Network Systems Engineer Jobs

Network Systems Engineer
UK

The median Network Systems Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 927 1186
Rank change year-on-year +96 +259 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Systems Engineer 47 45 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.044% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.049% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 46 32 25
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,563 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +44.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £56,188 £56,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,250 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +14.29% -22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Network Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Network Systems Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Systems Engineer in the UK

Network Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Systems Engineer.

Salary trend for Network Systems Engineer in the UK

Network Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Systems Engineer in the UK

Network Systems Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -2 46 £50,000 +25.00% 6
England +105 45 £50,000 -0.99% 12
East of England +29 18 £52,500 -0.94% 2
Work from Home +85 12 £52,000 +30.00% 3
South East +5 9 £45,000 -14.29% 2
South West -18 8 £52,000 +30.00%
North of England +50 7 £35,000 +6.06% 1
North East -6 4 £35,000 +6.06%
North West +6 3 £50,000 - 1
Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
Scotland - 2 £45,250 -
London +108 1 £62,500 +4.17% 6

Network Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Network Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (48.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (38.30%) Azure
3 16 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (31.91%) Windows
4 15 (31.91%) VMware
5 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
6 11 (23.40%) Linux
6 11 (23.40%) WAN
6 11 (23.40%) Hyper-V
6 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (23.40%) Auto-Scaling
6 11 (23.40%) Windows Server
7 10 (21.28%) LAN
8 9 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (19.15%) AWS
8 9 (19.15%) GCP
9 8 (17.02%) VPN
9 8 (17.02%) Telecoms
10 7 (14.89%) Finance
10 7 (14.89%) Configuration Management
10 7 (14.89%) Firewall
10 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (14.89%) CCNA
10 7 (14.89%) SAN
10 7 (14.89%) OpenStack
10 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
10 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (14.89%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (14.89%) VLAN
10 7 (14.89%) Systems Engineering

Network Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (14.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 18 (38.30%) Azure
2 16 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (19.15%) AWS
3 9 (19.15%) GCP
4 6 (12.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.40%) WAN
2 10 (21.28%) LAN
3 8 (17.02%) VPN
4 7 (14.89%) Firewall
4 7 (14.89%) SAN
4 7 (14.89%) VLAN
5 6 (12.77%) Software-Defined Networking
5 6 (12.77%) Wireless
6 5 (10.64%) WLAN
7 4 (8.51%) NAS
7 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
8 3 (6.38%) 4G
8 3 (6.38%) 5G
8 3 (6.38%) Network Security
8 3 (6.38%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (6.38%) Tactical Data Link
8 3 (6.38%) VoIP
9 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.13%) BGP
10 1 (2.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) MySQL
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.13%) InfluxDB
3 1 (2.13%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
General
1 8 (17.02%) Telecoms
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 4 (8.51%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Military
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Replication
2 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.38%) PKI
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) CCTV
4 1 (2.13%) Clustering
4 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (31.91%) Windows
2 11 (23.40%) Linux
2 11 (23.40%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.77%) Debian
3 6 (12.77%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.13%) CentOS
4 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Auto-Scaling
2 7 (14.89%) Configuration Management
2 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (14.89%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (14.89%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
3 6 (12.77%) DevOps
3 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
4 5 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (10.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) ITIL
5 4 (8.51%) Migration
5 4 (8.51%) Presales
6 3 (6.38%) Client Onboarding
6 3 (6.38%) Containerisation
6 3 (6.38%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.38%) PRINCE
6 3 (6.38%) Security Hardening
6 3 (6.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) PowerShell
1 6 (12.77%) Shell Script
2 3 (6.38%) MATLAB
3 2 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (14.89%) CCNA
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) Degree
4 3 (6.38%) AWS Certification
4 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.26%) MCSE
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CCNP
6 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.13%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (27.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (23.40%) Hyper-V
2 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (2.13%) Firmware
3 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) ZABBIX
2 1 (2.13%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.13%) Check_MK
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (48.94%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.91%) VMware
3 6 (12.77%) Cisco
3 6 (12.77%) Red Hat
4 4 (8.51%) Citrix
4 4 (8.51%) Juniper
5 3 (6.38%) Aruba
5 3 (6.38%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.38%) MikroTik
5 3 (6.38%) Riverbed
5 3 (6.38%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (4.26%) Dell
6 2 (4.26%) EMC
6 2 (4.26%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.26%) Sparx
7 1 (2.13%) Meraki
7 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.13%) Splunk
7 1 (2.13%) Veritas
7 1 (2.13%) Zscaler