Network Support Engineer Job Trends in Hampshire

Network Support Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Network Support Engineer salary in Hampshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 154 122
Rank change year-on-year +32 -32 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 2 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.087% 0.24% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.25% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £48,500 £39,025
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £41,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +16.40% -0.53%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £51,688
90th Percentile - - £53,675
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +42.86% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 2,169 3,218 1,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 97.10% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 2,035 1,073
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £48,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -12.73% +2.80% -2.73%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Network Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for Network Support Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Network Support Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 November 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
Southampton - 1 £42,500 -
Hook - 1 - -
Network Support Engineer
South East

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Network Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hampshire region featuring Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Junos
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds