The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 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 Support
Rank 491 596 560
Rank change year-on-year
+105 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 426 325 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.394% 0.269% 0.271%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.418% 0.284% 0.288%
Number of salaries quoted 359 279 303
Average salary £36,500 £34,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.35% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,250
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +4.83%
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 Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Salary Histogram

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

Network Support Salary Histogram

Network Support
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 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 +85 387 £35,000 -
London +78 138 £42,500 +13.33%
South East +26 110 £37,500 +7.14%
East of England +27 44 £32,500 +8.33%
Yorkshire +22 34 £25,000 -26.47%
West Midlands -15 25 £32,250 -7.85%
Kent +1 23 £36,500 -10.97%
Berkshire +13 22 £37,500 -25.00%
Scotland +10 21 £42,500 +30.76%
Hampshire -20 21 £33,750 +17.39%
Surrey +5 18 £45,000 +41.73%
West Sussex +4 18 £47,500 +9.19%
Reading +9 17 £37,500 -25.00%
South West -6 17 £27,500 -15.38%
Hertfordshire +15 16 £31,000 +3.33%
Crawley +8 16 £47,500 +9.19%
City of London -17 16 £40,000 +23.07%
West Yorkshire +6 15 £25,000 -30.55%
Essex +26 14 £35,000 +26.73%
Cambridgeshire +21 13 £35,000 -6.66%
East Midlands +4 12 £28,500 -0.86%
Orpington - 12 £42,500 -
South Wales +8 11 £55,000 +57.14%
Wales +7 11 £55,000 +57.14%
North Yorkshire 0 11 £25,000 -9.09%
Leeds -11 9 £24,000 -33.33%
Caerphilly - 9 £55,000 -
Gloucestershire - 9 £27,500 -
Ripon +3 8 £25,000 +4.16%
Staines - 8 £57,500 -

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 581 (70.94%) Cisco
2 464 (56.65%) Cisco Certification
3 422 (51.53%) Firewall
4 312 (38.10%) CCNA
5 278 (33.94%) CCNP
6 259 (31.62%) TCP/IP
6 259 (31.62%) Windows
7 258 (31.50%) WAN
8 230 (28.08%) LAN
9 220 (26.86%) CheckPoint
10 185 (22.59%) VPN
11 165 (20.15%) MPLS
12 153 (18.68%) DNS
13 147 (17.95%) VMware
13 147 (17.95%) Juniper
13 147 (17.95%) ITIL
14 144 (17.58%) VoIP
15 140 (17.09%) Active Directory
16 137 (16.73%) Network Security
17 127 (15.51%) Microsoft
18 122 (14.90%) Wireless
19 117 (14.29%) Linux
20 116 (14.16%) Telecoms
21 113 (13.80%) Windows Server 2008
22 108 (13.19%) Windows Server 2003
23 107 (13.06%) CCIE
24 100 (12.21%) Cisco ASA
25 99 (12.09%) Finance
26 97 (11.84%) DHCP
27 95 (11.60%) SLA

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 31 (3.785%) CSS
2 6 (0.733%) EDI
3 4 (0.488%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (0.122%) XML
4 1 (0.122%) .NET
4 1 (0.122%) HTML
4 1 (0.122%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.122%) MAPI
4 1 (0.122%) X-Windows
4 1 (0.122%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 89 (10.87%) MS Exchange
2 46 (5.617%) IIS
3 33 (4.029%) Exchange Server 2003
4 31 (3.785%) Exchange Server 2010
5 30 (3.663%) Exchange Server 2007
6 22 (2.686%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.832%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 8 (0.977%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.733%) Lync
9 6 (0.733%) Apache
10 5 (0.611%) SharePoint 2010
11 4 (0.488%) SharePoint Server
11 4 (0.488%) CMS
12 1 (0.122%) Exchange Server 5.5
12 1 (0.122%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 63 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 49 (5.983%) MS Office
3 19 (2.320%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.366%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.122%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.122%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (0.366%) RMDS
1 3 (0.366%) Line 500
2 1 (0.122%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.122%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 422 (51.53%) Firewall
2 259 (31.62%) TCP/IP
3 258 (31.50%) WAN
4 230 (28.08%) LAN
5 185 (22.59%) VPN
6 165 (20.15%) MPLS
7 153 (18.68%) DNS
8 144 (17.58%) VoIP
9 137 (16.73%) Network Security
10 122 (14.90%) Wireless
11 100 (12.21%) Cisco ASA
12 97 (11.84%) DHCP
13 90 (10.99%) OSPF
14 83 (10.13%) BGP
15 79 (9.646%) EIGRP
16 75 (9.158%) Ethernet
