The first table below looks at the demand for the NOC Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited NOC Engineer 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 Operations Centre Engineer
Rank 764 830 788
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a NOC Engineer 98 69 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.091% 0.057% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.060% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 88 65 80
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +8.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,350 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,650 £44,000 £42,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,250 £30,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +9.01%
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%

NOC Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

NOC Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

NOC Engineer
Salary Trend

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

NOC Engineer Salary Trend

NOC Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

NOC Engineer Salary Histogram

NOC 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 NOC Engineer 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 +58 97 £35,000 +6.87%
South East +13 42 £35,000 +7.69%
London +64 27 £35,000 +16.66%
Berkshire +16 21 £35,000 +27.27%
East of England +10 15 £32,500 -13.33%
City of London +9 11 £35,000 +16.66%
Reading +4 9 £35,000 +31.45%
Hertfordshire +16 8 £32,500 +26.21%
Slough +1 8 £35,000 +27.27%
Hemel Hempstead - 8 £32,500 -
Surrey -4 7 £35,000 +5.26%
Buckinghamshire -5 7 £27,500 -21.42%
West Midlands -14 7 £30,000 -25.00%
High Wycombe +6 5 £30,625 +36.11%
Warwickshire - 5 £30,000 -
Cambridgeshire +10 4 £31,250 -17.76%
Guildford 0 4 £35,000 -22.22%
Hampshire -4 4 £35,000 +20.68%
Basingstoke -9 4 £35,000 +20.68%
Camberley +6 3 £34,000 +3.03%
Cambridge -2 3 £27,500 -27.63%
Kent -13 3 £35,000 +7.69%
Basildon - 3 £37,500 -
Bracknell - 3 £35,000 -
West Malling - 3 £35,000 -
Somerset - 3 - -
Essex - 3 £37,500 -
South West - 3 - -
North West +3 1 £22,000 -34.32%
Yorkshire +2 1 £20,500 -6.81%

NOC Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 93 (56.36%) Cisco
2 89 (53.94%) Juniper
3 78 (47.27%) MPLS
4 75 (45.45%) Telecoms
5 72 (43.64%) Cisco Certification
6 62 (37.58%) Firewall
7 55 (33.33%) CCNA
8 53 (32.12%) DSL
9 52 (31.52%) VPLS
10 46 (27.88%) JNCIA
11 43 (26.06%) JNCIS
12 41 (24.85%) JNCIP
12 41 (24.85%) Windows
13 40 (24.24%) VPN
14 34 (20.61%) CCNP
15 29 (17.58%) OSPF
16 28 (16.97%) LAN
17 26 (15.76%) WAN
18 24 (14.55%) HP
19 23 (13.94%) VMware
20 22 (13.33%) ITIL
21 21 (12.73%) CheckPoint
21 21 (12.73%) Finance
22 20 (12.12%) NetScreen
22 20 (12.12%) Degree
23 19 (11.52%) DNS
23 19 (11.52%) SNMP
23 19 (11.52%) TCP/IP
24 18 (10.91%) BGP
25 17 (10.30%) Linux

