The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Operations Engineer
Rank 824 864 862
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Operations Engineer 38 35 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.029% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.031% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 29 25 17
Average salary £45,000 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £30,000 £21,900
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £40,000 £33,200
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+41.66% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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 Operations Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Operations Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Operations Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Network Operations Engineer Salary Trend

Network Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Operations Engineer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Network Operations Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Operations Engineer
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operations Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +30 37 £47,500 +58.33%
London +50 19 £51,000 +70.00%
Surrey +5 9 £50,000 +31.57%
South East +4 9 £50,000 +31.57%
Dorking -11 8 £50,000 +31.57%
Somerset - 5 £37,500 -
South West - 5 £37,500 -
City of London +2 3 £26,250 -58.00%
Sheffield - 2 £100,000 -
Bath - 2 £37,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £100,000 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £100,000 -
East of England -3 1 £37,500 +25.00%
Wales - 1 £35,000 -
South Wales - 1 £35,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £37,500 -
Guildford - 1 £32,500 -
Cardiff - 1 £35,000 -
Cambridge - 1 £37,500 -

Network Operations Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer in their job title.

1 74 (89.16%) Cisco
2 63 (75.90%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (62.65%) CCNA
4 46 (55.42%) MPLS
5 39 (46.99%) Juniper
6 33 (39.76%) OSPF
6 33 (39.76%) Firewall
7 31 (37.35%) Telecoms
8 30 (36.14%) BGP
9 29 (34.94%) CCNP
9 29 (34.94%) WAN
10 22 (26.51%) Ethernet
10 22 (26.51%) F5
11 19 (22.89%) TCP/IP
12 18 (21.69%) Microsoft
12 18 (21.69%) Linux
13 17 (20.48%) VMware
13 17 (20.48%) VPLS
14 15 (18.07%) VLAN
14 15 (18.07%) VMware Infrastructure
14 15 (18.07%) VPN
15 14 (16.87%) Windows
16 13 (15.66%) LAN
16 13 (15.66%) VoIP
16 13 (15.66%) DNS
16 13 (15.66%) CCIP
16 13 (15.66%) JNCIA
16 13 (15.66%) Degree
17 12 (14.46%) Cisco IOS
18 11 (13.25%) CCSP

Network Operations Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Operations 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 Operations Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 7 (8.434%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.410%) MS Office
3 1 (1.205%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 46 (55.42%) MPLS
2 33 (39.76%) OSPF
2 33 (39.76%) Firewall
3 30 (36.14%) BGP
4 29 (34.94%) WAN
5 22 (26.51%) Ethernet
6 19 (22.89%) TCP/IP
7 17 (20.48%) VPLS
8 15 (18.07%) VLAN
8 15 (18.07%) VPN
9 13 (15.66%) LAN
9 13 (15.66%) VoIP
9 13 (15.66%) DNS
10 12 (14.46%) Cisco IOS
11 11 (13.25%) SDH
11 11 (13.25%) Wireless
12 10 (12.05%) DSL
12 10 (12.05%) EIGRP
13 8 (9.639%) Broadband
13 8 (9.639%) ADSL
General
1 31 (37.35%) Telecoms
2 10 (12.05%) Finance
3 3 (3.614%) Financial Institution
3 3 (3.614%) Banking
4 1 (1.205%) Advertising
4 1 (1.205%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.819%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.614%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.69%) Linux
2 14 (16.87%) Windows
3 6 (7.229%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (7.229%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (7.229%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (9.639%) ITIL
2 7 (8.434%) Service Delivery
2 7 (8.434%) Network Management
2 7 (8.434%) Incident Management
3 4 (4.819%) Service Management
4 3 (3.614%) Change Control
4 3 (3.614%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (2.410%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.205%) ISMS
6 1 (1.205%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.205%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.205%) Performance Testing
6 1 (1.205%) IT Governance
6 1 (1.205%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (1.205%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.205%) Perl
1 1 (1.205%) SQL
1 1 (1.205%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 63 (75.90%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (62.65%) CCNA
3 29 (34.94%) CCNP
4 13 (15.66%) CCIP
4 13 (15.66%) JNCIA
4 13 (15.66%) Degree
5 11 (13.25%) CCSP
5 11 (13.25%) CCDA
6 6 (7.229%) CCIE
7 4 (4.819%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.614%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.614%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.205%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.205%) RHCE
9 1 (1.205%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.205%) HNC
9 1 (1.205%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.639%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (18.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.229%) vSphere
3 4 (4.819%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 5 (6.024%) ServiceCenter
1 5 (6.024%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.205%) Netcool
Vendors
1 74 (89.16%) Cisco
2 39 (46.99%) Juniper
3 22 (26.51%) F5
4 18 (21.69%) Microsoft
5 17 (20.48%) VMware
6 11 (13.25%) CheckPoint
7 9 (10.84%) Brocade
8 8 (9.639%) Foundry
9 7 (8.434%) Fortinet
10 5 (6.024%) HP
10 5 (6.024%) Nimsoft
11 4 (4.819%) NetScout
11 4 (4.819%) Blue Coat
11 4 (4.819%) CA
12 3 (3.614%) Riverbed
12 3 (3.614%) Aruba
13 2 (2.410%) Remedy
13 2 (2.410%) Nortel
14 1 (1.205%) Nokia
14 1 (1.205%) Red Hat
Southampton, South East
Work with Cisco, Juniper and Foundry switches/routers, Netscreen and Juniper firewalls, and Foundry load balancers on a daily basis. Participate in projects locally and remotely involving, but...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Computer Futures are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to be based at one of out largeSouthamptonbased clients. You would be primarily responsible for layers 2 to 4...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Strong grasp of TCP/IP, routing, switching, cabling and internet protocols such as BGP, ISIS, OSPF. In depth knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows environments. Advanced knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Key vendor technologies are Cisco R+S, with Fortigate, Checkpoint and Juniper firewalls and F5 load balancers. Ideal skill set: CCIE standard network engineer LAN/WAN protocols and...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Banking Salary + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013