Network Support Engineer Jobs in England

Network Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Support Engineer salary in England is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 765 884 1096
Rank change year-on-year +119 +212 -299
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 57 57 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.067% 0.061% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.067% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 53 43 33
10th Percentile £21,250 £29,040 £27,500
25th Percentile £22,750 £31,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -1.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £51,500 £50,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £67,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £34,250
% change year-on-year +8.11% +8.03% -2.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,251 85,470 125,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,137 54,051 75,614
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support Engineer in England

Network Support Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East +31 25 £22,500 -35.71% 2
South West -18 12 £50,000 +20.48% 3
North of England +45 10 £40,000 +11.11% 8
North West +8 8 £40,000 - 3
West Midlands +23 6 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Midlands +3 6 £45,000 -18.18% 2
London +134 4 £40,000 -19.19% 4
North East -1 1 £29,000 -19.44% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £30,250 - 4
Network Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 across the England region featuring Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (73.68%) Cisco
2 38 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (57.89%) CCNA
4 24 (42.11%) LAN
4 24 (42.11%) Firewall
4 24 (42.11%) Wireless
5 23 (40.35%) WAN
5 23 (40.35%) Customer Service
6 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (35.09%) Windows
8 19 (33.33%) Juniper
9 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
10 17 (29.82%) VLAN
10 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (29.82%) OSPF
10 17 (29.82%) BGP
11 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
11 16 (28.07%) DHCP
11 16 (28.07%) Telecoms
11 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
12 15 (26.32%) Broadband
12 15 (26.32%) Fortinet
12 15 (26.32%) Windows 10
13 14 (24.56%) ITIL
13 14 (24.56%) Network+ Certification
14 13 (22.81%) ADSL
14 13 (22.81%) MCITP
15 12 (21.05%) VPN
16 10 (17.54%) DNS
16 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Office

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
3 7 (12.28%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.26%) AWS
4 3 (5.26%) SaaS
5 2 (3.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (42.11%) Firewall
1 24 (42.11%) LAN
1 24 (42.11%) Wireless
2 23 (40.35%) WAN
3 17 (29.82%) BGP
3 17 (29.82%) OSPF
3 17 (29.82%) VLAN
4 16 (28.07%) DHCP
5 15 (26.32%) Broadband
6 13 (22.81%) ADSL
7 12 (21.05%) VPN
8 10 (17.54%) DNS
9 9 (15.79%) NetScaler
10 8 (14.04%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (12.28%) TCP/IP
11 7 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (10.53%) DSL
12 6 (10.53%) Ethernet
12 6 (10.53%) Internet
12 6 (10.53%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Hudson
General
1 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
1 16 (28.07%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.26%) Law
3 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.28%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Data Centre
1 4 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (35.09%) Windows
2 15 (26.32%) Windows 10
3 7 (12.28%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.53%) VyOS
5 5 (8.77%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (40.35%) Customer Service
2 14 (24.56%) ITIL
3 8 (14.04%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (12.28%) Change Management
5 5 (8.77%) Project Delivery
6 4 (7.02%) Agile
6 4 (7.02%) Patch Management
6 4 (7.02%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (5.26%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (5.26%) Configuration Management
7 3 (5.26%) Data Protection
7 3 (5.26%) Decision-Making
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (5.26%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.26%) Network Architecture
7 3 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (5.26%) Process Improvement
7 3 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (5.26%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) Bash
1 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (57.89%) CCNA
3 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
4 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (24.56%) Network+ Certification
6 13 (22.81%) MCITP
7 9 (15.79%) DV Cleared
8 7 (12.28%) JNCIA
9 5 (8.77%) CCNP
10 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.75%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (7.02%) Firmware
3 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (73.68%) Cisco
2 19 (33.33%) Juniper
3 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
4 15 (26.32%) Fortinet
5 10 (17.54%) Citrix
6 8 (14.04%) SolarWinds
7 6 (10.53%) Nokia
7 6 (10.53%) Ruckus Wireless
7 6 (10.53%) Vyatta
8 5 (8.77%) Acronis
8 5 (8.77%) Meraki
9 4 (7.02%) VMware
10 3 (5.26%) Veeam
10 3 (5.26%) WatchGuard
11 2 (3.51%) Aruba
11 2 (3.51%) F5
11 2 (3.51%) Zscaler
12 1 (1.75%) Draytek