Network Engineer Jobs in Wigan

Network Engineer
Manchester > Wigan

The median Network Engineer salary in Wigan is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wigan 3.23% 5.88% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% 6.25% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £43,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% - -
75th Percentile £41,500 £44,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wigan

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wigan. 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 Wigan with a recognized job title 18 16 42
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 58.06% 94.12% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 22
10th Percentile £26,900 - £25,125
25th Percentile £29,750 £22,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £25,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.00% -41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £41,500 £27,938 £48,438
90th Percentile £54,100 £42,750 £57,000
Manchester median annual salary £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wigan

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Wigan

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Wigan

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Wigan

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wigan

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Wigan region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wigan 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft