Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer salary in the South East is £49,000 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 148 175 231
Rank change year-on-year +27 +56 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 299 287 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.80% 1.90% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 2.10% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 259 223 229
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -7.77% +14.44%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 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 April 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 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
Hampshire +2 107 £49,000 +3.16% 25
Thames Valley -33 75 £42,500 -8.11% 26
Surrey +44 56 £52,500 - 8
Berkshire -15 47 £38,750 -13.89% 19
Kent +24 37 £35,000 -30.00% 3
Buckinghamshire -29 19 £42,500 -19.05% 4
West Sussex +29 13 £51,250 -14.58% 4
Oxfordshire +1 9 £51,020 +7.41% 3
East Sussex +11 4 £36,500 -27.00%
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 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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 156 (52.17%) Cisco
2 123 (41.14%) Juniper
3 115 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
4 113 (37.79%) Firewall
5 100 (33.44%) Security Cleared
6 80 (26.76%) WAN
7 75 (25.08%) BGP
8 74 (24.75%) CCNP
9 73 (24.41%) LAN
10 69 (23.08%) Social Skills
11 60 (20.07%) Microsoft 365
12 59 (19.73%) CCNA
13 57 (19.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 56 (18.73%) Wireless
15 54 (18.06%) VMware
16 51 (17.06%) Microsoft
17 50 (16.72%) Windows
18 46 (15.38%) Project Delivery
19 43 (14.38%) SC Cleared
20 41 (13.71%) Fortinet
21 39 (13.04%) Azure
22 38 (12.71%) VPN
23 37 (12.37%) Aruba
24 34 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
25 33 (11.04%) Customer Service
25 33 (11.04%) FortiGate
25 33 (11.04%) Active Directory
25 33 (11.04%) OSPF
26 32 (10.70%) DV Cleared
27 30 (10.03%) Hyper-V

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 16 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.34%) IIS
3 4 (1.34%) WordPress
4 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.01%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 60 (20.07%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (13.04%) Azure
3 15 (5.02%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.68%) AWS
5 7 (2.34%) OneDrive
6 5 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.00%) SaaS
8 2 (0.67%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.67%) Twilio
8 2 (0.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 113 (37.79%) Firewall
2 80 (26.76%) WAN
3 75 (25.08%) BGP
4 73 (24.41%) LAN
5 56 (18.73%) Wireless
6 38 (12.71%) VPN
7 33 (11.04%) OSPF
8 30 (10.03%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (9.70%) VLAN
10 27 (9.03%) SD-WAN
11 23 (7.69%) Broadband
12 20 (6.69%) MPLS
12 20 (6.69%) TCP/IP
13 18 (6.02%) DNS
13 18 (6.02%) Network Security
14 16 (5.35%) EIGRP
15 15 (5.02%) Internet
15 15 (5.02%) SSL
16 13 (4.35%) ADSL
16 13 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.68%) GIS
2 7 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.33%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.33%) MySQL
4 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.34%) GitLab
2 2 (0.67%) Hudson
General
1 69 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.36%) Telecoms
3 11 (3.68%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.34%) Finance
5 6 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.01%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.67%) Advertising
6 5 (1.67%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.34%) Marketing
7 4 (1.34%) Retail
8 3 (1.00%) Legal
9 2 (0.67%) Electronics
10 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.33%) Games
10 1 (0.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.34%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.34%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 23 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 17 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.01%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.34%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.01%) PKI
7 5 (1.67%) PMI
8 4 (1.34%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.34%) Replication
9 3 (1.00%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.00%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.67%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.67%) Molecular Biology
10 2 (0.67%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.33%) IoT
11 1 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.33%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (16.72%) Windows
2 27 (9.03%) Linux
3 17 (5.69%) Windows 10
4 14 (4.68%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.68%) Android
5 8 (2.68%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.34%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.34%) VMS
7 4 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (19.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 34 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (11.04%) Customer Service
5 22 (7.36%) Presales
6 16 (5.35%) Network Design
7 15 (5.02%) Kalman Filter
7 15 (5.02%) Network Management
7 15 (5.02%) Project Management
7 15 (5.02%) Web Filtering
8 14 (4.68%) Customer Requirements
9 13 (4.35%) Cloud Security
10 10 (3.34%) Computer Science
10 10 (3.34%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (3.34%) ITIL
11 9 (3.01%) Configuration Management
11 9 (3.01%) Mentoring
12 8 (2.68%) Asset Management
12 8 (2.68%) Change Management
12 8 (2.68%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.02%) Python
2 4 (1.34%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 115 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 100 (33.44%) Security Cleared
3 74 (24.75%) CCNP
4 59 (19.73%) CCNA
5 43 (14.38%) SC Cleared
6 32 (10.70%) DV Cleared
7 23 (7.69%) Degree
8 18 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (5.02%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (4.35%) MCITP
11 10 (3.34%) CCIE
12 9 (3.01%) JNCIA
13 8 (2.68%) JNCIS
14 6 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.67%) PMI Certification
16 4 (1.34%) CWNA
17 2 (0.67%) JNCIE
17 2 (0.67%) JNCIP
17 2 (0.67%) MCP
17 2 (0.67%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (11.04%) Active Directory
2 30 (10.03%) Hyper-V
3 12 (4.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.01%) pfSense
4 6 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.67%) Docker
6 4 (1.34%) vSphere
7 2 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (11.04%) FortiGate
2 22 (7.36%) Ansible
3 16 (5.35%) Terraform
4 9 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.34%) Grafana
6 6 (2.01%) ZABBIX
7 5 (1.67%) Kubernetes
8 4 (1.34%) SCCM
9 3 (1.00%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.33%) Icinga
Vendors
1 156 (52.17%) Cisco
2 123 (41.14%) Juniper
3 54 (18.06%) VMware
4 51 (17.06%) Microsoft
5 41 (13.71%) Fortinet
6 37 (12.37%) Aruba
7 16 (5.35%) Palo Alto
8 13 (4.35%) HP
9 9 (3.01%) Draytek
9 9 (3.01%) Veeam
10 8 (2.68%) F5
10 8 (2.68%) McAfee
10 8 (2.68%) Meraki
10 8 (2.68%) Nokia
11 6 (2.01%) Ruckus Wireless
12 5 (1.67%) BT
12 5 (1.67%) Citrix
12 5 (1.67%) Mitel
13 4 (1.34%) Synology
13 4 (1.34%) Zerto