 %)Terminal Services
820 (0.664 %)UAG
916 (0.531 %)Postfix
1014 (0.465 %)Sendmail
1113 (0.432 %)qmail
1113 (0.432 %)ISA Server
129 (0.299 %)MetaFrame
129 (0.299 %)XenDesktop
136 (0.199 %)NFS
136 (0.199 %)Terminal Server
136 (0.199 %)Xen
145 (0.166 %)XenServer
154 (0.133 %)Squid
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
188 (2.923 %)CiscoWorks
255 (1.827 %)Cisco CUCM
350 (1.661 %)OpenView
445 (1.495 %)Nagios
540 (1.328 %)Cacti
627 (0.897 %)Backup Exec
720 (0.664 %)Cisco UCCX
817 (0.565 %)SCCM
915 (0.498 %)Tivoli
1014 (0.465 %)NetBackup
1113 (0.432 %)SolarWinds Orion
1113 (0.432 %)vCenter
1113 (0.432 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1212 (0.399 %)SCOM
1311 (0.365 %)Nessus
1311 (0.365 %)Cisco IPCC
1410 (0.332 %)MOM
1410 (0.332 %)Splunk
159 (0.299 %)Puppet
159 (0.299 %)WhatsUp Gold
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12398 (79.64 %)Cisco
2755 (25.07 %)Juniper
3664 (22.05 %)CheckPoint
4393 (13.05 %)Microsoft
5316 (10.49 %)F5
6297 (9.864 %)VMware
7209 (6.941 %)HP
8166 (5.513 %)Citrix
9159 (5.281 %)Nokia
10138 (4.583 %)Blue Coat
1176 (2.524 %)Avaya
1273 (2.424 %)Red Hat
1365 (2.159 %)SolarWinds
1458 (1.926 %)Riverbed
1458 (1.926 %)Foundry
1553 (1.760 %)ProCurve
1646 (1.528 %)Nortel
1646 (1.528 %)Brocade
1743 (1.428 %)Websense
1743 (1.428 %)IBM