Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 163 250
Rank change year-on-year +44 +87 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 324 228 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.15% 1.97% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.28% 2.15% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 255 196 214
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,125 £32,763
25th Percentile £40,938 £39,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% +8.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £61,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £70,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Thames Valley +47 120 £47,500 +5.56% 11
Hampshire -3 115 £50,000 +13.64% 15
Berkshire +54 80 £49,750 +10.56% 4
Surrey +14 56 £55,000 - 4
Buckinghamshire +4 23 £42,500 -5.56% 5
Oxfordshire -13 18 £46,298 +0.10% 2
West Sussex +17 10 £52,500 +23.53% 3
Kent -25 9 £27,500 -47.62% 3
East Sussex +25 8 £55,000 +69.23%
Middlesex - 1 £52,500 -
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 185 (57.10%) Cisco
2 138 (42.59%) Firewall
3 135 (41.67%) Security Cleared
4 122 (37.65%) Juniper
5 99 (30.56%) Cisco Certification
6 77 (23.77%) BGP
7 72 (22.22%) CCNP
8 70 (21.60%) DV Cleared
9 68 (20.99%) SC Cleared
10 63 (19.44%) WAN
11 61 (18.83%) OSPF
11 61 (18.83%) Fortinet
12 55 (16.98%) LAN
13 52 (16.05%) CCNA
14 49 (15.12%) VPN
15 47 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (14.20%) Social Skills
17 43 (13.27%) Network Security
18 40 (12.35%) EIGRP
18 40 (12.35%) Wireless
19 38 (11.73%) VMware
19 38 (11.73%) Azure
20 37 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
20 37 (11.42%) Cisco Firepower
21 36 (11.11%) SSL
22 35 (10.80%) VLAN
22 35 (10.80%) Data Centre
23 34 (10.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 34 (10.49%) Cisco ASA
24 32 (9.88%) TCP/IP

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (5.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.23%) IIS
3 4 (1.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.73%) Azure
2 37 (11.42%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (6.17%) AWS
4 9 (2.78%) GCP
5 8 (2.47%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.16%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.93%) SaaS
8 2 (0.62%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.62%) Twilio
8 2 (0.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 138 (42.59%) Firewall
2 77 (23.77%) BGP
3 63 (19.44%) WAN
4 61 (18.83%) OSPF
5 55 (16.98%) LAN
6 49 (15.12%) VPN
7 43 (13.27%) Network Security
8 40 (12.35%) EIGRP
8 40 (12.35%) Wireless
9 37 (11.42%) Cisco Firepower
10 36 (11.11%) SSL
11 35 (10.80%) VLAN
12 34 (10.49%) Cisco ASA
13 32 (9.88%) TCP/IP
14 25 (7.72%) IPsec
14 25 (7.72%) Wi-Fi
15 24 (7.41%) MPLS
16 21 (6.48%) DNS
16 21 (6.48%) SD-WAN
17 18 (5.56%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.47%) GIS
2 7 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.23%) GitLab
2 1 (0.31%) Hudson
General
1 46 (14.20%) Social Skills
2 22 (6.79%) Telecoms
3 21 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.01%) Finance
5 9 (2.78%) Public Sector
5 9 (2.78%) Retail
6 7 (2.16%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.93%) Advertising
8 3 (0.93%) Electronics
8 3 (0.93%) Legal
9 2 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.31%) Automotive
10 1 (0.31%) Games
10 1 (0.31%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.41%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.23%) LAMP
3 3 (0.93%) EDI
4 1 (0.31%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.80%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.86%) Driving Licence
3 14 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (1.54%) PKI
4 5 (1.54%) PMI
4 5 (1.54%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.23%) Replication
6 3 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 3 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (0.93%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.62%) CCTV
7 2 (0.62%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.62%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.62%) SCADA
8 1 (0.31%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.95%) Windows
2 26 (8.02%) Linux
3 16 (4.94%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.54%) Android
4 5 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.23%) VMS
5 4 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (10.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (8.64%) Project Delivery
4 23 (7.10%) Network Management
5 20 (6.17%) Mentoring
5 20 (6.17%) Network Design
6 18 (5.56%) ITIL
6 18 (5.56%) Project Management
7 16 (4.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (4.94%) Customer Requirements
7 16 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (4.63%) Customer Service
9 12 (3.70%) Network Monitoring
9 12 (3.70%) Presales
10 11 (3.40%) Agile
11 10 (3.09%) Change Control
11 10 (3.09%) Change Management
11 10 (3.09%) DevOps
12 9 (2.78%) Asset Management
13 8 (2.47%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.56%) Python
2 7 (2.16%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 135 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 99 (30.56%) Cisco Certification
3 72 (22.22%) CCNP
4 70 (21.60%) DV Cleared
5 68 (20.99%) SC Cleared
6 52 (16.05%) CCNA
7 21 (6.48%) Degree
8 14 (4.32%) JNCIA
9 8 (2.47%) JNCIS
10 7 (2.16%) CCIE
10 7 (2.16%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.54%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.93%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.93%) JNCIP
14 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.62%) JNCIE
14 2 (0.62%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.16%) SLA
2 6 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.48%) Hyper-V
3 12 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.16%) Firmware
5 6 (1.85%) pfSense
5 6 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.54%) Docker
7 4 (1.23%) vSphere
8 3 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (8.95%) FortiGate
2 24 (7.41%) Ansible
3 18 (5.56%) Terraform
4 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.85%) Grafana
5 6 (1.85%) ZABBIX
6 5 (1.54%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.23%) SCCM
8 2 (0.62%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.31%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 185 (57.10%) Cisco
2 122 (37.65%) Juniper
3 61 (18.83%) Fortinet
4 38 (11.73%) VMware
5 31 (9.57%) Microsoft
6 25 (7.72%) Aruba
7 21 (6.48%) F5
8 18 (5.56%) Palo Alto
9 13 (4.01%) Nokia
10 12 (3.70%) McAfee
10 12 (3.70%) Meraki
11 9 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
11 9 (2.78%) HP
12 8 (2.47%) Veeam
13 7 (2.16%) Citrix
14 6 (1.85%) SolarWinds
15 5 (1.54%) BT
15 5 (1.54%) Mitel
15 5 (1.54%) ProCurve
16 4 (1.23%) Synology