Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 147 152
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 80 117 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.19% 1.91% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 2.13% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 67 90 108
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,860 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -7.77% +8.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,341 5,501 6,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.87% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 3,210 4,185
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,438 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Berkshire +7 50 £40,625 -9.72% 20
Buckinghamshire -26 21 £42,500 -19.05% 4
Oxfordshire +6 10 £51,020 +7.41% 6
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (57.50%) Cisco
2 38 (47.50%) Security Cleared
3 30 (37.50%) Juniper
4 28 (35.00%) DV Cleared
5 27 (33.75%) SC Cleared
6 26 (32.50%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (32.50%) Firewall
7 22 (27.50%) CCNA
8 19 (23.75%) VPN
9 18 (22.50%) Wireless
10 17 (21.25%) Windows
10 17 (21.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 16 (20.00%) Azure
12 15 (18.75%) MPLS
12 15 (18.75%) Active Directory
12 15 (18.75%) CCNP
13 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (16.25%) Microsoft
14 13 (16.25%) DNS
15 12 (15.00%) SSL
15 12 (15.00%) WAN
15 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
15 12 (15.00%) LAN
16 11 (13.75%) Network Security
17 10 (12.50%) SD-WAN
18 9 (11.25%) Fortinet
18 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
18 9 (11.25%) OSPF
18 9 (11.25%) BGP
18 9 (11.25%) Linux

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.75%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.00%) IIS
3 4 (5.00%) WordPress
4 1 (1.25%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 16 (20.00%) Azure
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.75%) OneDrive
4 5 (6.25%) AWS
5 3 (3.75%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.50%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (32.50%) Firewall
2 19 (23.75%) VPN
3 18 (22.50%) Wireless
4 15 (18.75%) MPLS
5 13 (16.25%) DNS
6 12 (15.00%) LAN
6 12 (15.00%) SSL
6 12 (15.00%) WAN
7 11 (13.75%) Network Security
8 10 (12.50%) SD-WAN
9 9 (11.25%) BGP
9 9 (11.25%) OSPF
10 7 (8.75%) TCP/IP
10 7 (8.75%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (7.50%) DHCP
11 6 (7.50%) VLAN
12 5 (6.25%) IPsec
13 4 (5.00%) Ethernet
13 4 (5.00%) Fibre Channel
13 4 (5.00%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.25%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.25%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.25%) MySQL
3 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
General
1 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
2 6 (7.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.75%) Legal
5 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.50%) Electronics
5 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) LAMP
2 2 (2.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) PKI
1 6 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (5.00%) Replication
3 3 (3.75%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.75%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.50%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.50%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.50%) SCADA
5 1 (1.25%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.25%) Windows
2 9 (11.25%) Linux
3 6 (7.50%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.25%) Android
4 5 (6.25%) Apple iOS
4 5 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.00%) Ubuntu
5 4 (5.00%) VMS
5 4 (5.00%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.25%) CentOS
6 1 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (8.75%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (7.50%) Migration
4 5 (6.25%) ITIL
4 5 (6.25%) Network Design
5 4 (5.00%) Inventory Management
5 4 (5.00%) Logistics
5 4 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (3.75%) Customer Service
6 3 (3.75%) Presales
6 3 (3.75%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (2.50%) Capacity Management
7 2 (2.50%) Change Control
7 2 (2.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (2.50%) Disruptive Innovation
7 2 (2.50%) Information Security
7 2 (2.50%) Network Management
7 2 (2.50%) Project Management
7 2 (2.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (2.50%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 38 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 28 (35.00%) DV Cleared
3 27 (33.75%) SC Cleared
4 26 (32.50%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (27.50%) CCNA
6 15 (18.75%) CCNP
7 3 (3.75%) Degree
8 2 (2.50%) CCIE
8 2 (2.50%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.25%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.50%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.00%) vSphere
4 3 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (1.25%) Docker
5 1 (1.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.00%) SCCM
3 1 (1.25%) Ansible
3 1 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (1.25%) Grafana
3 1 (1.25%) Icinga
3 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (57.50%) Cisco
2 30 (37.50%) Juniper
3 13 (16.25%) Microsoft
4 9 (11.25%) Fortinet
4 9 (11.25%) Nokia
5 7 (8.75%) VMware
6 6 (7.50%) Aruba
7 5 (6.25%) Meraki
7 5 (6.25%) Palo Alto
8 4 (5.00%) Citrix
8 4 (5.00%) ProCurve
8 4 (5.00%) Synology
8 4 (5.00%) Veeam
8 4 (5.00%) Zerto
9 3 (3.75%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.50%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.50%) Snow
11 1 (1.25%) F5
11 1 (1.25%) HP
11 1 (1.25%) WatchGuard