Network Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 719 838
Rank change year-on-year -6 +119 -197
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 46 43 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.065% 0.070% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.079% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 43 33 25
10th Percentile £21,250 £29,040 -
25th Percentile £28,375 £31,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,250 £50,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,250 £33,500
% change year-on-year +7.38% +11.19% -4.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Network Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Support Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
South East +12 20 £31,600 -9.71% 3
South West -15 12 £50,000 +20.48% 1
North of England +35 8 £40,000 +11.11% 9
North West +12 7 £40,000 - 4
Midlands +15 6 £45,000 -18.18% 4
West Midlands +14 6 £45,000 -18.18% 3
North East -4 1 £29,000 -19.44% 1
Network Support Engineer
UK

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Network Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Support Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (71.74%) Cisco
2 31 (67.39%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (60.87%) CCNA
4 20 (43.48%) Wireless
5 19 (41.30%) Firewall
5 19 (41.30%) WAN
5 19 (41.30%) LAN
5 19 (41.30%) Customer Service
6 17 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (34.78%) Windows
8 15 (32.61%) OSPF
8 15 (32.61%) BGP
9 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
9 14 (30.43%) ITIL
9 14 (30.43%) DHCP
9 14 (30.43%) Fortinet
9 14 (30.43%) Security Cleared
10 13 (28.26%) VLAN
10 13 (28.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (26.09%) Juniper
11 12 (26.09%) VPN
11 12 (26.09%) Telecoms
12 11 (23.91%) Windows 10
12 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
13 10 (21.74%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (21.74%) Broadband
14 9 (19.57%) ADSL
14 9 (19.57%) MCITP
14 9 (19.57%) Azure
15 8 (17.39%) DV Cleared

Network Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (19.57%) Azure
3 7 (15.22%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.52%) AWS
4 3 (6.52%) SaaS
5 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (43.48%) Wireless
2 19 (41.30%) Firewall
2 19 (41.30%) LAN
2 19 (41.30%) WAN
3 15 (32.61%) BGP
3 15 (32.61%) OSPF
4 14 (30.43%) DHCP
5 13 (28.26%) VLAN
6 12 (26.09%) VPN
7 10 (21.74%) Broadband
8 9 (19.57%) ADSL
9 8 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (17.39%) DNS
10 7 (15.22%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (13.04%) DSL
11 6 (13.04%) Ethernet
11 6 (13.04%) Internet
11 6 (13.04%) MPLS
11 6 (13.04%) NetScaler
11 6 (13.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Hudson
General
1 12 (26.09%) Telecoms
2 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Law
4 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.22%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Data Centre
1 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.78%) Windows
2 11 (23.91%) Windows 10
3 7 (15.22%) Windows Server
4 6 (13.04%) VyOS
5 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Customer Service
2 14 (30.43%) ITIL
3 7 (15.22%) Change Management
4 5 (10.87%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
5 4 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (6.52%) Agile
6 3 (6.52%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (6.52%) Configuration Management
6 3 (6.52%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (6.52%) Data Protection
6 3 (6.52%) Decision-Making
6 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.52%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.52%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (6.52%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) Bash
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (67.39%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (60.87%) CCNA
3 14 (30.43%) Security Cleared
4 13 (28.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (21.74%) Network+ Certification
6 9 (19.57%) MCITP
7 8 (17.39%) DV Cleared
8 7 (15.22%) JNCIA
9 3 (6.52%) CCNP
10 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
11 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
11 1 (2.17%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.87%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.70%) Firmware
3 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (71.74%) Cisco
2 14 (30.43%) Fortinet
2 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 12 (26.09%) Juniper
4 7 (15.22%) Citrix
5 6 (13.04%) Nokia
5 6 (13.04%) Ruckus Wireless
5 6 (13.04%) Vyatta
6 5 (10.87%) Acronis
6 5 (10.87%) Meraki
6 5 (10.87%) SolarWinds
7 4 (8.70%) VMware
8 3 (6.52%) Veeam
8 3 (6.52%) WatchGuard
9 2 (4.35%) Aruba
9 2 (4.35%) F5
9 2 (4.35%) Zscaler
10 1 (2.17%) Draytek