The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Support 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 Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank724741651
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Down-90
Matching permanent IT job ads151124101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.125 %0.101 %0.106 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.132 %0.107 %0.113 %
Number of salaries quoted12611384
Average salary£32,500£34,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41 %+7.93 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£23,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,100£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£28,000
% change year-on-year
-+16.07 %
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 Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Network Support Engineer Demand Trend

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Network Support Engineer Salary Trend

Network Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Network Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Support 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 Support 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+6136£32,500-4.41 %
South EastDown-3259£33,000-22.35 %
LondonDown-236£35,000-12.50 %
HampshireUp+723£23,000-7.07 %
SurreyDown-1817£31,750-25.29 %
South WestUp+615£32,500+22.64 %
City of LondonUp+1814£32,500-10.95 %
East of EnglandUp+413£30,000-11.76 %
BristolNew entry-11£32,500-
SouthamptonNew entry-11£23,000-
HertfordshireUp+207£30,000-11.76 %
OxfordshireUp+56£45,000+21.62 %
South WalesNew entry-6£35,000-
WalesNew entry-6£35,000-
KentUp+205£30,000+27.65 %
YorkshireDown-115£45,000+69.81 %
West MidlandsDown-185£30,000-12.40 %
BerkshireDown-395£32,500-27.77 %
WatfordNew entry-5£30,000-
BanburyNew entry-5£45,000-
North YorkshireNew entry-5£45,000-
CroydonDown-84£32,000-31.18 %
ReadingDown-154£41,250-8.33 %
MiddlesexUp+153--
ScotlandUp+93£26,250-15.32 %
BuckinghamshireUp+43£35,000+45.83 %
CambridgeDown-13£37,500-1.31 %
CambridgeshireDown-83£37,500-1.31 %
BasingstokeDown-103£35,000+29.62 %
ChertseyNew entry-3--

Network Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1193 (61.66 %)Cisco
2157 (50.16 %)Cisco Certification
3144 (46.01 %)Firewall
4127 (40.58 %)CCNA
5106 (33.87 %)LAN
6103 (32.91 %)WAN
7100 (31.95 %)Windows
893 (29.71 %)CCNP
985 (27.16 %)Active Directory
1083 (26.52 %)TCP/IP
1181 (25.88 %)VPN
1272 (23.00 %)Windows Server 2003
1363 (20.13 %)Microsoft
1363 (20.13 %)MS Exchange
1363 (20.13 %)Windows Server 2008
1461 (19.49 %)VMware
1559 (18.85 %)DNS
1655 (17.57 %)OSPF
1753 (16.93 %)Linux
1852 (16.61 %)Juniper
1950 (15.97 %)BGP
2047 (15.02 %)CheckPoint
2146 (14.70 %)Microsoft Certification
2245 (14.38 %)Citrix
2245 (14.38 %)MPLS
2344 (14.06 %)ITIL
2443 (13.74 %)Degree
2541 (13.10 %)Telecoms
2541 (13.10 %)HP
2541 (13.10 %)Cisco ASA

Network Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Network Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (3.195 %)XML
27 (2.236 %)CSS
33 (0.958 %)Web Services
42 (0.639 %).NET
42 (0.639 %)Windows SharePoint Services
51 (0.319 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.319 %)COM
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
163 (20.13 %)MS Exchange
221 (6.709 %)SharePoint
221 (6.709 %)Exchange Server 2010
318 (5.751 %)IIS
417 (5.431 %)Exchange Server 2003
516 (5.112 %)Exchange Server 2007
69 (2.875 %)Apache
73 (0.958 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
73 (0.958 %)Exchange Server 2000
73 (0.958 %)Office Communications Server
73 (0.958 %)Lync
81 (0.319 %)SharePoint Server
81 (0.319 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
130 (9.585 %)MS Excel
216 (5.112 %)MS Office
35 (1.597 %)Google Apps
43 (0.958 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.319 %)QuarkXPress
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (0.958 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (0.319 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1144 (46.01 %)Firewall
2106 (33.87 %)LAN
3103 (32.91 %)WAN
483 (26.52 %)TCP/IP
581 (25.88 %)VPN
659 (18.85 %)DNS
755 (17.57 %)OSPF
850 (15.97 %)BGP
945 (14.38 %)MPLS
1041 (13.10 %)Cisco ASA
1138 (12.14 %)VoIP
1237 (11.82 %)EIGRP
1332 (10.22 %)VLAN
1431 (9.904 %)Wireless
1431 (9.904 %)Cisco PIX
1528 (8.946 %)Network Security
1623 (7.348 %)DHCP
1720 (6.390 %)IPsec
1819 (6.070 %)Internet
1918 (5.751 %)BIG-IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (10.86 %)SQL Server
29 (2.875 %)MySQL
35 (1.597 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (0.639 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (0.639 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
141 (13.10 %)Telecoms
230 (9.585 %)Finance
39 (2.875 %)German Language
48 (2.556 %)Manufacturing
48 (2.556 %)Banking
56 (1.917 %)Legal
64 (1.278 %)Law
64 (1.278 %)Billing
64 (1.278 %)Marketing
73 (0.958 %)Advertising
82 (0.639 %)Local Government
82 (0.639 %)Games
82 (0.639 %)Korean Language
82 (0.639 %)Online Betting
91 (0.319 %)Publishing
91 (0.319 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
116 (5.112 %)Blackberry
214 (4.473 %)Computer Science
310 (3.195 %)Management Information System
46 (1.917 %)Client/Server
55 (1.597 %)Hedge funds
64 (1.278 %)Video Conferencing
73 (0.958 %)Clustering
82 (0.639 %)Data Integration
82 (0.639 %)Mathematics
91 (0.319 %)Celerra
91 (0.319 %)iSeries
91 (0.319 %)Cloud Computing
91 (0.319 %)Video on Demand
91 (0.319 %)Equities
91 (0.319 %)IPTV
91 (0.319 %)NHS
91 (0.319 %)AS400
91 (0.319 %)Handset
91 (0.319 %)Replication
91 (0.319 %)CLARiiON
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1100 (31.95 %)Windows
272 (23.00 %)Windows Server 2003
363 (20.13 %)Windows Server 2008
453 (16.93 %)Linux
533 (10.54 %)UNIX
631 (9.904 %)Windows XP
721 (6.709 %)Windows 2000
815 (4.792 %)Windows Vista
97 (2.236 %)Windows 7
104 (1.278 %)Windows 2000 Server
113 (0.958 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
122 (0.639 %)Ubuntu
122 (0.639 %)Solaris
131 (0.319 %)Windows NT
131 (0.319 %)OpenBSD
131 (0.319 %)BlackBerry OS
131 (0.319 %)Mac OS X Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
144 (14.06 %)ITIL
225 (7.987 %)Load Balancing
322 (7.029 %)Network Management
412 (3.834 %)Service Delivery
412 (3.834 %)Change Management
412 (3.834 %)Disaster Recovery
511 (3.514 %)PRINCE2
610 (3.195 %)Validation
610 (3.195 %)WAN Optimisation
79 (2.875 %)Incident Management
87 (2.236 %)Continuous Improvement
96 (1.917 %)Problem Management
96 (1.917 %)Release Management
96 (1.917 %)Asset Management
96 (1.917 %)Configuration Management
105 (1.597 %)Service Management
105 (1.597 %)Technical Architecture
105 (1.597 %)Network Design
105 (1.597 %)Network Planning
105 (1.597 %)Performance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
120 (6.390 %)PHP
219 (6.070 %)SQL
314 (4.473 %)Perl
47 (2.236 %)C
53 (0.958 %)C++
53 (0.958 %)Java
53 (0.958 %)JavaScript
53 (0.958 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1157 (50.16 %)Cisco Certification
2127 (40.58 %)CCNA
393 (29.71 %)CCNP
446 (14.70 %)Microsoft Certification
543 (13.74 %)Degree
632 (10.22 %)MCSE
719 (6.070 %)Security Cleared
813 (4.153 %)MCP
911 (3.514 %)CCIE
911 (3.514 %)MCITP
109 (2.875 %)SC Cleared
118 (2.556 %)CCVP
127 (2.236 %)Network+ Certification
136 (1.917 %)A+ Certification
145 (1.597 %)ITIL Certification
145 (1.597 %)CCSP
145 (1.597 %)HNC
145 (1.597 %)CCSA
145 (1.597 %)JNCIA
154 (1.278 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (8.946 %)SLA
211 (3.514 %)ISO 9001
31 (0.319 %)ISO/IEC 27001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
185 (27.16 %)Active Directory
236 (11.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
313 (4.153 %)Hyper-V
49 (2.875 %)Terminal Services
49 (2.875 %)vSphere
56 (1.917 %)XenApp
56 (1.917 %)VMware ESX
64 (1.278 %)MetaFrame
73 (0.958 %)UAG
73 (0.958 %)VMware ESXi
82 (0.639 %)Xen
91 (0.319 %)VMware Server
91 (0.319 %)Postfix
91 (0.319 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (2.875 %)OpenView
19 (2.875 %)CiscoWorks
28 (2.556 %)Nagios
36 (1.917 %)Cisco UCCX
45 (1.597 %)Cisco CUCM
45 (1.597 %)Cacti
45 (1.597 %)Munin
45 (1.597 %)Backup Exec
54 (1.278 %)MOM
54 (1.278 %)ServiceCenter
54 (1.278 %)Netcool
63 (0.958 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
72 (0.639 %)Cisco IPCC
81 (0.319 %)WSUS
81 (0.319 %)SCCM
81 (0.319 %)HP SIM
81 (0.319 %)Splunk
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1193 (61.66 %)Cisco
263 (20.13 %)Microsoft
361 (19.49 %)VMware
452 (16.61 %)Juniper
547 (15.02 %)CheckPoint
645 (14.38 %)Citrix
741 (13.10 %)HP
829 (9.265 %)F5
916 (5.112 %)Blue Coat
1014 (4.473 %)Nokia
1112 (3.834 %)Avaya
1112 (3.834 %)Aruba
1211 (3.514 %)Websense
1310 (3.195 %)SonicWALL
148 (2.556 %)Lumension
148 (2.556 %)Clearswift
148 (2.556 %)Sourcefire
148 (2.556 %)Fortinet
148 (2.556 %)Crossbeam
157 (2.236 %)Nortel