The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 advertised for the Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 21 23 10
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 12 5 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 8.696% 5.208% 18.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.160% 5.319% 18.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 16
Average salary £26,000 £37,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.66% -0.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
131 94 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 94.93% 97.92% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 119 72 94
Average salary £30,000 £34,500 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.04% -8.60%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
West Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wakefield Network Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region that cited Network 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 Network Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (80.00%) VMware
1 16 (80.00%) SAN
1 16 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (80.00%) WAN
1 16 (80.00%) MS Exchange
1 16 (80.00%) LAN
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 16 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 14 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco
3 4 (20.00%) CCNP
4 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (10.00%) XenApp
4 2 (10.00%) XenServer
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (10.00%) MCITP
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (10.00%) Wireless
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (10.00%) Citrix
4 2 (10.00%) DHCP
4 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region that cited Network 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 Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 16 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) SAN
1 16 (80.00%) WAN
1 16 (80.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless
2 2 (10.00%) DHCP
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.000%) VoIP
3 1 (5.000%) BGP
3 1 (5.000%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 16 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) CCNP
2 2 (10.00%) MCITP
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) MCSE
2 2 (10.00%) MCSA
3 1 (5.000%) CCIP
3 1 (5.000%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 16 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (10.00%) XenApp
2 2 (10.00%) XenServer
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) VMware
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (10.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (10.00%) Citrix