Network Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Network Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Network Engineer salary in Manchester is £42,500 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 128 174 234
Rank change year-on-year +46 +60 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 101 69 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.80% 1.51% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.64% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 84 50 24
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.73% -3.24%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,093 £59,063
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
North West median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +21.95% -13.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,335 4,197 5,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.86% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,033 2,583 3,592
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,348 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Bury - 5 £42,500 - 1
Cheadle - 4 £50,000 -
Salford +16 2 £50,000 -9.09%
Wigan - 2 £43,500 - 1
Rochdale - 2 £33,000 - 1
Network Engineer
North West

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

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 Manchester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 75 (74.26%) Cisco
2 59 (58.42%) LAN
3 58 (57.43%) Cisco Certification
4 57 (56.44%) WAN
5 40 (39.60%) Wireless
6 37 (36.63%) OSPF
6 37 (36.63%) CCNA
7 35 (34.65%) Juniper
7 35 (34.65%) Firewall
8 33 (32.67%) BGP
8 33 (32.67%) TCP/IP
9 32 (31.68%) DHCP
9 32 (31.68%) MPLS
10 29 (28.71%) CCNP
11 27 (26.73%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (26.73%) Fortinet
12 26 (25.74%) VPN
12 26 (25.74%) Customer Service
13 24 (23.76%) Ethernet
13 24 (23.76%) Nokia
14 23 (22.77%) Network Security
15 22 (21.78%) Internet
16 20 (19.80%) Network Architecture
16 20 (19.80%) VMware
17 19 (18.81%) Degree
18 18 (17.82%) JNCIA
18 18 (17.82%) DSL
18 18 (17.82%) Ruckus Wireless
18 18 (17.82%) Vyatta
18 18 (17.82%) VyOS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (9.90%) Azure
3 5 (4.95%) AWS
4 3 (2.97%) GCP
5 2 (1.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.99%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 59 (58.42%) LAN
2 57 (56.44%) WAN
3 40 (39.60%) Wireless
4 37 (36.63%) OSPF
5 35 (34.65%) Firewall
6 33 (32.67%) BGP
6 33 (32.67%) TCP/IP
7 32 (31.68%) DHCP
7 32 (31.68%) MPLS
8 27 (26.73%) Wi-Fi
9 26 (25.74%) VPN
10 24 (23.76%) Ethernet
11 23 (22.77%) Network Security
12 22 (21.78%) Internet
13 18 (17.82%) DSL
14 17 (16.83%) DNS
15 10 (9.90%) SD-WAN
15 10 (9.90%) SSL
16 8 (7.92%) NGFW
16 8 (7.92%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) JIRA
1 4 (3.96%) Rational DOORS
General
1 17 (16.83%) Social Skills
2 2 (1.98%) Finance
2 2 (1.98%) Law
3 1 (0.99%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.99%) Automotive
3 1 (0.99%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.91%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.93%) Replication
3 4 (3.96%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.96%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.99%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (17.82%) VyOS
2 14 (13.86%) Linux
3 12 (11.88%) Windows
4 5 (4.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.74%) Customer Service
2 20 (19.80%) Network Architecture
3 17 (16.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (13.86%) Computer Science
5 11 (10.89%) ITIL
5 11 (10.89%) Mentoring
5 11 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (7.92%) Cloud Security
6 8 (7.92%) Data Centre Operations
6 8 (7.92%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (7.92%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (6.93%) Migration
8 5 (4.95%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (4.95%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (4.95%) Project Management
8 5 (4.95%) Risk Management
9 4 (3.96%) Incident Response
9 4 (3.96%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (3.96%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.96%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (57.43%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (36.63%) CCNA
3 29 (28.71%) CCNP
4 19 (18.81%) Degree
5 18 (17.82%) JNCIA
6 14 (13.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (8.91%) CCIE
8 6 (5.94%) CCDP
8 6 (5.94%) JNCIP
9 4 (3.96%) CCNA CyberOps
9 4 (3.96%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) CISM
9 4 (3.96%) CISSP
9 4 (3.96%) CRISC
9 4 (3.96%) HNC
9 4 (3.96%) HND
9 4 (3.96%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.97%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.97%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.98%) PCI DSS
1 2 (1.98%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.93%) VMware NSX
3 4 (3.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.97%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.99%) Ansible
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 75 (74.26%) Cisco
2 35 (34.65%) Juniper
3 27 (26.73%) Fortinet
4 24 (23.76%) Nokia
5 20 (19.80%) VMware
6 18 (17.82%) Ruckus Wireless
6 18 (17.82%) Vyatta
7 13 (12.87%) Meraki
8 11 (10.89%) Palo Alto
9 10 (9.90%) F5
10 8 (7.92%) Microsoft
11 7 (6.93%) Citrix
12 5 (4.95%) Dell
13 4 (3.96%) Thales
14 3 (2.97%) CheckPoint
14 3 (2.97%) Zscaler
15 2 (1.98%) Barracuda Networks
15 2 (1.98%) HP
15 2 (1.98%) NETGEAR
15 2 (1.98%) Ubiquiti