Network Engineer Jobs in the North West

Network Engineer
England > North West

The median Network Engineer salary in the North West is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 168 265
Rank change year-on-year +5 +97 -140
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 129 144 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.35% 1.76% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.96% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 116 85 62
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +7.43% -2.78%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,620 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,750
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,062 7,333 9,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.48% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,002 4,183 5,502
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,885 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 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
Manchester +60 96 £41,500 -17.00% 24
Cheshire -32 12 £41,500 -11.70% 5
Merseyside -1 11 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Lancashire -15 7 £42,500 +6.25% 6
Cumbria -8 6 £35,000 +25.00% 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 94 (72.87%) Cisco
2 68 (52.71%) Cisco Certification
3 63 (48.84%) LAN
4 59 (45.74%) WAN
5 55 (42.64%) Firewall
6 52 (40.31%) OSPF
7 50 (38.76%) Juniper
8 47 (36.43%) BGP
9 43 (33.33%) CCNA
9 43 (33.33%) Fortinet
10 42 (32.56%) MPLS
11 37 (28.68%) TCP/IP
12 36 (27.91%) CCNP
13 35 (27.13%) DHCP
13 35 (27.13%) Wireless
14 33 (25.58%) Wi-Fi
15 32 (24.81%) VPN
16 28 (21.71%) Network Security
17 26 (20.16%) Nokia
18 25 (19.38%) Ethernet
18 25 (19.38%) JNCIA
18 25 (19.38%) Customer Service
19 22 (17.05%) DNS
20 21 (16.28%) Internet
20 21 (16.28%) VMware
20 21 (16.28%) Degree
20 21 (16.28%) Social Skills
20 21 (16.28%) Network Architecture
21 20 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
22 19 (14.73%) Infrastructure Engineering

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.18%) Azure
2 14 (10.85%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.30%) AWS
4 7 (5.43%) GCP
5 2 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.78%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 63 (48.84%) LAN
2 59 (45.74%) WAN
3 55 (42.64%) Firewall
4 52 (40.31%) OSPF
5 47 (36.43%) BGP
6 42 (32.56%) MPLS
7 37 (28.68%) TCP/IP
8 35 (27.13%) DHCP
8 35 (27.13%) Wireless
9 33 (25.58%) Wi-Fi
10 32 (24.81%) VPN
11 28 (21.71%) Network Security
12 25 (19.38%) Ethernet
13 22 (17.05%) DNS
14 21 (16.28%) Internet
15 19 (14.73%) DSL
16 17 (13.18%) SSL
17 11 (8.53%) SD-WAN
18 10 (7.75%) IPsec
18 10 (7.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.10%) JIRA
1 4 (3.10%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (16.28%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.65%) Public Sector
3 5 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.10%) Retail
5 3 (2.33%) Finance
6 2 (1.55%) Law
6 2 (1.55%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.53%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.43%) Replication
3 4 (3.10%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.10%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.33%) PKI
5 1 (0.78%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.73%) VyOS
2 11 (8.53%) Linux
3 10 (7.75%) Windows
4 3 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.38%) Customer Service
2 21 (16.28%) Network Architecture
3 20 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (14.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (14.73%) Network Monitoring
5 16 (12.40%) Computer Science
6 12 (9.30%) ITIL
7 10 (7.75%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.98%) Agile
8 9 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (5.43%) Migration
10 6 (4.65%) Cloud Security
10 6 (4.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (4.65%) Data Centre Operations
10 6 (4.65%) Load Balancing
11 5 (3.88%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (3.88%) Data Protection
11 5 (3.88%) Network Design
11 5 (3.88%) Project Management
11 5 (3.88%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.10%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 68 (52.71%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (33.33%) CCNA
3 36 (27.91%) CCNP
4 25 (19.38%) JNCIA
5 21 (16.28%) Degree
6 16 (12.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (7.75%) JNCIP
8 9 (6.98%) Security Cleared
9 8 (6.20%) CCIE
10 6 (4.65%) CCDP
11 4 (3.10%) CCNA CyberOps
11 4 (3.10%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (3.10%) CISM
11 4 (3.10%) CISSP
11 4 (3.10%) CRISC
11 4 (3.10%) HNC
11 4 (3.10%) HND
11 4 (3.10%) Master's Degree
12 3 (2.33%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (6.20%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.20%) VMware NSX
2 5 (3.88%) SRDF
2 5 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.10%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.78%) Ansible
2 1 (0.78%) Icinga
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.78%) Nagios
Vendors
1 94 (72.87%) Cisco
2 50 (38.76%) Juniper
3 43 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 26 (20.16%) Nokia
5 21 (16.28%) VMware
6 19 (14.73%) Ruckus Wireless
6 19 (14.73%) Vyatta
7 16 (12.40%) Palo Alto
8 10 (7.75%) Aruba
8 10 (7.75%) Meraki
9 9 (6.98%) F5
10 8 (6.20%) Dell
10 8 (6.20%) Microsoft
11 7 (5.43%) Citrix
11 7 (5.43%) HP
12 6 (4.65%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (3.88%) Brocade
13 5 (3.88%) EMC
13 5 (3.88%) SolarWinds
14 4 (3.10%) Google