The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 825 867 856
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 39 33 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.036% 0.027% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.028% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 37 25 10
Average salary £40,000 £43,500 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.04% +32.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,600 £30,000 £29,750
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £49,500 £39,987
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,750
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +6.87%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Network Infrastructure Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +40 39 £40,000 -8.04%
South East +14 16 £41,000 +26.15%
London +40 11 £52,500 +16.66%
Surrey +23 10 £37,500 -
West Midlands - 10 £35,000 -
Warwickshire - 5 £35,000 -
Birmingham - 5 £34,250 -
Berkshire +2 3 £35,000 +16.66%
Newbury - 3 £35,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £36,000 -
Guildford - 2 £41,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £52,500 -
Derbyshire - 2 £36,000 -
Weybridge +3 1 £42,500 -
West Sussex -9 1 £62,500 +43.67%
Crawley -11 1 £62,500 +43.67%
Southam - 1 £33,000 -
Derby - 1 £34,000 -

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in their job title.

1 58 (74.36%) Cisco
2 42 (53.85%) Windows
3 41 (52.56%) Firewall
4 39 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (48.72%) WAN
6 34 (43.59%) CCNA
7 31 (39.74%) VMware
8 28 (35.90%) MPLS
9 27 (34.62%) SAN
9 27 (34.62%) VoIP
9 27 (34.62%) ITIL
10 26 (33.33%) Active Directory
11 25 (32.05%) Windows Server 2008
12 23 (29.49%) DNS
12 23 (29.49%) LAN
13 22 (28.21%) TCP/IP
14 21 (26.92%) CheckPoint
14 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
15 20 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
16 19 (24.36%) Juniper
17 18 (23.08%) MCSE
18 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
19 15 (19.23%) CCNP
19 15 (19.23%) MCITP
20 14 (17.95%) Degree
21 13 (16.67%) CCSA
22 12 (15.38%) CCSE
22 12 (15.38%) HP
22 12 (15.38%) CCDA
22 12 (15.38%) DHCP

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 7 (8.974%) MS Exchange
3 6 (7.692%) SharePoint
4 5 (6.410%) Lync
5 4 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.564%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.282%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 41 (52.56%) Firewall
2 38 (48.72%) WAN
3 28 (35.90%) MPLS
4 27 (34.62%) SAN
4 27 (34.62%) VoIP
5 23 (29.49%) DNS
5 23 (29.49%) LAN
6 22 (28.21%) TCP/IP
7 12 (15.38%) DHCP
8 11 (14.10%) Network Security
9 9 (11.54%) VPN
9 9 (11.54%) SNMP
10 8 (10.26%) BGP
10 8 (10.26%) OSPF
11 7 (8.974%) SSL
12 6 (7.692%) EIGRP
12 6 (7.692%) VLAN
13 5 (6.410%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (6.410%) Internet
13 5 (6.410%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.128%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 9 (11.54%) Finance
2 4 (5.128%) Financial Institution
3 3 (3.846%) Back Office
3 3 (3.846%) Law
4 2 (2.564%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.282%) Retail
5 1 (1.282%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.26%) Blackberry
2 7 (8.974%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.128%) Computer Science
4 3 (3.846%) CCTV
4 3 (3.846%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.564%) Clustering
5 2 (2.564%) SecurID
6 1 (1.282%) CESG
6 1 (1.282%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 42 (53.85%) Windows
2 25 (32.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (11.54%) Linux
5 4 (5.128%) UNIX
6 2 (2.564%) Windows XP
7 1 (1.282%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.282%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.282%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.282%) AIX
7 1 (1.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (34.62%) ITIL
2 7 (8.974%) Problem Management
3 5 (6.410%) Business Continuity
3 5 (6.410%) Information Security
4 4 (5.128%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (5.128%) Project Management
4 4 (5.128%) Capacity Management
4 4 (5.128%) Load Balancing
5 3 (3.846%) Asset Management
5 3 (3.846%) Network Design
6 2 (2.564%) Service Delivery
6 2 (2.564%) Migration
6 2 (2.564%) Network Management
6 2 (2.564%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.564%) Network Load Balancing
6 2 (2.564%) Time Management
7 1 (1.282%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.282%) Computer Security
7 1 (1.282%) Investment Management
7 1 (1.282%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (43.59%) CCNA
3 20 (25.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (23.08%) MCSE
5 15 (19.23%) CCNP
5 15 (19.23%) MCITP
6 14 (17.95%) Degree
7 13 (16.67%) CCSA
8 12 (15.38%) CCSE
8 12 (15.38%) CCDA
9 7 (8.974%) Security Cleared
9 7 (8.974%) SC Cleared
10 6 (7.692%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (5.128%) Novell Certification
12 3 (3.846%) CNE
12 3 (3.846%) CCIE
13 2 (2.564%) MCP
14 1 (1.282%) DV Cleared
14 1 (1.282%) CNA
14 1 (1.282%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.846%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.282%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.282%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 8 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.128%) VMware ESX
5 3 (3.846%) vSphere
6 1 (1.282%) NLBS
6 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.282%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (1.282%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 8 (10.26%) Backup Exec
1 8 (10.26%) Norton AntiVirus
1 8 (10.26%) WSUS
2 4 (5.128%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.846%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (3.846%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (2.564%) Cisco IPCC
5 1 (1.282%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 58 (74.36%) Cisco
2 31 (39.74%) VMware
3 21 (26.92%) CheckPoint
4 19 (24.36%) Juniper
5 17 (21.79%) Microsoft
6 12 (15.38%) HP
7 10 (12.82%) SolarWinds
8 9 (11.54%) Citrix
8 9 (11.54%) Mitel
9 8 (10.26%) Symantec
9 8 (10.26%) Sophos
10 6 (7.692%) F5
11 4 (5.128%) Novell
12 3 (3.846%) ProCurve
13 2 (2.564%) Nortel
13 2 (2.564%) Avaya
13 2 (2.564%) NetApp
14 1 (1.282%) SonicWALL
14 1 (1.282%) IronPort
14 1 (1.282%) Riverbed
Woking, Surrey
My client is a fast paced, blue chip organisation, looking for a CCNA/CCSA qualified Network Infrastructure Engineer near Woking... Skills/experience required: CCNA / CCSA. VoIP support. Cisco,...
set2recruit
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate will have strong skills around Security including: Firewalls, SSL VPN and Web Proxy... In addition, knowledge and experience of Microsoft Lync would be highly advantageous.
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Experience of Citrix , Active Directory , TCP/IP , DNS , VLAN's , QoS , WAN/MPLS , SAN , VMWare (Hyper V) and Disaster Recovery skills... A CCNA would be an advantage or...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum + Good Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013