17 73 (8.913%) SAN
18 65 (7.937%) VLAN
19 62 (7.570%) Internet
20 57 (6.960%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.762%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.832%) MySQL
3 8 (0.977%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (0.733%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (0.611%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.488%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.366%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.244%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.122%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.244%) MSI
General
1 116 (14.16%) Telecoms
2 99 (12.09%) Finance
3 30 (3.663%) Banking
4 16 (1.954%) Retail
5 14 (1.709%) Advertising
6 13 (1.587%) Financial Institution
7 7 (0.855%) Law
7 7 (0.855%) Front Office
7 7 (0.855%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.366%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.366%) Back Office
8 3 (0.366%) Legal
8 3 (0.366%) Marketing
9 2 (0.244%) Music
9 2 (0.244%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.122%) Games
10 1 (0.122%) Publishing
10 1 (0.122%) Electronics
10 1 (0.122%) Local Government
10 1 (0.122%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.274%) Blackberry
2 21 (2.564%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.198%) Firmware
4 8 (0.977%) Replication
4 8 (0.977%) NHS
5 7 (0.855%) Computer Science
5 7 (0.855%) iPhone
6 5 (0.611%) CCTV
6 5 (0.611%) IPTV
7 4 (0.488%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (0.488%) PKI
8 3 (0.366%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.366%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.366%) Clustering
8 3 (0.366%) SecurID
8 3 (0.366%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.366%) iPad
9 2 (0.244%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.244%) SaaS
9 2 (0.244%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 259 (31.62%) Windows
2 117 (14.29%) Linux
3 113 (13.80%) Windows Server 2008
4 108 (13.19%) Windows Server 2003
5 70 (8.547%) UNIX
6 58 (7.082%) Windows XP
7 34 (4.151%) Windows 7
8 30 (3.663%) Windows Vista
9 28 (3.419%) Solaris
10 18 (2.198%) CentOS
11 16 (1.954%) Windows 2000
12 13 (1.587%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (1.343%) Mac OS X
13 11 (1.343%) Windows 8
14 10 (1.221%) Windows 2000 Server
15 9 (1.099%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 4 (0.488%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.488%) AIX
17 3 (0.366%) Windows NT
17 3 (0.366%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (17.95%) ITIL
2 73 (8.913%) Load Balancing
3 57 (6.960%) Network Management
4 43 (5.250%) Problem Management
5 38 (4.640%) Service Delivery
6 37 (4.518%) Service Management
7 34 (4.151%) Incident Management
7 34 (4.151%) Network Design
8 30 (3.663%) Change Management
9 25 (3.053%) Time Management
10 24 (2.930%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (2.564%) Configuration Management
12 17 (2.076%) Capacity Management
13 15 (1.832%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (1.832%) CMMI
13 15 (1.832%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (1.587%) Migration
14 13 (1.587%) Automated Testing
15 12 (1.465%) Business Continuity
16 10 (1.221%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 61 (7.448%) SQL
2 14 (1.709%) PHP
3 6 (0.733%) PowerShell
3 6 (0.733%) C
4 4 (0.488%) Shell Script
5 3 (0.366%) ActionScript
5 3 (0.366%) ActionScript 2.0
6 2 (0.244%) Bash shell
6 2 (0.244%) Korn
Qualifications
1 464 (56.65%) Cisco Certification
2 312 (38.10%) CCNA
3 278 (33.94%) CCNP
4 107 (13.06%) CCIE
5 81 (9.890%) Microsoft Certification
6 61 (7.448%) MCSE
7 56 (6.838%) Security Cleared
8 47 (5.739%) Degree
9 42 (5.128%) CCIP
10 29 (3.541%) MCITP
11 27 (3.297%) CCDP
12 24 (2.930%) MCP
13 15 (1.832%) CCSE
13 15 (1.832%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.832%) CCDE
14 13 (1.587%) SC Cleared
15 11 (1.343%) CCSP
15 11 (1.343%) JNCIE
16 10 (1.221%) JNCIS
16 10 (1.221%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (11.60%) SLA
2 15 (1.832%) ISO 9000
3 11 (1.343%) ISO 9001
4 5 (0.611%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.122%) BS7799
System Software
1 140 (17.09%) Active Directory
2 92 (11.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (4.396%) Hyper-V
3 36 (4.396%) vSphere
4 18 (2.198%) ProxySG
