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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 3 September 2010 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
3 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank628575582
Rank change year-on-year
Down-53Up+7
Matching permanent IT job ads17687369
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.163 %0.127 %0.206 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.175 %0.135 %0.219 %
Salaries quoted14879326
Average salary£35,000£30,000£32,875
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66 %-8.740 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,900£23,950£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£38,200£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£29,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+20.68 %-10.76 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10084264640168279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.41 %94.16 %93.90 %
Salaries quoted8327953238139012
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

Network Support Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 3 September 2010 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 3 September 2010. 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
EnglandDown-73165£35,000+16.66 %
South EastDown-2665£35,000-0.70 %
LondonDown-11843£33,750+2.27 %
SurreyDown-3124£35,000+7.69 %
North WestDown-2819£44,500+53.44 %
CheshireDown-1516£48,000+65.51 %
City of LondonDown-6515£32,500-27.77 %
KnutsfordNew entry-14£46,500-
West MidlandsDown-1112£35,000+40.00 %
BerkshireDown-3412£28,000-26.31 %
HampshireDown-211£33,125-6.02 %
MiddlesexDown-1010£45,000-
East of EnglandDown-5710£25,500-8.92 %
ChertseyNew entry-10£35,000-
HertfordshireDown-299£25,500+15.90 %
KentDown-38£27,500+30.95 %
TelfordNew entry-8£35,000-
ShropshireNew entry-8£35,000-
YorkshireNew entry-8£32,500-
West YorkshireNew entry-6£42,500-
SouthamptonNew entry-5£31,000-
MaidstoneDown-84£21,000-
West MallingNew entry-4£34,000-
LivingstonNew entry-4--
LeedsNew entry-4£42,500-
West LothianNew entry-4--
ScotlandNew entry-4--
BirminghamDown-173£40,000+39.13 %
ReadingDown-183£38,250+0.65 %
ManchesterDown-393£29,250+21.87 %

Network Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, 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.

1166 (60.36 %)Cisco
2112 (40.73 %)Windows
3111 (40.36 %)Cisco Certification
4101 (36.73 %)Firewall
596 (34.91 %)WAN
692 (33.45 %)LAN
780 (29.09 %)CCNA
876 (27.64 %)TCP/IP
963 (22.91 %)Linux
1059 (21.45 %)Microsoft
1059 (21.45 %)CCNP
1156 (20.36 %)DNS
1252 (18.91 %)VMware
1351 (18.55 %)VPN
1450 (18.18 %)Juniper
1450 (18.18 %)Windows Server 2003
1548 (17.45 %)MS Excel
1645 (16.36 %)CheckPoint
1744 (16.00 %)UNIX
1843 (15.64 %)Microsoft Certification
1843 (15.64 %)Finance
1843 (15.64 %)Degree
1941 (14.91 %)MCSE
2040 (14.55 %)VoIP
2040 (14.55 %)Pensions
2139 (14.18 %)Windows Server 2008
2236 (13.09 %)Active Directory
2236 (13.09 %)Internet
2334 (12.36 %)OSPF
2334 (12.36 %)MS Exchange

