NGN Jobs in England

Next Generation Network (NGN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring NGN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NGN over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 677 836 896
Rank change year-on-year +159 +60 +279
Permanent jobs citing NGN 2 14 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.016% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.022% 0.12% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 6
10th Percentile - £33,758 £46,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -50.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £86,875
90th Percentile - £44,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% -18.75% +25.49%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

NGN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,896 12,155 13,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 13.53% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 8,542 7,007
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing NGN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for NGN in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGN in England.

Salary trend for NGN in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGN within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Yorkshire +56 1 - - 2
North of England +30 1 - - 3
South East - 1 £42,500 - 4
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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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Field Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (50.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper