Network Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Engineer salary in the North of England 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 208 201 261
Rank change year-on-year -7 +60 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 191 270 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.11% 1.54% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.72% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 160 179 181
10th Percentile £32,400 £34,025 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +10.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £54,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,875 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,421 15,679 17,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 89.49% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,705 8,279 11,135
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,650 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the North of England 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
North West +1 129 £42,500 -9.57% 27
Yorkshire +66 52 £45,000 -11.74% 16
North East -27 18 £42,500 - 5
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 140 (73.30%) Cisco
2 108 (56.54%) Cisco Certification
3 92 (48.17%) LAN
4 89 (46.60%) Firewall
5 88 (46.07%) WAN
6 69 (36.13%) CCNA
7 66 (34.55%) CCNP
8 60 (31.41%) OSPF
9 56 (29.32%) VPN
10 54 (28.27%) BGP
11 51 (26.70%) Juniper
12 49 (25.65%) Wi-Fi
13 47 (24.61%) Fortinet
14 46 (24.08%) MPLS
15 45 (23.56%) Network Security
16 44 (23.04%) TCP/IP
16 44 (23.04%) Wireless
17 38 (19.90%) DHCP
18 33 (17.28%) VMware
19 31 (16.23%) Meraki
19 31 (16.23%) Customer Service
20 30 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 28 (14.66%) Palo Alto
21 28 (14.66%) Azure
21 28 (14.66%) Network Architecture
22 27 (14.14%) JNCIA
22 27 (14.14%) DNS
22 27 (14.14%) Social Skills
23 25 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
23 25 (13.09%) Ethernet

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (6.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.66%) Azure
2 19 (9.95%) AWS
3 17 (8.90%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.28%) GCP
5 2 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.05%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.52%) GitHub
6 1 (0.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 92 (48.17%) LAN
2 89 (46.60%) Firewall
3 88 (46.07%) WAN
4 60 (31.41%) OSPF
5 56 (29.32%) VPN
6 54 (28.27%) BGP
7 49 (25.65%) Wi-Fi
8 46 (24.08%) MPLS
9 45 (23.56%) Network Security
10 44 (23.04%) TCP/IP
10 44 (23.04%) Wireless
11 38 (19.90%) DHCP
12 27 (14.14%) DNS
13 25 (13.09%) Ethernet
14 24 (12.57%) Internet
15 19 (9.95%) DSL
16 17 (8.90%) SSL
17 16 (8.38%) Cisco IOS
18 15 (7.85%) SD-WAN
19 14 (7.33%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.62%) JIRA
2 4 (2.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 27 (14.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.66%) Public Sector
3 7 (3.66%) Telecoms
4 6 (3.14%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.62%) Retail
6 3 (1.57%) Finance
6 3 (1.57%) Law
6 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.05%) Legal
8 1 (0.52%) Automotive
8 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) Akka
2 1 (0.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.52%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.76%) Replication
3 5 (2.62%) Driving Licence
3 5 (2.62%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.09%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.09%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.57%) PKI
6 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.52%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.95%) VyOS
2 17 (8.90%) Windows
3 13 (6.81%) Linux
4 9 (4.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (16.23%) Customer Service
2 30 (15.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (14.66%) Network Architecture
4 25 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (10.99%) ITIL
6 20 (10.47%) Network Monitoring
7 17 (8.90%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (7.85%) Computer Science
8 15 (7.85%) Migration
9 12 (6.28%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (6.28%) Network Design
10 11 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (5.76%) Mentoring
11 10 (5.24%) Agile
11 10 (5.24%) Patch Management
12 9 (4.71%) Incident Response
12 9 (4.71%) Network Management
12 9 (4.71%) Roadmaps
13 8 (4.19%) Cloud Security
13 8 (4.19%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.24%) PowerShell
1 10 (5.24%) Python
2 1 (0.52%) ActionScript
2 1 (0.52%) Bash
2 1 (0.52%) Java
2 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 108 (56.54%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (36.13%) CCNA
3 66 (34.55%) CCNP
4 27 (14.14%) JNCIA
5 23 (12.04%) Degree
6 19 (9.95%) CCIE
7 17 (8.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (7.33%) CISSP
9 13 (6.81%) Security Cleared
10 8 (4.19%) CCDP
10 8 (4.19%) JNCIP
11 5 (2.62%) SC Cleared
12 4 (2.09%) CCNA CyberOps
12 4 (2.09%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (2.09%) CISM
12 4 (2.09%) CRISC
12 4 (2.09%) HNC
12 4 (2.09%) HND
12 4 (2.09%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.90%) SLA
2 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.71%) Hyper-V
2 9 (4.71%) VMware NSX
3 7 (3.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.62%) SRDF
5 4 (2.09%) Firmware
5 4 (2.09%) vCloud
6 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.09%) Cacti
1 4 (2.09%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.05%) Ansible
4 1 (0.52%) Icinga
4 1 (0.52%) Nagios
4 1 (0.52%) Terraform
4 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 140 (73.30%) Cisco
2 51 (26.70%) Juniper
3 47 (24.61%) Fortinet
4 33 (17.28%) VMware
5 31 (16.23%) Meraki
6 28 (14.66%) Palo Alto
7 25 (13.09%) Nokia
8 19 (9.95%) Microsoft
8 19 (9.95%) Ruckus Wireless
8 19 (9.95%) Vyatta
9 12 (6.28%) Aruba
10 11 (5.76%) SolarWinds
11 10 (5.24%) F5
12 9 (4.71%) Dell
13 8 (4.19%) Citrix
14 7 (3.66%) HP
15 6 (3.14%) CheckPoint
15 6 (3.14%) Ubiquiti
16 5 (2.62%) Brocade
16 5 (2.62%) EMC