Network Engineer Jobs in Merseyside

Network Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Network Engineer salary in Merseyside is £47,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 88 88
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 10 16 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.68% 1.62% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 1.94% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 15
10th Percentile £34,900 £50,450 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,375 £51,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,250 £55,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% +10.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £62,813 £58,750 £55,625
90th Percentile £63,750 - £60,000
North West median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +19.05% -13.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,392 823 1,103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 83.30% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 409 690
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £63,519
90th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £75,000
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 Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Merseyside

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 10 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
Liverpool 0 10 £47,250 -14.48% 1
Network Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 Merseyside region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) OSPF
1 7 (70.00%) BGP
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) IPsec
2 6 (60.00%) VPN
2 6 (60.00%) MPLS
2 6 (60.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (40.00%) VLAN
3 4 (40.00%) Network Security
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 4 (40.00%) CCNP
3 4 (40.00%) CCNA
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (30.00%) HSRP
4 3 (30.00%) Web Filtering
4 3 (30.00%) DNS
4 3 (30.00%) SSL
4 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) DMZ
4 3 (30.00%) VRRP
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Reverse Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (30.00%) Presales
4 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 7 (70.00%) BGP
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
1 7 (70.00%) OSPF
2 6 (60.00%) IPsec
2 6 (60.00%) MPLS
2 6 (60.00%) VPN
3 4 (40.00%) Network Security
3 4 (40.00%) VLAN
4 3 (30.00%) DMZ
4 3 (30.00%) DNS
4 3 (30.00%) HSRP
4 3 (30.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (30.00%) SSL
4 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) VRRP
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (30.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (30.00%) Presales
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 3 (30.00%) Web Filtering
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CCNA
1 4 (40.00%) CCNP
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) JNCIA
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Juniper