Network Operations Centre Engineer
UK

The median Network Operations Centre Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 884 899 1160
Rank change year-on-year +15 +261 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a NOC Engineer 12 71 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.068% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.074% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 9 67 59
10th Percentile £28,700 £32,400 £28,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £30,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +17.14% -4.11%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,500
90th Percentile £48,805 £57,125 £56,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £42,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year -13.10% +15.07% -8.75%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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%

NOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NOC Engineer in the UK

NOC Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NOC Engineer in the UK

NOC Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NOC Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NOC Engineer in the UK

NOC Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NOC Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +54 11 £36,500 -10.98% 8
UK excluding London -24 11 £36,500 -13.10% 9
South East +12 4 £41,250 +0.61% 1
West Midlands +26 2 - - 1
Midlands +8 2 - - 1
South West -5 2 £32,500 -7.14%
North West - 2 £31,500 - 4
North of England - 2 £31,500 - 4
London +114 1 £50,500 +34.67% 1
Wales - 1 £46,138 -

NOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, NOC 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 NOC Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (58.33%) Data Centre
3 6 (50.00%) CCNA
4 5 (41.67%) Linux
5 4 (33.33%) Firewall
5 4 (33.33%) CCNP
5 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
6 3 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
6 3 (25.00%) Wireshark
6 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (25.00%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (25.00%) Red Hat
6 3 (25.00%) Internet
6 3 (25.00%) MCSE
6 3 (25.00%) MCSA
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Information Security Management
6 3 (25.00%) Security Management
6 3 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (25.00%) VMware
6 3 (25.00%) Information Security
6 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
7 2 (16.67%) ITSM

NOC 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Internet
2 3 (25.00%) Wireshark
3 2 (16.67%) BGP
3 2 (16.67%) OSPF
4 1 (8.33%) DHCP
4 1 (8.33%) DNS
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (25.00%) Raspberry Pi
3 2 (16.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Information Security
1 3 (25.00%) Information Security Management
1 3 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (25.00%) Security Management
1 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (16.67%) Change Control
2 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
2 2 (16.67%) ITSM
2 2 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Fault Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (8.33%) Line Management
3 1 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (50.00%) CCNA
3 4 (33.33%) CCNP
4 3 (25.00%) MCSA
4 3 (25.00%) MCSE
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.33%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (8.33%) Infoblox
3 1 (8.33%) Juniper
3 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds