Network Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Network Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Network Engineer salary in Bristol is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 154 187
Rank change year-on-year +10 +33 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 24 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.72% 0.48% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.52% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 10
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,477
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.05% +5.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £58,063
90th Percentile £54,500 £56,808 £63,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,246 2,318 3,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.10% 92.57% 97.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 1,464 2,171
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,740 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,905 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +8.59% +12.26%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,600 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Bristol region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Cisco
2 10 (41.67%) Firewall
3 9 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (29.17%) CCNA
4 7 (29.17%) ITIL
4 7 (29.17%) VPN
5 6 (25.00%) Network Security
5 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (20.83%) Meraki
6 5 (20.83%) Azure
6 5 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) Fortinet
6 5 (20.83%) Citrix
7 4 (16.67%) Change Management
7 4 (16.67%) BGP
7 4 (16.67%) DNS
7 4 (16.67%) DHCP
7 4 (16.67%) Firmware
7 4 (16.67%) 802.11
7 4 (16.67%) OSPF
7 4 (16.67%) Wireless
7 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
7 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 4 (16.67%) NetScaler
7 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
7 4 (16.67%) 802.1X
7 4 (16.67%) Palo Alto
8 3 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering

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

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Firewall
2 7 (29.17%) VPN
3 6 (25.00%) Network Security
4 5 (20.83%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (16.67%) 802.11
5 4 (16.67%) BGP
5 4 (16.67%) DHCP
5 4 (16.67%) DNS
5 4 (16.67%) NetScaler
5 4 (16.67%) OSPF
5 4 (16.67%) Wireless
6 3 (12.50%) Tactical Data Link
7 2 (8.33%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (8.33%) VLAN
8 1 (4.17%) LAN
8 1 (4.17%) SSL
8 1 (4.17%) Unified Communications
8 1 (4.17%) WAN
General
1 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) CentOS
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) ITIL
2 6 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Change Management
5 3 (12.50%) Agile
5 3 (12.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Open Source
5 3 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (12.50%) Project Management
5 3 (12.50%) Scrum
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Logistics
6 2 (8.33%) Network Design
6 2 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (4.17%) Fintech
7 1 (4.17%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (29.17%) CCNA
3 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 3 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (8.33%) CCNP
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.33%) Degree
6 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Firmware
2 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Cisco
2 5 (20.83%) Citrix
2 5 (20.83%) Fortinet
2 5 (20.83%) Meraki
3 4 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 4 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 3 (12.50%) Dialogic
4 3 (12.50%) Forcepoint
4 3 (12.50%) Juniper
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) Ribbon
4 3 (12.50%) Riverbed
4 3 (12.50%) Sophos
4 3 (12.50%) WatchGuard
5 1 (4.17%) VMware
5 1 (4.17%) Zscaler