Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 149 160
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 109 99 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.48% 1.77% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.98% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 87 81 106
10th Percentile - £30,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -16.28% +19.44%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £62,188
90th Percentile £69,250 £68,750 £75,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -7.77% +8.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,986 5,002 7,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.50% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,047 4,149
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,375 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,278 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Berkshire +30 74 £48,500 +7.78% 15
Buckinghamshire -24 22 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Oxfordshire -6 14 £58,010 +22.13% 4
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (62.39%) Cisco
2 53 (48.62%) Security Cleared
3 40 (36.70%) DV Cleared
4 39 (35.78%) SC Cleared
5 38 (34.86%) Firewall
6 32 (29.36%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (28.44%) Juniper
8 25 (22.94%) CCNA
8 25 (22.94%) Network Security
9 23 (21.10%) Azure
10 22 (20.18%) VPN
11 21 (19.27%) SSL
12 20 (18.35%) CCNP
12 20 (18.35%) WAN
12 20 (18.35%) Wireless
13 19 (17.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 17 (15.60%) MPLS
15 16 (14.68%) Windows
15 16 (14.68%) Fortinet
16 15 (13.76%) LAN
17 14 (12.84%) Active Directory
18 13 (11.93%) AWS
18 13 (11.93%) SD-WAN
18 13 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
19 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
19 12 (11.01%) DNS
19 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Exchange
20 11 (10.09%) F5
20 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
20 11 (10.09%) Cisco Firepower

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.42%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.67%) IIS
3 4 (3.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.10%) Azure
2 13 (11.93%) AWS
2 13 (11.93%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (6.42%) OneDrive
4 6 (5.50%) GCP
5 3 (2.75%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.83%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (1.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (34.86%) Firewall
2 25 (22.94%) Network Security
3 22 (20.18%) VPN
4 21 (19.27%) SSL
5 20 (18.35%) WAN
5 20 (18.35%) Wireless
6 17 (15.60%) MPLS
7 15 (13.76%) LAN
8 13 (11.93%) SD-WAN
9 12 (11.01%) DNS
10 11 (10.09%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (9.17%) OSPF
11 10 (9.17%) VLAN
12 9 (8.26%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (7.34%) BGP
14 5 (4.59%) DHCP
14 5 (4.59%) IPsec
14 5 (4.59%) TCP/IP
15 4 (3.67%) iSCSI
15 4 (3.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
General
1 9 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (7.34%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.42%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.50%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.59%) Retail
6 4 (3.67%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.75%) Legal
8 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Electronics
8 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.92%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.67%) 802.1X
1 4 (3.67%) LAMP
2 2 (1.83%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.59%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.59%) PKI
3 4 (3.67%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.67%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.67%) Replication
4 3 (2.75%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.83%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.83%) CCTV
5 2 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.83%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.83%) Molecular Biology
5 2 (1.83%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.83%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.83%) SCADA
6 1 (0.92%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.68%) Windows
2 8 (7.34%) Linux
3 6 (5.50%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.59%) Android
4 5 (4.59%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.67%) Ubuntu
5 4 (3.67%) VMS
5 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.75%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (9.17%) Network Monitoring
4 9 (8.26%) Mentoring
5 7 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (6.42%) Logistics
6 6 (5.50%) ITIL
6 6 (5.50%) Migration
7 5 (4.59%) Change Control
7 5 (4.59%) DevOps
8 4 (3.67%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (3.67%) Incident Management
8 4 (3.67%) Inventory Management
8 4 (3.67%) Network Design
8 4 (3.67%) Network Management
8 4 (3.67%) Network Segmentation
8 4 (3.67%) Proactive Management
8 4 (3.67%) Project Management
8 4 (3.67%) Roadmaps
9 3 (2.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.75%) Bash
3 2 (1.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (48.62%) Security Cleared
2 40 (36.70%) DV Cleared
3 39 (35.78%) SC Cleared
4 32 (29.36%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (22.94%) CCNA
6 20 (18.35%) CCNP
7 5 (4.59%) Degree
8 4 (3.67%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.83%) CCIE
11 1 (0.92%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.75%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (12.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.67%) vSphere
3 3 (2.75%) Firmware
4 1 (0.92%) Docker
4 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (8.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.67%) SCCM
3 3 (2.75%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.92%) Ansible
4 1 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 68 (62.39%) Cisco
2 31 (28.44%) Juniper
3 16 (14.68%) Fortinet
4 12 (11.01%) Microsoft
5 11 (10.09%) F5
6 10 (9.17%) Nokia
7 7 (6.42%) Palo Alto
8 6 (5.50%) Aruba
8 6 (5.50%) Meraki
9 5 (4.59%) ProCurve
9 5 (4.59%) VMware
10 4 (3.67%) Citrix
10 4 (3.67%) Synology
10 4 (3.67%) Veeam
10 4 (3.67%) Zerto
11 2 (1.83%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.83%) Extreme Networks
11 2 (1.83%) HP
11 2 (1.83%) Snow
11 2 (1.83%) SolarWinds