Network Engineer Jobs in Manchester

The median annual salary for a Network Engineer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies in Manchester during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Network Engineer North West / Manchester
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	124	134	152
Rank change year-on-year	+10	+18
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer	92	47	34
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester	2.18%	1.36%	1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category	2.23%	1.39%	1.05%
Number of salaries quoted	80	45	28
Median salary	£45,000	£38,500	£42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+16.88%	-9.41%
90% offered a salary of more than	£33,850	£26,000	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£51,500	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£42,750	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	+0.58%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles Manchester
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	4124	3388	3249
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester	97.86%	98.12%	96.81%
Number of salaries quoted	3531	2916	2705
Median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+6.25%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Manchester that featured Network Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Network Engineer in Manchester over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Stockport	-	9	£45,000	-	1
Rochdale	-1	8	£39,500	+23.43%	1
Salford	-	5	£36,250	-
Bolton	-	3	£41,250	-
Oldham	-	1	£37,500	-
Network Engineer North West

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Network Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Manchester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1	122 (75.31%)	Cisco
2	101 (62.35%)	Cisco Certification
2	101 (62.35%)	Firewall
3	95 (58.64%)	CCNP
4	90 (55.56%)	Juniper
5	68 (41.98%)	MPLS
6	57 (35.19%)	Active Directory
7	55 (33.95%)	Windows
8	54 (33.33%)	WAN
8	54 (33.33%)	Network Security
9	53 (32.72%)	LAN
9	53 (32.72%)	CheckPoint
10	52 (32.10%)	Windows Server
11	51 (31.48%)	TCP/IP
12	47 (29.01%)	Wireless

13	46 (28.40%)	DNS
14	44 (27.16%)	Telecoms
15	43 (26.54%)	CCNA
16	42 (25.93%)	Network Design
17	39 (24.07%)	Network Management
17	39 (24.07%)	ITIL
18	36 (22.22%)	BGP
18	36 (22.22%)	Cybersecurity
19	35 (21.60%)	VPN
19	35 (21.60%)	Palo Alto
20	34 (20.99%)	Change Management
21	30 (18.52%)	DHCP
22	29 (17.90%)	F5
23	28 (17.28%)	VLAN
23	28 (17.28%)	Blue Coat

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	1 (0.62%)	Apache
1	1 (0.62%)	IIS
1	1 (0.62%)	OpenStack

Cloud Services
1	5 (3.09%)	Amazon AWS
1	5 (3.09%)	Microsoft Azure
1	5 (3.09%)	SaaS
2	2 (1.23%)	Office 365

Communications & Networking
1	101 (62.35%)	Firewall
2	68 (41.98%)	MPLS
3	54 (33.33%)	Network Security
3	54 (33.33%)	WAN
4	53 (32.72%)	LAN
5	51 (31.48%)	TCP/IP
6	47 (29.01%)	Wireless
7	46 (28.40%)	DNS
8	36 (22.22%)	BGP
9	35 (21.60%)	VPN
10	30 (18.52%)	DHCP
11	28 (17.28%)	Cisco Wireless
11	28 (17.28%)	VLAN
12	27 (16.67%)	Junos
13	24 (14.81%)	SSL
14	23 (14.20%)	Ethernet
15	22 (13.58%)	OSPF
16	21 (12.96%)	NetScaler
17	17 (10.49%)	Internet
18	16 (9.88%)	Broadband

Database & Business Intelligence
1	6 (3.70%)	SQL Server
2	3 (1.85%)	MySQL
3	1 (0.62%)	MariaDB
3	1 (0.62%)	NoSQL

Development Applications
1	1 (0.62%)	Git (software)
1	1 (0.62%)	TeamCity

General
1	44 (27.16%)	Telecoms
2	16 (9.88%)	Finance
3	13 (8.02%)	Legal
4	6 (3.70%)	Law
5	5 (3.09%)	Games
6	3 (1.85%)	Retail
7	2 (1.23%)	Banking

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	3 (1.85%)	802.1X
1	3 (1.85%)	Web Services

Miscellaneous
1	24 (14.81%)	Analytical Skills
2	22 (13.58%)	Data Centre
3	16 (9.88%)	Video Conferencing
4	13 (8.02%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
5	7 (4.32%)	iPad
6	6 (3.70%)	Driving Licence
7	3 (1.85%)	Enterprise Software
7	3 (1.85%)	Greenfield Project
7	3 (1.85%)	Replication
7	3 (1.85%)	Security Operations Centre
8	1 (0.62%)	Computer Science
8	1 (0.62%)	Linux Command Line
8	1 (0.62%)	Management Information System
8	1 (0.62%)	Mobile App
8	1 (0.62%)	PKI

