Network Engineer Jobs in the North West

Network Engineer
England > North West

The median Network Engineer salary in the North West is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 162 252
Rank change year-on-year -10 +90 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 127 147 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.27% 1.91% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 2.13% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 114 90 53
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £32,600
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,465 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,439 6,893 9,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.48% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,252 4,020 5,351
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North West

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Manchester +47 95 £42,500 -15.00% 19
Cheshire -25 14 £41,500 -11.70% 2
Merseyside -2 8 £47,250 -13.70% 2
Cumbria -8 6 £35,000 -
Lancashire -23 4 £42,500 +6.25% 5
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 North West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 95 (74.80%) Cisco
2 68 (53.54%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (48.82%) LAN
4 61 (48.03%) WAN
5 56 (44.09%) Firewall
6 53 (41.73%) OSPF
7 49 (38.58%) BGP
8 43 (33.86%) Juniper
9 42 (33.07%) CCNA
10 41 (32.28%) MPLS
10 41 (32.28%) Fortinet
11 40 (31.50%) Wireless
12 39 (30.71%) CCNP
13 36 (28.35%) TCP/IP
14 35 (27.56%) VPN
15 32 (25.20%) DHCP
16 31 (24.41%) Wi-Fi
16 31 (24.41%) Network Security
17 25 (19.69%) Customer Service
18 24 (18.90%) Nokia
18 24 (18.90%) Ethernet
19 21 (16.54%) DNS
19 21 (16.54%) VMware
19 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
20 20 (15.75%) Network Architecture
20 20 (15.75%) JNCIA
20 20 (15.75%) Degree
20 20 (15.75%) Internet
21 19 (14.96%) Network Monitoring
22 18 (14.17%) Ruckus Wireless

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.60%) Azure
2 13 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (8.66%) AWS
4 7 (5.51%) GCP
5 2 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 62 (48.82%) LAN
2 61 (48.03%) WAN
3 56 (44.09%) Firewall
4 53 (41.73%) OSPF
5 49 (38.58%) BGP
6 41 (32.28%) MPLS
7 40 (31.50%) Wireless
8 36 (28.35%) TCP/IP
9 35 (27.56%) VPN
10 32 (25.20%) DHCP
11 31 (24.41%) Network Security
11 31 (24.41%) Wi-Fi
12 24 (18.90%) Ethernet
13 21 (16.54%) DNS
14 20 (15.75%) Internet
15 18 (14.17%) DSL
16 17 (13.39%) SSL
17 14 (11.02%) SD-WAN
18 11 (8.66%) IPsec
18 11 (8.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.15%) JIRA
1 4 (3.15%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
3 5 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.15%) Retail
5 3 (2.36%) Finance
6 2 (1.57%) Law
7 1 (0.79%) Automotive
7 1 (0.79%) Legal
7 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.51%) Replication
3 4 (3.15%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.15%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.36%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.36%) PKI
5 1 (0.79%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.17%) VyOS
2 14 (11.02%) Linux
3 11 (8.66%) Windows
4 4 (3.15%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.69%) Customer Service
2 20 (15.75%) Network Architecture
3 19 (14.96%) Network Monitoring
4 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (11.81%) Computer Science
6 11 (8.66%) ITIL
6 11 (8.66%) Mentoring
7 9 (7.09%) Agile
8 8 (6.30%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (5.51%) Cloud Security
9 7 (5.51%) Data Centre Operations
9 7 (5.51%) Migration
10 6 (4.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (3.94%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (3.94%) Data Protection
11 5 (3.94%) Network Design
11 5 (3.94%) Project Management
11 5 (3.94%) Storage Management
12 4 (3.15%) Compliance Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.15%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.36%) Python
Qualifications
1 68 (53.54%) Cisco Certification
2 42 (33.07%) CCNA
3 39 (30.71%) CCNP
4 20 (15.75%) Degree
4 20 (15.75%) JNCIA
5 15 (11.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (7.87%) Security Cleared
7 9 (7.09%) CCIE
8 6 (4.72%) CCDP
8 6 (4.72%) JNCIP
9 4 (3.15%) CCNA CyberOps
9 4 (3.15%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (3.15%) CISM
9 4 (3.15%) CISSP
9 4 (3.15%) CRISC
9 4 (3.15%) HNC
9 4 (3.15%) HND
9 4 (3.15%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.36%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
1 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.30%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.30%) VMware NSX
2 5 (3.94%) SRDF
3 4 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.57%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.79%) Ansible
2 1 (0.79%) Icinga
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) Nagios
Vendors
1 95 (74.80%) Cisco
2 43 (33.86%) Juniper
3 41 (32.28%) Fortinet
4 24 (18.90%) Nokia
5 21 (16.54%) VMware
6 18 (14.17%) Ruckus Wireless
6 18 (14.17%) Vyatta
7 15 (11.81%) Palo Alto
8 12 (9.45%) Meraki
9 10 (7.87%) Aruba
10 9 (7.09%) Dell
10 9 (7.09%) F5
11 7 (5.51%) Citrix
11 7 (5.51%) HP
11 7 (5.51%) Microsoft
12 6 (4.72%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.72%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (3.94%) Brocade
13 5 (3.94%) EMC
14 4 (3.15%) Google