Network Support Engineer Jobs

Network Support Engineer
UK

The median Network Support Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 920 1158
Rank change year-on-year +89 +238 -317
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 63 65 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.062% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.067% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 59 43 40
10th Percentile £21,250 £29,040 £27,500
25th Percentile £24,750 £31,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +2.07% +3.57%
75th Percentile £51,375 £50,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £68,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
% change year-on-year +12.68% -13.94% +17.86%

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +124 59 £40,000 +8.11% 13
UK excluding London +30 55 £40,000 +12.68% 12
South East +25 27 £22,500 -35.71% 1
Work from Home +100 16 £22,500 -35.71% 7
South West -8 12 £50,000 +20.48% 2
North of England +51 10 £40,000 +11.11% 6
North West +10 8 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands +26 6 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Midlands -1 6 £45,000 -18.18% 3
London +151 4 £40,000 -19.19% 1
North East +3 1 £29,000 -19.44% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £30,250 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Network Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (76.19%) Cisco
2 40 (63.49%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (53.97%) CCNA
4 29 (46.03%) Firewall
5 25 (39.68%) Wireless
5 25 (39.68%) Windows
5 25 (39.68%) LAN
6 24 (38.10%) WAN
6 24 (38.10%) Customer Service
7 22 (34.92%) VLAN
7 22 (34.92%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 21 (33.33%) Telecoms
8 21 (33.33%) Social Skills
9 20 (31.75%) Juniper
10 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
11 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (28.57%) OSPF
11 18 (28.57%) BGP
12 16 (25.40%) VPN
12 16 (25.40%) DHCP
12 16 (25.40%) Broadband
12 16 (25.40%) Windows 10
13 15 (23.81%) Network+ Certification
13 15 (23.81%) Fortinet
14 14 (22.22%) MCITP
14 14 (22.22%) ITIL
14 14 (22.22%) ADSL
15 13 (20.63%) Azure
16 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Office

Network Support 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 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (20.63%) Azure
3 7 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.35%) IaaS
5 3 (4.76%) AWS
5 3 (4.76%) SaaS
6 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (46.03%) Firewall
2 25 (39.68%) LAN
2 25 (39.68%) Wireless
3 24 (38.10%) WAN
4 22 (34.92%) VLAN
5 18 (28.57%) BGP
5 18 (28.57%) OSPF
6 16 (25.40%) Broadband
6 16 (25.40%) DHCP
6 16 (25.40%) VPN
7 14 (22.22%) ADSL
8 10 (15.87%) DNS
9 9 (14.29%) NetScaler
10 8 (12.70%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (11.11%) TCP/IP
11 7 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (9.52%) DSL
12 6 (9.52%) Ethernet
12 6 (9.52%) Internet
12 6 (9.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Hudson
General
1 21 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 21 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.76%) Law
3 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.59%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.35%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.35%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (39.68%) Windows
2 16 (25.40%) Windows 10
3 11 (17.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (9.52%) VyOS
5 5 (7.94%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (6.35%) Linux
7 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (3.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Customer Service
2 14 (22.22%) ITIL
3 8 (12.70%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (11.11%) Change Management
4 7 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (7.94%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.35%) Agile
6 4 (6.35%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (6.35%) Patch Management
6 4 (6.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (4.76%) Configuration Management
7 3 (4.76%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (4.76%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.76%) Decision-Making
7 3 (4.76%) Mentoring
7 3 (4.76%) Network Architecture
7 3 (4.76%) Process Improvement
7 3 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (4.76%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) Bash
1 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (63.49%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (53.97%) CCNA
3 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
4 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (23.81%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (22.22%) MCITP
7 9 (14.29%) DV Cleared
8 7 (11.11%) JNCIA
9 6 (9.52%) CCNP
10 4 (6.35%) Azure Certification
11 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
12 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
12 1 (1.59%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.35%) Firmware
3 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (76.19%) Cisco
2 21 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 20 (31.75%) Juniper
4 15 (23.81%) Fortinet
5 10 (15.87%) Citrix
6 8 (12.70%) SolarWinds
7 6 (9.52%) Nokia
7 6 (9.52%) Ruckus Wireless
7 6 (9.52%) Vyatta
8 5 (7.94%) Acronis
8 5 (7.94%) Meraki
9 4 (6.35%) VMware
10 3 (4.76%) Veeam
10 3 (4.76%) WatchGuard
11 2 (3.17%) Aruba
11 2 (3.17%) F5
11 2 (3.17%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.59%) Draytek