Network Engineer Jobs in the South West

Network Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Engineer salary in the South West is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 156 196
Rank change year-on-year +7 +40 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 149 110 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.61% 1.63% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.83% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 121 72 70
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,725 £24,770
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,813 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £42,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -11.46% +6.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £55,558 £56,800
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,932 6,001 7,756
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 89.09% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,537 3,764 5,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,075 £29,488
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,450 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Wiltshire +25 53 £49,000 +32.43% 8
Gloucestershire -6 33 £50,000 +20.48% 1
Bristol +9 19 £35,000 -26.32% 10
Devon -15 19 £48,250 +41.91% 6
Cornwall - 17 £40,000 - 2
Somerset +9 8 £48,750 +3.72% 4
Dorset -42 1 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 96 (64.43%) Cisco
2 85 (57.05%) Firewall
3 70 (46.98%) Security Cleared
4 52 (34.90%) DV Cleared
5 47 (31.54%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (30.20%) WAN
7 39 (26.17%) CCNA
8 34 (22.82%) LAN
9 25 (16.78%) Network Monitoring
10 24 (16.11%) BGP
11 23 (15.44%) CCNP
11 23 (15.44%) Cisco ASA
11 23 (15.44%) Data Centre
12 20 (13.42%) ITIL
12 20 (13.42%) Wireless
13 18 (12.08%) VMware
13 18 (12.08%) VMware Infrastructure
13 18 (12.08%) Social Skills
14 17 (11.41%) Microsoft
15 16 (10.74%) MPLS
15 16 (10.74%) OSPF
15 16 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 15 (10.07%) Azure
16 15 (10.07%) Fortinet
17 14 (9.40%) Linux
17 14 (9.40%) SD-WAN
18 13 (8.72%) Collaborative Working
18 13 (8.72%) Software-Defined Networking
18 13 (8.72%) TCP/IP

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

Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Simulink
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.07%) Azure
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.03%) GCP
4 3 (2.01%) AWS
5 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 85 (57.05%) Firewall
2 45 (30.20%) WAN
3 34 (22.82%) LAN
4 24 (16.11%) BGP
5 23 (15.44%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (13.42%) Wireless
7 16 (10.74%) MPLS
7 16 (10.74%) OSPF
8 14 (9.40%) SD-WAN
9 13 (8.72%) Network Security
9 13 (8.72%) Software-Defined Networking
9 13 (8.72%) TCP/IP
10 11 (7.38%) VLAN
11 9 (6.04%) NetScaler
12 8 (5.37%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (5.37%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (5.37%) Cisco Wireless
12 8 (5.37%) DNS
12 8 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (4.70%) VPN
General
1 18 (12.08%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.72%) Aerospace
3 10 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.04%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.04%) Retail
5 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.36%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.36%) Military
6 4 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.01%) Police
7 3 (2.01%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.03%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.44%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.01%) CMDB
4 2 (1.34%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.67%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.40%) Linux
2 8 (5.37%) Windows
3 5 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.67%) CentOS
4 1 (0.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (16.78%) Network Monitoring
2 20 (13.42%) ITIL
3 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 16 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (8.72%) Agile
4 13 (8.72%) Collaborative Working
4 13 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (8.05%) Network Design
6 9 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (6.04%) Incident Management
6 9 (6.04%) Load Balancing
7 8 (5.37%) Customer Service
7 8 (5.37%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 7 (4.70%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (4.70%) Mentoring
9 6 (4.03%) Network Architecture
9 6 (4.03%) Proactive Monitoring
10 5 (3.36%) Business Continuity
10 5 (3.36%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (3.36%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.38%) Python
2 4 (2.68%) C#
2 4 (2.68%) Java
3 3 (2.01%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.67%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) C
Qualifications
1 70 (46.98%) Security Cleared
2 52 (34.90%) DV Cleared
3 47 (31.54%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (26.17%) CCNA
5 23 (15.44%) CCNP
6 8 (5.37%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.68%) CCIE
7 4 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.68%) Degree
8 3 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.01%) HND
9 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.01%) QA
2 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (12.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (5.37%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (5.37%) VMware NSX
3 6 (4.03%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.68%) Firmware
5 3 (2.01%) vSphere
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (4.70%) FortiGate
1 7 (4.70%) Nagios
2 6 (4.03%) Cisco Prime
3 5 (3.36%) Ansible
3 5 (3.36%) OfficeScan
3 5 (3.36%) Opsview
3 5 (3.36%) vCenter Server
3 5 (3.36%) WSUS
4 1 (0.67%) Icinga
4 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (64.43%) Cisco
2 18 (12.08%) VMware
3 17 (11.41%) Microsoft
4 15 (10.07%) Fortinet
5 13 (8.72%) Juniper
6 9 (6.04%) Meraki
7 7 (4.70%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.03%) Citrix
9 5 (3.36%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 5 (3.36%) Centreon
9 5 (3.36%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.68%) HP
10 4 (2.68%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.01%) Aruba
11 3 (2.01%) Dell
11 3 (2.01%) Ekahau
11 3 (2.01%) Forcepoint
11 3 (2.01%) Riverbed
11 3 (2.01%) Sophos
11 3 (2.01%) WatchGuard