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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 777 788
Rank change year-on-year +80 +11 +367
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing NGN 5 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.009% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.046% 0.040% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £43,750 £51,688 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £54,219 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,375 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,469 £82,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £68,563 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -31.25% +28.00% -

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,756 9,962 10,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.24% 13.21% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,885 5,506 6,332
10th Percentile - £27,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -37.00% -3.85% -0.95%

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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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing NGN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing NGN

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGN in England over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Salary histogram 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -3 3 - - 2
Yorkshire - 3 - -
London +59 1 £67,500 +13.68% 4
South East - 1 £42,500 -
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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 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Internet
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Multicast
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (20.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Design
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Avaya
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Mitel
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto