Network Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Network Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Berkshire is £38,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 114 169
Rank change year-on-year -4 +55 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 47 78 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.51% 2.45% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.59% 2.65% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 44 51 24
10th Percentile £32,375 £36,117 £40,750
25th Percentile £35,000 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% -12.20% -10.87%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £61,250
South East median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +3.16% -8.65% +12.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,963 2,942 3,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 92.34% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,146 1,680 2,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.44% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,034 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bracknell +14 23 £37,500 -44.44% 9
Reading -4 13 £65,000 +44.44% 7
Slough +28 4 £52,500 +50.00%
Newbury -6 1 £27,500 -38.89% 2
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Network 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (74.47%) Security Cleared
2 34 (72.34%) Cisco
3 27 (57.45%) DV Cleared
4 26 (55.32%) SC Cleared
5 21 (44.68%) Juniper
6 18 (38.30%) Firewall
7 17 (36.17%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (31.91%) CCNA
9 13 (27.66%) CCNP
10 11 (23.40%) Wireless
11 10 (21.28%) VPN
12 9 (19.15%) DNS
12 9 (19.15%) SSL
13 8 (17.02%) Network Security
14 7 (14.89%) OSPF
14 7 (14.89%) BGP
14 7 (14.89%) LAN
15 6 (12.77%) WAN
15 6 (12.77%) Migration
15 6 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
15 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 5 (10.64%) SD-WAN
16 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
16 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
16 5 (10.64%) Palo Alto
16 5 (10.64%) IPsec
16 5 (10.64%) Windows
16 5 (10.64%) Linux
16 5 (10.64%) Active Directory

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (8.51%) IIS
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.51%) SharePoint
1 4 (8.51%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (8.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (38.30%) Firewall
2 11 (23.40%) Wireless
3 10 (21.28%) VPN
4 9 (19.15%) DNS
4 9 (19.15%) SSL
5 8 (17.02%) Network Security
6 7 (14.89%) BGP
6 7 (14.89%) LAN
6 7 (14.89%) OSPF
7 6 (12.77%) WAN
8 5 (10.64%) IPsec
8 5 (10.64%) SD-WAN
9 4 (8.51%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (8.51%) iSCSI
9 4 (8.51%) MPLS
9 4 (8.51%) NAS
9 4 (8.51%) SAN
10 3 (6.38%) DMZ
10 3 (6.38%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (4.26%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.51%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (8.51%) Replication
3 3 (6.38%) PKI
4 1 (2.13%) IoT
4 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.13%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.64%) Linux
1 5 (10.64%) Windows
1 5 (10.64%) Windows Server
2 4 (8.51%) Ubuntu
2 4 (8.51%) VMS
2 4 (8.51%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (8.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (12.77%) Migration
2 4 (8.51%) Inventory Management
3 3 (6.38%) Presales
3 3 (6.38%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (4.26%) ITIL
5 1 (2.13%) Agile
5 1 (2.13%) Customer Service
5 1 (2.13%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.13%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.13%) ITSM
5 1 (2.13%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (2.13%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.13%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.13%) Security Hardening
5 1 (2.13%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (57.45%) DV Cleared
3 26 (55.32%) SC Cleared
4 17 (36.17%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (31.91%) CCNA
6 13 (27.66%) CCNP
7 1 (2.13%) Degree
7 1 (2.13%) JNCIA
7 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (8.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Cisco
2 21 (44.68%) Juniper
3 5 (10.64%) Palo Alto
4 4 (8.51%) Aruba
4 4 (8.51%) Fortinet
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.51%) ProCurve
4 4 (8.51%) Synology
4 4 (8.51%) Veeam
4 4 (8.51%) VMware
4 4 (8.51%) Zerto
5 1 (2.13%) HP
5 1 (2.13%) WatchGuard