Network Optimisation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Network Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Optimisation over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 961 1209
Rank change year-on-year +96 +248 -299
Permanent jobs citing Network Optimisation 12 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.016% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.017% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -21.90% -10.64%
75th Percentile £64,188 £41,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,925 - £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.76% -21.90% +31.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Network Optimisation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,683 99,249 149,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,831 58,284 83,142
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,182 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Network Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Network Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Optimisation.

Salary trend for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Optimisation over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Optimisation in the UK

Network Optimisation
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +82 12 £50,000 +21.95% 7
UK excluding London -3 10 £45,000 +9.76% 2
Work from Home - 9 £87,500 - 3
South East +18 5 - -
South West - 5 £45,000 -
London +120 2 £71,250 - 5

Network Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Network Security
2 8 (66.67%) Firewall
2 8 (66.67%) LAN
2 8 (66.67%) VLAN
2 8 (66.67%) WAN
3 5 (41.67%) BGP
3 5 (41.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (41.67%) IPsec
3 5 (41.67%) NGFW
3 5 (41.67%) OSPF
3 5 (41.67%) SSL
3 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
3 5 (41.67%) Wireless
4 3 (25.00%) MPLS
4 3 (25.00%) NetScaler
4 3 (25.00%) PABX
4 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (25.00%) VSAT
4 3 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (41.67%) Algorithms
2 5 (41.67%) Data Structures
2 5 (41.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Android
1 5 (41.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Analytics
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 5 (41.67%) Android Development
2 5 (41.67%) Business Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Coaching
2 5 (41.67%) Configuration Management
2 5 (41.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 5 (41.67%) Contract Negotiation
2 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) iOS Development
2 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
2 5 (41.67%) Network Design
2 5 (41.67%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Platform Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (41.67%) CCIE
4 5 (41.67%) JNCIE
5 2 (16.67%) CISSP
5 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (16.67%) MCSE
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (8.33%) CCNP
6 1 (8.33%) JNCIP
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Ansible
2 3 (25.00%) Nagios
2 3 (25.00%) OfficeScan
2 3 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 3 (25.00%) Centreon
3 3 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (16.67%) Aruba
4 2 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (8.33%) Juniper