Operating Systems
1	55 (33.95%)	Windows
2	52 (32.10%)	Windows Server
3	10 (6.17%)	Linux
3	10 (6.17%)	Unix
4	3 (1.85%)	CentOS
4	3 (1.85%)	Debian
5	2 (1.23%)	Windows Server 2008
6	1 (0.62%)	Android
6	1 (0.62%)	Apple iOS
6	1 (0.62%)	Kali Linux
6	1 (0.62%)	Mac OS X
6	1 (0.62%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6	1 (0.62%)	Ubuntu
6	1 (0.62%)	Windows 7
6	1 (0.62%)	Windows Server 2003
6	1 (0.62%)	Windows Server 2012

Processes & Methodologies
1	42 (25.93%)	Network Design
2	39 (24.07%)	ITIL
2	39 (24.07%)	Network Management
3	36 (22.22%)	Cybersecurity
4	34 (20.99%)	Change Management
5	27 (16.67%)	Penetration Testing
5	27 (16.67%)	SIEM
5	27 (16.67%)	Vulnerability Scanning
6	23 (14.20%)	Configuration Management
6	23 (14.20%)	High Availability
7	21 (12.96%)	Migration
8	19 (11.73%)	Performance Monitoring
9	17 (10.49%)	Capacity Planning
9	17 (10.49%)	Load Balancing
10	13 (8.02%)	Statistics
11	12 (7.41%)	Change Control
12	11 (6.79%)	Mentoring
13	10 (6.17%)	Service Management
14	8 (4.94%)	WAN Optimisation
15	7 (4.32%)	Kalman Filter

Programming Languages
1	2 (1.23%)	C++
1	2 (1.23%)	Java
2	1 (0.62%)	C#
2	1 (0.62%)	Go
2	1 (0.62%)	PHP
2	1 (0.62%)	Python
2	1 (0.62%)	SQL

Qualifications
1	101 (62.35%)	Cisco Certification
2	95 (58.64%)	CCNP
3	43 (26.54%)	CCNA
4	23 (14.20%)	CCIE
4	23 (14.20%)	Degree
4	23 (14.20%)	JNCIP
5	15 (9.26%)	MCSA
5	15 (9.26%)	Microsoft Certification
6	14 (8.64%)	MCP
6	14 (8.64%)	MCSE
7	6 (3.70%)	CCIE Routing and Switching
8	3 (1.85%)	CCSA
9	2 (1.23%)	CCNP Voice
9	2 (1.23%)	CISM
9	2 (1.23%)	CISSP
10	1 (0.62%)	AWS Certification
10	1 (0.62%)	CCDP
10	1 (0.62%)	CCENT
10	1 (0.62%)	CCSE
10	1 (0.62%)	Computer Science Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (8.02%)	PCI DSS
2	11 (6.79%)	SLA
3	3 (1.85%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (0.62%)	Cyber Essentials

System Software
1	57 (35.19%)	Active Directory
2	27 (16.67%)	ProxySG
3	2 (1.23%)	VMware Infrastructure
4	1 (0.62%)	Hyper-V
4	1 (0.62%)	NFS

Systems Management
1	24 (14.81%)	Cisco Prime
2	23 (14.20%)	Cisco CUCM
3	13 (8.02%)	Cacti
3	13 (8.02%)	Nagios
4	11 (6.79%)	OpenNMS
4	11 (6.79%)	Puppet
4	11 (6.79%)	RANCID
4	11 (6.79%)	SCCM
5	9 (5.56%)	FortiGate
6	1 (0.62%)	Ansible
6	1 (0.62%)	Failover Clustering
6	1 (0.62%)	Nessus

Vendors
1	122 (75.31%)	Cisco
2	90 (55.56%)	Juniper
3	53 (32.72%)	CheckPoint
4	35 (21.60%)	Palo Alto
5	29 (17.90%)	F5
6	28 (17.28%)	Blue Coat
7	19 (11.73%)	Ericsson
8	16 (9.88%)	Riverbed
9	14 (8.64%)	Fortinet
9	14 (8.64%)	Huawei
10	12 (7.41%)	SolarWinds
11	9 (5.56%)	HP
12	8 (4.94%)	VMware
13	5 (3.09%)	Brocade
13	5 (3.09%)	Foundry
13	5 (3.09%)	Microsoft
14	4 (2.47%)	Redback
15	3 (1.85%)	IronPort
15	3 (1.85%)	Polycom
15	3 (1.85%)	Siemens