Network Engineer Jobs in South Wales

Network Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Network Engineer salary in South Wales is £44,886 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 105 99
Rank change year-on-year +38 -6 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 36 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.50% 0.35% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 0.39% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 14
10th Percentile £32,200 £32,175 £31,475
25th Percentile £37,101 £34,313 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £38,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -10.00% +8.28%
75th Percentile £47,015 £41,813 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,250 £43,725 -
Wales median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -0.25% +9.09% +3.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,307 1,026 1,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 89.45% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 864 584 868
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £45,476 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -7.19% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in South Wales

Network Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bridgend - 23 £44,886 -
Cardiff +5 8 £41,067 +7.36% 5
Newport - 4 £39,000 -
Glamorgan - 1 £46,500 - 1
Network Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Wales region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (94.44%) Firewall
2 33 (91.67%) Cisco
3 25 (69.44%) Network Management
4 23 (63.89%) Business Continuity
5 20 (55.56%) Wireless
6 19 (52.78%) DNS
6 19 (52.78%) Data Centre
7 18 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
7 18 (50.00%) Incident Management
8 15 (41.67%) Network Security
8 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
9 14 (38.89%) Avaya
9 14 (38.89%) SC Cleared
9 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
9 14 (38.89%) Mitel
9 14 (38.89%) IP Telephony
9 14 (38.89%) Skype for Business
10 13 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (36.11%) LAN
10 13 (36.11%) WAN
11 10 (27.78%) VLAN
12 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
13 8 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (22.22%) Customer Service
13 8 (22.22%) Degree
13 8 (22.22%) CCNA
13 8 (22.22%) VPN
13 8 (22.22%) MPLS
14 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
15 6 (16.67%) Azure

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 14 (38.89%) Skype for Business
2 1 (2.78%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) AWS
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (94.44%) Firewall
2 20 (55.56%) Wireless
3 19 (52.78%) DNS
4 15 (41.67%) Network Security
5 14 (38.89%) IP Telephony
6 13 (36.11%) LAN
6 13 (36.11%) WAN
7 10 (27.78%) VLAN
8 8 (22.22%) MPLS
8 8 (22.22%) VPN
9 6 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (13.89%) WLAN
11 3 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (8.33%) DHCP
11 3 (8.33%) VoIP
12 2 (5.56%) BGP
12 2 (5.56%) EIGRP
12 2 (5.56%) IPsec
13 1 (2.78%) OSPF
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Local Government
3 5 (13.89%) Police
4 3 (8.33%) Automotive
4 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.33%) Retail
4 3 (8.33%) Welsh Language
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 19 (52.78%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (8.33%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (69.44%) Network Management
2 23 (63.89%) Business Continuity
3 18 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 18 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 8 (22.22%) Customer Service
5 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (13.89%) High Availability
6 5 (13.89%) Migration
7 3 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
8 2 (5.56%) Line Management
9 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity
9 1 (2.78%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (2.78%) Security Operations
9 1 (2.78%) Security Patching
9 1 (2.78%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) SC Cleared
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 13 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (22.22%) CCNA
3 8 (22.22%) Degree
4 6 (16.67%) CCNP
5 3 (8.33%) CCIE
5 3 (8.33%) Check Point Certification
5 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.78%) CISMP
6 1 (2.78%) CISSP
6 1 (2.78%) CWNA
6 1 (2.78%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
1 2 (5.56%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 33 (91.67%) Cisco
2 15 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 14 (38.89%) Avaya
3 14 (38.89%) Mitel
4 3 (8.33%) CheckPoint
4 3 (8.33%) VMware
5 2 (5.56%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks