Network Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Network Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Network Engineer salary in Manchester is £42,500 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 121 172 228
Rank change year-on-year +51 +56 -69
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 97 67 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.90% 1.33% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 1.45% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 85 45 25
10th Percentile £33,200 £37,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +19.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,620 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £42,500 £47,000 £42,250
% change year-on-year -9.57% +11.24% -6.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,842 4,617 5,499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 91.77% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,755 2,690 3,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,413 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +4.39% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,700 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

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 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
Bury - 5 £42,500 -
Cheadle - 4 £50,000 -
Rochdale - 1 £33,000 - 1
Network Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Network 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 Manchester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (78.35%) Cisco
2 60 (61.86%) LAN
3 59 (60.82%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (57.73%) WAN
5 41 (42.27%) OSPF
6 39 (40.21%) Juniper
6 39 (40.21%) CCNA
7 37 (38.14%) BGP
7 37 (38.14%) Wireless
8 35 (36.08%) Firewall
8 35 (36.08%) TCP/IP
8 35 (36.08%) DHCP
9 31 (31.96%) MPLS
10 29 (29.90%) Wi-Fi
10 29 (29.90%) Fortinet
11 27 (27.84%) CCNP
12 25 (25.77%) Nokia
12 25 (25.77%) Ethernet
12 25 (25.77%) Customer Service
13 24 (24.74%) VPN
14 22 (22.68%) VMware
14 22 (22.68%) Network Architecture
15 20 (20.62%) Internet
15 20 (20.62%) DNS
16 19 (19.59%) DSL
16 19 (19.59%) JNCIA
16 19 (19.59%) Network Security
16 19 (19.59%) Ruckus Wireless
16 19 (19.59%) Vyatta
16 19 (19.59%) VyOS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.40%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (12.37%) Azure
3 8 (8.25%) AWS
4 3 (3.09%) GCP
5 2 (2.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 60 (61.86%) LAN
2 56 (57.73%) WAN
3 41 (42.27%) OSPF
4 37 (38.14%) BGP
4 37 (38.14%) Wireless
5 35 (36.08%) DHCP
5 35 (36.08%) Firewall
5 35 (36.08%) TCP/IP
6 31 (31.96%) MPLS
7 29 (29.90%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (25.77%) Ethernet
9 24 (24.74%) VPN
10 20 (20.62%) DNS
10 20 (20.62%) Internet
11 19 (19.59%) DSL
11 19 (19.59%) Network Security
12 10 (10.31%) SSL
13 8 (8.25%) SD-WAN
13 8 (8.25%) WLAN
14 7 (7.22%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) JIRA
1 4 (4.12%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.06%) Finance
2 2 (2.06%) Law
2 2 (2.06%) Legal
2 2 (2.06%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.03%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.12%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.22%) Replication
3 4 (4.12%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.03%) Housing Association
5 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (19.59%) VyOS
2 12 (12.37%) Linux
3 11 (11.34%) Windows
4 4 (4.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.77%) Customer Service
2 22 (22.68%) Network Architecture
3 17 (17.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (13.40%) Computer Science
5 12 (12.37%) ITIL
6 11 (11.34%) Mentoring
6 11 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (9.28%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (9.28%) Network Monitoring
8 7 (7.22%) Cloud Security
8 7 (7.22%) Data Centre Operations
8 7 (7.22%) Migration
9 6 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (5.15%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (5.15%) Load Balancing
10 5 (5.15%) Project Management
11 4 (4.12%) Compliance Management
11 4 (4.12%) Incident Response
11 4 (4.12%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (4.12%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (60.82%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (40.21%) CCNA
3 27 (27.84%) CCNP
4 19 (19.59%) JNCIA
5 18 (18.56%) Degree
6 13 (13.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (9.28%) CCIE
8 6 (6.19%) CCDP
8 6 (6.19%) JNCIP
9 4 (4.12%) CCNA CyberOps
9 4 (4.12%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) CISM
9 4 (4.12%) CISSP
9 4 (4.12%) CRISC
9 4 (4.12%) HNC
9 4 (4.12%) HND
9 4 (4.12%) Master's Degree
10 3 (3.09%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (8.25%) Active Directory
1 8 (8.25%) VMware NSX
2 5 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.03%) Icinga
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.03%) Nagios
Vendors
1 76 (78.35%) Cisco
2 39 (40.21%) Juniper
3 29 (29.90%) Fortinet
4 25 (25.77%) Nokia
5 22 (22.68%) VMware
6 19 (19.59%) Ruckus Wireless
6 19 (19.59%) Vyatta
7 12 (12.37%) Meraki
8 10 (10.31%) Palo Alto
9 9 (9.28%) F5
10 7 (7.22%) Citrix
11 6 (6.19%) Microsoft
12 5 (5.15%) Dell
13 4 (4.12%) Thales
13 4 (4.12%) Zscaler
14 3 (3.09%) CheckPoint
14 3 (3.09%) Huawei
15 2 (2.06%) Barracuda Networks
15 2 (2.06%) NETGEAR
15 2 (2.06%) SolarWinds