Network Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Network Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Engineer salary in the Midlands is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 128 206
Rank change year-on-year -28 +78 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 117 116 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.26% 2.14% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 2.22% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 67 100 113
10th Percentile £19,800 £33,000 £36,869
25th Percentile £30,175 £41,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £49,280
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -8.69% +9.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 8,739 5,215 10,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 96.09% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,299 3,844 6,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £79,100
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
West Midlands -26 93 £50,000 +11.11% 21
East Midlands -41 24 £35,000 -30.00% 3
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 53 (45.30%) Firewall
2 39 (33.33%) Cisco
3 37 (31.62%) Azure
4 29 (24.79%) WAN
5 25 (21.37%) Security Cleared
6 24 (20.51%) Root Cause Analysis
7 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (19.66%) Network Security
7 23 (19.66%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (18.80%) SC Cleared
8 22 (18.80%) Retail
8 22 (18.80%) SD-WAN
9 20 (17.09%) VPN
9 20 (17.09%) LAN
10 19 (16.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (15.38%) VoIP
12 16 (13.68%) CCNP
12 16 (13.68%) Active Directory
12 16 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (12.82%) Juniper
13 15 (12.82%) Hyper-V
14 14 (11.97%) VMware
14 14 (11.97%) Data Centre
15 13 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
15 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
15 13 (11.11%) Telecoms
16 12 (10.26%) BGP
16 12 (10.26%) CCNA
16 12 (10.26%) Load Balancing
16 12 (10.26%) Entra ID

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 37 (31.62%) Azure
2 12 (10.26%) Entra ID
3 6 (5.13%) AWS
3 6 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (3.42%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.71%) Nutanix
6 1 (0.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 53 (45.30%) Firewall
2 29 (24.79%) WAN
3 23 (19.66%) Network Security
4 22 (18.80%) SD-WAN
5 20 (17.09%) LAN
5 20 (17.09%) VPN
6 18 (15.38%) VoIP
7 12 (10.26%) 5G
7 12 (10.26%) BGP
8 10 (8.55%) NetScaler
8 10 (8.55%) OSPF
9 8 (6.84%) VLAN
9 8 (6.84%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (5.13%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (5.13%) MPLS
11 5 (4.27%) VXLAN
11 5 (4.27%) Wireless
11 5 (4.27%) Wireshark
12 4 (3.42%) NGFW
12 4 (3.42%) Wireless Security
General
1 22 (18.80%) Retail
2 19 (16.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 11 (9.40%) Social Skills
5 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 6 (5.13%) Finance
6 6 (5.13%) Law
7 4 (3.42%) Automotive
7 4 (3.42%) Local Government
8 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) German Language
10 1 (0.85%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.42%) EMV
2 4 (3.42%) PKI
3 3 (2.56%) EPoS
4 2 (1.71%) CMDB
4 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.71%) Replication
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.55%) Windows
2 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.71%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.51%) Root Cause Analysis
2 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
5 12 (10.26%) Load Balancing
6 9 (7.69%) Network Virtualisation
6 9 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
7 8 (6.84%) Customer Service
7 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (5.98%) Network Design
9 6 (5.13%) ITIL
9 6 (5.13%) ITSM
9 6 (5.13%) Migration
9 6 (5.13%) Patch Management
10 5 (4.27%) Cloud Security
10 5 (4.27%) Computer Science
10 5 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (4.27%) DevOps
10 5 (4.27%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.27%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.40%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.27%) Python
3 1 (0.85%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (21.37%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.66%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (18.80%) SC Cleared
4 16 (13.68%) CCNP
5 12 (10.26%) CCNA
6 10 (8.55%) Degree
7 5 (4.27%) MCSE
7 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (3.42%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.85%) CISSP
10 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.26%) NCSC
2 7 (5.98%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.82%) Hyper-V
3 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) Docker
5 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (7.69%) Ansible
2 8 (6.84%) Terraform
3 4 (3.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (3.42%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.42%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.56%) Observium
5 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.71%) Nagios
5 2 (1.71%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (33.33%) Cisco
2 15 (12.82%) Juniper
3 14 (11.97%) VMware
4 9 (7.69%) Citrix
4 9 (7.69%) Fortinet
5 8 (6.84%) Palo Alto
5 8 (6.84%) SolarWinds
6 7 (5.98%) Microsoft
6 7 (5.98%) Zscaler
7 6 (5.13%) Meraki
8 5 (4.27%) Aruba
8 5 (4.27%) CheckPoint
9 4 (3.42%) Arista
9 4 (3.42%) BMC
9 4 (3.42%) F5
9 4 (3.42%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (3.42%) NetScout
10 3 (2.56%) HP
10 3 (2.56%) Radware
11 2 (1.71%) Veeam