5 16 (1.954%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (1.954%) VMware ESX
6 10 (1.221%) XenApp
7 9 (1.099%) ISA Server
8 8 (0.977%) Forefront TMG
8 8 (0.977%) Terminal Services
9 5 (0.611%) XenServer
10 3 (0.366%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (0.366%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.244%) Postfix
11 2 (0.244%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.244%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.122%) NDS
12 1 (0.122%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.122%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 36 (4.396%) CiscoWorks
2 15 (1.832%) Backup Exec
3 12 (1.465%) WSUS
4 10 (1.221%) Norton AntiVirus
5 9 (1.099%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.977%) SCCM
7 5 (0.611%) McAfee ePO
8 3 (0.366%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.122%) MOM
9 1 (0.122%) Nagios
9 1 (0.122%) Cisco IPCC
9 1 (0.122%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.122%) SCOM
9 1 (0.122%) Cisco UCCE
9 1 (0.122%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.122%) Cacti
9 1 (0.122%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 581 (70.94%) Cisco
2 220 (26.86%) CheckPoint
3 147 (17.95%) VMware
3 147 (17.95%) Juniper
4 127 (15.51%) Microsoft
5 71 (8.669%) F5
6 62 (7.570%) Blue Coat
7 60 (7.326%) Citrix
8 52 (6.349%) HP
9 32 (3.907%) BT
10 27 (3.297%) McAfee
11 26 (3.175%) SolarWinds
12 25 (3.053%) Red Hat
13 24 (2.930%) Mitel
14 23 (2.808%) Infoblox
14 23 (2.808%) Symantec
15 21 (2.564%) Riverbed
16 19 (2.320%) Dell
17 18 (2.198%) Oracle
18 17 (2.076%) Imperva
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Responsibilities * configure, maintain, install, upgrade and rollout network devices, such as Cisco firewalls, Cisco and Enterasys switches, Cisco routers, VPN concentrators and other equipment responsible for providing IT...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Overtime + Oncall + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
will ideally have some experience in network operations and be Cisco CCNA or CCNP qualified... EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, TCP/IP... Security - Cisco ASA/FWSM, Check Point, Juniper. Cisco...
CACI Network Services
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum Bonus, benefits and training
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Technical consultant on Cisco / Brocade / Palo Alto / Riverbed / Juniper networking solutions... Install the full range of LAN, WAN and agreed security products... Must be certified in either Cisco...
AWD Recruitment
Salary: up to £45,000 + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Knowledge of Cisco wireless products. Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications products... Cisco ASA, Juniper Firewalls... CCNP level with strong routing and switching skills... CCVP... Cisco Works LMS/UOM.....
FT Select
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
the work will require a good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows server and desktop operating systems, plus installation, configuration, and management of virtual servers, Storage Area Networks, switches,...
City of Bristol College
Salary: £23,946 - 26,166 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, South East
We are looking for someone with the following: TCP/IP and other network protocols, Ethernet, VLANs, Wireless networking, IP routing plus a general knowledge of ICT and its...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Using their existing knowledge of LAN/WAN communications the new recruit would be responsible for ensuring the numerous clinical and administrative applications are able to function efficiently and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £22000.00 - £26000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
You must be Cisco qualified and have hands experience on Multi-national network environments, Network Protocols, Switches, Routers, TCP/IP. VoIP, MPLS, Call Recording software (Nice) and change...
Proactive Appointments
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + banking benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
East Riding of Yorkshire
Using their existing knowledge of LAN/WAN communications the ICT Network support analyst would be responsible for ensuring the numerous clinical and administrative applications are able to function...