NOC Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (0.606%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (4.242%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (1.818%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.606%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.606%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (1.818%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.212%) MS Office
3 1 (0.606%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.606%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 78 (47.27%) MPLS
2 62 (37.58%) Firewall
3 53 (32.12%) DSL
4 52 (31.52%) VPLS
5 40 (24.24%) VPN
6 29 (17.58%) OSPF
7 28 (16.97%) LAN
8 26 (15.76%) WAN
9 20 (12.12%) NetScreen
10 19 (11.52%) DNS
10 19 (11.52%) SNMP
10 19 (11.52%) TCP/IP
11 18 (10.91%) BGP
12 14 (8.485%) Broadband
13 13 (7.879%) ISDN
13 13 (7.879%) VoIP
14 12 (7.273%) Ethernet
14 12 (7.273%) TELNET
14 12 (7.273%) Cisco ASA
15 11 (6.667%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.242%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.636%) TOAD
3 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 75 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 21 (12.73%) Finance
3 3 (1.818%) German Language
4 1 (0.606%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.667%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.212%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 41 (24.85%) Windows
2 17 (10.30%) Linux
2 17 (10.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (9.697%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (8.485%) UNIX
5 4 (2.424%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.606%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.606%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (0.606%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (13.33%) ITIL
2 15 (9.091%) Network Management
3 12 (7.273%) Technical Architecture
4 11 (6.667%) Fault Management
5 8 (4.848%) Service Management
6 7 (4.242%) Incident Management
6 7 (4.242%) Service Delivery
7 6 (3.636%) Change Management
7 6 (3.636%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (3.636%) Customer Engagement
8 5 (3.030%) Load Balancing
8 5 (3.030%) Capacity Management
9 3 (1.818%) Problem Management
10 2 (1.212%) Change Control
10 2 (1.212%) Network Design
11 1 (0.606%) Root Cause Analysis
11 1 (0.606%) Capacity Planning
11 1 (0.606%) Project Management
11 1 (0.606%) ITSM
11 1 (0.606%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.424%) SQL
2 3 (1.818%) Shell Script
3 2 (1.212%) Perl
4 1 (0.606%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.606%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 72 (43.64%) Cisco Certification
2 55 (33.33%) CCNA
3 46 (27.88%) JNCIA
4 43 (26.06%) JNCIS
5 41 (24.85%) JNCIP
6 34 (20.61%) CCNP
7 20 (12.12%) Degree
8 9 (5.455%) CCIE
9 8 (4.848%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (4.848%) CCVP
10 7 (4.242%) Security Cleared
11 6 (3.636%) MCSE
11 6 (3.636%) SC Cleared
12 5 (3.030%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.424%) MCP
14 3 (1.818%) HP MASE
14 3 (1.818%) VCP5
15 2 (1.212%) CCSP
15 2 (1.212%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.697%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (9.697%) vSphere
2 10 (6.061%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.636%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.424%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.606%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (6.061%) ServiceCenter
2 7 (4.242%) Netcool
3 6 (3.636%) OpenView
3 6 (3.636%) CiscoWorks
3 6 (3.636%) Nagios
4 2 (1.212%) MOM
4 2 (1.212%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.212%) SCOM
5 1 (0.606%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.606%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.606%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 93 (56.36%) Cisco
2 89 (53.94%) Juniper
3 24 (14.55%) HP
4 23 (13.94%) VMware
5 21 (12.73%) CheckPoint
6 16 (9.697%) Foundry
6 16 (9.697%) Microsoft
7 14 (8.485%) Brocade
8 12 (7.273%) Aruba
9 11 (6.667%) Fortinet
10 9 (5.455%) Nimsoft
11 8 (4.848%) SolarWinds
12 6 (3.636%) Red Hat
13 5 (3.030%) Blue Coat
13 5 (3.030%) Twitter
13 5 (3.030%) Citrix
14 4 (2.424%) Avaya
14 4 (2.424%) Dell
14 4 (2.424%) Remedy
14 4 (2.424%) Exinda
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Candidates must have solid NOC experience in configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining firewalls (reseller or service provider). Experience with Checkpoint/Juniper SRX/ Juniper Netscreen will give you a distinct...
Esum
Salary: Unspecified £Excellent + Bonus + Training + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wales
CASSIDIAN, an EADS Company, is a worldwide leader in global security solutions and systems, providing lead system integration and value-added products and services to civil and military...
EADS
Posted: 17 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
First class training, gain exposure to Linux and Windows Server environments!... Key Responsibilities *Racking and configuring servers *Helping customers resolve their technical issues via ticket/telephone and escalating...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £27000 per annum + Excellent benefits and career progression
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Bracknell £25k - £40k I am currently recruiting for my client who is the leader in security, risk management and compliance solutions and are paving the way with new...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
A leading software company based in Cambridge require a Systems Administrator with Linux experience and solid networking knowledge... Experience required The ideal candidate will have a broad experience...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent salary and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
We need a NOC Engineer with the following skills: *Experience managing and troubleshooting internet facing web applications *Linux Systems Administration experience with multiple distros (RedHat, CentOS, Debian) *NOC...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013