Network Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 September 2010, 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
15 (1.818 %)FIX Protocol
24 (1.455 %)CSS
31 (0.364 %)LAMP
31 (0.364 %)Web Services
31 (0.364 %)ASP
31 (0.364 %)COM
31 (0.364 %)Java RMI
31 (0.364 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
134 (12.36 %)MS Exchange
220 (7.273 %)Exchange Server 2007
316 (5.818 %)Exchange Server 2003
412 (4.364 %)IIS
57 (2.545 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
63 (1.091 %)Apache
72 (0.727 %)Lotus Notes
72 (0.727 %)SharePoint
72 (0.727 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (0.727 %)SharePoint Portal Server
81 (0.364 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.364 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
148 (17.45 %)MS Excel
29 (3.273 %)MS Office
32 (0.727 %)MS Visio
41 (0.364 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.364 %)S-PLUS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.364 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1101 (36.73 %)Firewall
296 (34.91 %)WAN
392 (33.45 %)LAN
476 (27.64 %)TCP/IP
556 (20.36 %)DNS
651 (18.55 %)VPN
740 (14.55 %)VoIP
836 (13.09 %)Internet
934 (12.36 %)OSPF
1033 (12.00 %)MPLS
1132 (11.64 %)Cisco ASA
1231 (11.27 %)VLAN
1231 (11.27 %)BGP
1324 (8.727 %)SAN
1324 (8.727 %)EIGRP
1423 (8.364 %)Network Security
1522 (8.000 %)Cisco PIX
1619 (6.909 %)Wireless
1718 (6.545 %)VRRP
1718 (6.545 %)Ethernet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (5.455 %)SQL Server
210 (3.636 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (3.273 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (2.182 %)MySQL
53 (1.091 %)MS Access
61 (0.364 %)BusinessObjects XI
61 (0.364 %)SQL Server 2008
61 (0.364 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
143 (15.64 %)Finance
240 (14.55 %)Pensions
326 (9.455 %)Telecoms
417 (6.182 %)Health
516 (5.818 %)Government
613 (4.727 %)Banking
78 (2.909 %)Financial Institution
87 (2.545 %)Insurance
87 (2.545 %)Education
96 (2.182 %)Marketing
105 (1.818 %)Back Office
113 (1.091 %)Retail
113 (1.091 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.727 %)Advertising
131 (0.364 %)Investment Banking
131 (0.364 %)Games
131 (0.364 %)Aerospace
131 (0.364 %)Automotive
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (2.909 %)Client/Server
25 (1.818 %)Mathematics
25 (1.818 %)Computer Science
25 (1.818 %)Clustering
34 (1.455 %)French Language
43 (1.091 %)German Language
43 (1.091 %)Replication
43 (1.091 %)Blackberry
52 (0.727 %)LIMS
52 (0.727 %)e-Health
52 (0.727 %)CCTV
52 (0.727 %)Derivative
61 (0.364 %)Italian Language
61 (0.364 %)Spanish Language
61 (0.364 %)Life Science
61 (0.364 %)Fat Client
61 (0.364 %)Hedge funds
61 (0.364 %)IPTV
61 (0.364 %)Handset
61 (0.364 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1112 (40.73 %)Windows
263 (22.91 %)Linux
350 (18.18 %)Windows Server 2003
444 (16.00 %)UNIX
539 (14.18 %)Windows Server 2008
625 (9.091 %)Windows XP
722 (8.000 %)Windows 2000
818 (6.545 %)Windows Vista
913 (4.727 %)Windows 7
109 (3.273 %)Windows NT
115 (1.818 %)Windows 2000 Server
124 (1.455 %)Debian
133 (1.091 %)Red Hat Linux
133 (1.091 %)Solaris
142 (0.727 %)HPUX
142 (0.727 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
151 (0.364 %)Fedora
151 (0.364 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (8.364 %)ITIL
219 (6.909 %)Load Balancing
313 (4.727 %)Problem Management
313 (4.727 %)Network Design
49 (3.273 %)Service Delivery
55 (1.818 %)Incident Management
64 (1.455 %)Regression Testing
64 (1.455 %)Change Management
64 (1.455 %)Network Security Management
64 (1.455 %)Security Management
64 (1.455 %)Statistical Analysis
64 (1.455 %)Capacity Planning
73 (1.091 %)Data Protection
82 (0.727 %)Migration
82 (0.727 %)Computer Architecture
82 (0.727 %)Risk Analysis
91 (0.364 %)Time Management
91 (0.364 %)Network Architecture
91 (0.364 %)Systems Analysis
91 (0.364 %)Document Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
127 (9.818 %)C
223 (8.364 %)SQL
32 (0.727 %)Perl
32 (0.727 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1111 (40.36 %)Cisco Certification
280 (29.09 %)CCNA
359 (21.45 %)CCNP
443 (15.64 %)Microsoft Certification
443 (15.64 %)Degree
541 (14.91 %)MCSE
619 (6.909 %)MCITP
713 (4.727 %)CCIE
811 (4.000 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
811 (4.000 %)JNCIA
910 (3.636 %)MCP
910 (3.636 %)JNCIS
109 (3.273 %)MCSA
109 (3.273 %)CCSP
118 (2.909 %)CCSA
127 (2.545 %)CCDA
127 (2.545 %)CCDP
136 (2.182 %)JNCIE
136 (2.182 %)MCDST
136 (2.182 %)MCTS
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (8.364 %)SLA
212 (4.364 %)ISO 9001
311 (4.000 %)ISO/IEC 27001
45 (1.818 %)QA
51 (0.364 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
136 (13.09 %)Active Directory
216 (5.818 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (5.091 %)VMware ESX
412 (4.364 %)Hyper-V
57 (2.545 %)vSphere
63 (1.091 %)MetaFrame
63 (1.091 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.727 %)Sendmail
72 (0.727 %)XenApp
72 (0.727 %)Veritas Volume Manager
81 (0.364 %)Xen
81 (0.364 %)VMware Server
81 (0.364 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.364 %)RACF
81 (0.364 %)ISA Server
81 (0.364 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (5.818 %)CiscoWorks
211 (4.000 %)OpenView
33 (1.091 %)Backup Exec
42 (0.727 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (0.727 %)Netcool
51 (0.364 %)WSUS
51 (0.364 %)HP Data Protector
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1166 (60.36 %)Cisco
259 (21.45 %)Microsoft
352 (18.91 %)VMware
450 (18.18 %)Juniper
545 (16.36 %)CheckPoint
628 (10.18 %)Nokia
727 (9.818 %)HP
824 (8.727 %)Nortel
923 (8.364 %)NetApp
1022 (8.000 %)Citrix
1113 (4.727 %)Remedy
1212 (4.364 %)SAP
1311 (4.000 %)3PAR
1311 (4.000 %)Blue Coat
1311 (4.000 %)Avaya
1410 (3.636 %)EMC
159 (3.273 %)Websense
159 (3.273 %)Sybase
168 (2.909 %)Sourcefire
176 (2.182 %)BT