Sand Resources
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The ideal Network Support Engineer will have technical knowledge of a combination of the following: LAN (Switches, VLAS, QoS) WAN (routing, VPN, MPLS) Monitoring tools like Solarwinds or...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £43k - 48k per year + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
CCIE qualification Core Competencies and essential skills: LAN and WAN Network Implementation and Support Connectivity to Major Exchanges and Clients Cisco - 3750, 3800, 7200, 6500, Nexus * EIGRP, BGP,...
Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will already have a CCIE qualification and come from a financial background... The skills required are as follows: * Working knowledge of Switched Ethernet and VLAN...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will already have a CCIE qualification and come from a financial background... The skills required are as follows: * Working knowledge of Switched Ethernet and VLAN...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
We are currently recruiting for an Experienced Network Support Engineer who will be responsible for supporting bespoke Ethernet Networks and Managed Services. You will have strong MPLS/VPLS/...
Exponential-e
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
You will be responsible for the administration, configuration and monitoring of the organisation's wired and wireless network infrastructure, to assist in the development of the network infrastructure...
Reed Technology
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, South East
We are looking for someone with the following: TCP/IP and other network protocols, Ethernet, VLANs, Wireless networking, IP routing plus a general knowledge of ICT and its...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
They are looking to secure the services of a Network Support Engineer with experience with Unix, Linux, Windows and SQL. An excellent opportunity for a junior/graduate Network...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Southampton, South East
We are looking for someone with the following: TCP/IP and other network protocols, Ethernet, VLANs, Wireless networking, IP routing plus a general knowledge of ICT and its...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Working knowledge of the following LAN/WAN Protocols & Technologies: (TCP/IP, Multicast, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, Spanning Tree, QoS)... *Working knowledge of firewall products including Checkpoint, Fortinet and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Package and Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Network Support / 3rd Line IT Support - London, £28k basic + benefits package, Windows Server 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, Exchange, LAN, WAN, Cisco, VMWare... LAN & WAN technologies (including wireless) Windows...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £28,000 per annum £28k basic + benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Romsey, Hampshire
Emery Ltd is a market leader in complete mail order fulfilment solutions with particular emphasis on inbound and outbound contact centre services as well as operating our own...
Emery Mail Order
Salary: Market related
Posted: 20 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Minimum of CCNP certification - Ideally CCIE certified or currently studying towards CCIE... Knowledge & experience around routing and switching technologies such as BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, STP, HSRP & VRRP...
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Oncall
Posted: 21 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
This is a progression role for the right person to work with technologies like Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Active Directory, Exchange, SQL,TCP/IP, Firewalls, disaster recovery...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Ripon, North Yorkshire
First Line Support, Second Line Support, linux operating systems, servers, networks, RedHat, CentOS, VPNs, Cisco, IP addressing, TCP / IP networking, network security, VoIP, SIP, RTP, Oracle, MySQL, PHP.
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire
The main responsibilities include: - Server and network configuration - Installation of software - both internal and third-party - Microsoft Exchange configuration - Microsoft Office administration - Oracle database administration - Telephony management - Internal...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £23,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
We are looking for an Network and Security Infrastructure Architect who has a solid and recent experience as an Infrastructure Architect, with CCNA and CCNP qualifications... CCNA and...
Venturi
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus/benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Good initiative and judgement are essential, as is the ability to oversee multiple projects with tight deadlines and perform accurately under such time pressures and constraints.The minimum...
Osborne Clarke
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
KEY SKILLS: Windows Server (2003/2008/2012), Exchange Server (2007/2010/2013), Windows (XP/7/8), Microsoft Office (2007/2010/2013), Active Directory, network administration (TCP/IP, DHCP,...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
A leading public sector organisation based in Central London are seeking a Network Support Lead to join their infrastructure team on an initial 3 month contract basis.The...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £1000 - £1250 per week
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
You will be providing 2nd/3rd line support to users and have technical skills in the following: Required -Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 administration -Exchange Server 2007/2010/...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
KEY SKILLS:Windows Server (2003/2008/2012), Exchange Server (2007/2010/2013), Windows (XP/7/8), Microsoft Office (2007/2010/2013), Active Directory, network administration (TCP/IP, DHCP,...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
18,846 - £21,213 per annum. Winchester. 37 hours per week, permanent. Job Ref: HCC1333122. The Regional Network & Desktop support teams provide technical and business IT advice, consultancy,...
Hampshire County Council
Salary: From £18,846 to £21,213 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013