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 30 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
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 710 840
Rank change year-on-year -15 +130 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 37 37 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.065% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.073% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 32 30 28
10th Percentile £31,260 £28,670 -
25th Percentile £35,050 £30,219 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.68% -12.35% +20.00%
75th Percentile £50,188 £48,250 £51,031
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% +10.45% -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 71,095 51,017 70,429
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 89.00% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,097 29,544 42,670
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £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 30 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 30 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 -2 13 £39,500 +16.18% 5
North of England +50 8 £40,000 +11.11% 3
South West -21 8 £50,000 +20.48% 3
North West +5 7 £40,000 - 2
West Midlands +3 5 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Midlands -15 5 £45,000 -18.18% 1
East of England 0 2 £38,500 +21.26%
Wales - 2 £35,750 - 2
North East -13 1 £29,000 -19.44%
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 30 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 24 (64.86%) Cisco
2 20 (54.05%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (51.35%) Firewall
4 17 (45.95%) CCNA
5 15 (40.54%) Fortinet
6 14 (37.84%) OSPF
6 14 (37.84%) BGP
6 14 (37.84%) Wireless
7 13 (35.14%) Juniper
8 12 (32.43%) ITIL
8 12 (32.43%) DHCP
8 12 (32.43%) VPN
9 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
9 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
9 9 (24.32%) Azure
9 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
10 8 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (21.62%) Cisco Nexus
10 8 (21.62%) WAN
10 8 (21.62%) LAN
10 8 (21.62%) Change Management
11 7 (18.92%) MPLS
11 7 (18.92%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
11 7 (18.92%) DNS
11 7 (18.92%) Windows
11 7 (18.92%) Citrix
11 7 (18.92%) 802.1X
11 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
12 6 (16.22%) Entra ID

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 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 8 (21.62%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (16.22%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.81%) AWS
5 3 (8.11%) SaaS
6 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (51.35%) Firewall
2 14 (37.84%) BGP
2 14 (37.84%) OSPF
2 14 (37.84%) Wireless
3 12 (32.43%) DHCP
3 12 (32.43%) VPN
4 8 (21.62%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (21.62%) LAN
4 8 (21.62%) WAN
5 7 (18.92%) DNS
5 7 (18.92%) MPLS
5 7 (18.92%) TCP/IP
5 7 (18.92%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (16.22%) NetScaler
7 5 (13.51%) DSL
7 5 (13.51%) Ethernet
7 5 (13.51%) Internet
7 5 (13.51%) VLAN
8 4 (10.81%) 802.11
8 4 (10.81%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (8.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Hudson
General
1 5 (13.51%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Law
2 2 (5.41%) Retail
2 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Automotive
3 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.70%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
1 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
1 7 (18.92%) Windows Server
2 5 (13.51%) VyOS
2 5 (13.51%) Windows Server 2012
3 4 (10.81%) Linux
4 3 (8.11%) Mac OS X
5 2 (5.41%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) ITIL
2 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
3 8 (21.62%) Change Management
4 6 (16.22%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (8.11%) Agile
7 3 (8.11%) Antivirus Management
7 3 (8.11%) Configuration Management
7 3 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (8.11%) Data Protection
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
7 3 (8.11%) Process Improvement
7 3 (8.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (8.11%) Software Deployment
7 3 (8.11%) Time Management
8 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.41%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) Bash
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (54.05%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (45.95%) CCNA
3 9 (24.32%) Security Cleared
4 6 (16.22%) JNCIA
5 4 (10.81%) CCNP
5 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
6 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (5.41%) CWNA
7 2 (5.41%) CWTS
7 2 (5.41%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.70%) Degree
8 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.51%) Firmware
2 4 (10.81%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (64.86%) Cisco
2 15 (40.54%) Fortinet
3 13 (35.14%) Juniper
4 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
5 7 (18.92%) Citrix
6 5 (13.51%) Acronis
6 5 (13.51%) Meraki
6 5 (13.51%) Nokia
6 5 (13.51%) Ruckus Wireless
6 5 (13.51%) SolarWinds
6 5 (13.51%) Vyatta
7 4 (10.81%) VMware
8 3 (8.11%) Aruba
8 3 (8.11%) Palo Alto
8 3 (8.11%) Veeam
9 2 (5.41%) F5
9 2 (5.41%) WatchGuard
9 2 (5.41%) Zscaler
10 1 (2.70%) Draytek