Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 158 166
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 98 98 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.38% 1.72% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.92% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 80 80 103
10th Percentile £34,625 £31,125 £40,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -7.77% +7.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,730 5,108 7,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.63% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,061 4,133
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £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 1 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 1 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 +31 65 £49,500 +10.00% 17
Buckinghamshire -26 22 £42,500 -10.53% 3
Oxfordshire -1 12 £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 1 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 62 (63.27%) Cisco
2 47 (47.96%) Security Cleared
3 37 (37.76%) DV Cleared
4 35 (35.71%) SC Cleared
5 31 (31.63%) Firewall
6 30 (30.61%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (29.59%) Juniper
8 24 (24.49%) CCNA
9 22 (22.45%) Network Security
10 20 (20.41%) Azure
10 20 (20.41%) VPN
11 19 (19.39%) SSL
11 19 (19.39%) CCNP
11 19 (19.39%) Wireless
11 19 (19.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (17.35%) MPLS
13 16 (16.33%) Windows
14 15 (15.31%) WAN
15 14 (14.29%) Active Directory
16 13 (13.27%) LAN
16 13 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
16 13 (13.27%) Fortinet
17 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
17 12 (12.24%) Microsoft
17 12 (12.24%) DNS
17 12 (12.24%) SD-WAN
18 10 (10.20%) F5
18 10 (10.20%) AWS
18 10 (10.20%) Nokia
18 10 (10.20%) 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 (12.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.08%) IIS
3 4 (4.08%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.41%) Azure
2 13 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.20%) AWS
4 7 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.08%) GCP
6 3 (3.06%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.04%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (31.63%) Firewall
2 22 (22.45%) Network Security
3 20 (20.41%) VPN
4 19 (19.39%) SSL
4 19 (19.39%) Wireless
5 17 (17.35%) MPLS
6 15 (15.31%) WAN
7 13 (13.27%) LAN
8 12 (12.24%) DNS
8 12 (12.24%) SD-WAN
9 10 (10.20%) Cisco Firepower
10 8 (8.16%) OSPF
10 8 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (7.14%) BGP
11 7 (7.14%) VLAN
12 5 (5.10%) DHCP
12 5 (5.10%) IPsec
12 5 (5.10%) TCP/IP
13 4 (4.08%) Ethernet
13 4 (4.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.06%) Amazon RDS
General
1 7 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (7.14%) Public Sector
1 7 (7.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.12%) Manufacturing
3 5 (5.10%) Retail
4 3 (3.06%) Legal
4 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.04%) Electronics
5 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.02%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) LAMP
2 2 (2.04%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.02%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.10%) PKI
3 4 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (4.08%) Replication
4 3 (3.06%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.06%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.04%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.04%) Molecular Biology
5 2 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.04%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.04%) SCADA
6 1 (1.02%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.02%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.02%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.33%) Windows
2 8 (8.16%) Linux
3 6 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.10%) Android
4 5 (5.10%) Apple iOS
5 4 (4.08%) Ubuntu
5 4 (4.08%) VMS
5 4 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (9.18%) Network Monitoring
3 7 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (6.12%) ITIL
4 6 (6.12%) Logistics
4 6 (6.12%) Migration
5 5 (5.10%) Change Control
5 5 (5.10%) Mentoring
6 4 (4.08%) DevOps
6 4 (4.08%) Inventory Management
6 4 (4.08%) Network Design
6 4 (4.08%) Network Segmentation
6 4 (4.08%) Proactive Management
7 3 (3.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (3.06%) Customer Service
7 3 (3.06%) Incident Management
7 3 (3.06%) Presales
7 3 (3.06%) Project Management
7 3 (3.06%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (3.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.10%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.04%) Bash
3 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (47.96%) Security Cleared
2 37 (37.76%) DV Cleared
3 35 (35.71%) SC Cleared
4 30 (30.61%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (24.49%) CCNA
6 19 (19.39%) CCNP
7 4 (4.08%) Degree
8 3 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (2.04%) CCIE
10 1 (1.02%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.08%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.08%) vSphere
3 1 (1.02%) Docker
3 1 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (9.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.08%) SCCM
3 1 (1.02%) Ansible
3 1 (1.02%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 62 (63.27%) Cisco
2 29 (29.59%) Juniper
3 13 (13.27%) Fortinet
4 12 (12.24%) Microsoft
5 10 (10.20%) F5
5 10 (10.20%) Nokia
6 6 (6.12%) Aruba
6 6 (6.12%) Meraki
6 6 (6.12%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.10%) ProCurve
7 5 (5.10%) VMware
8 4 (4.08%) Citrix
8 4 (4.08%) Synology
8 4 (4.08%) Veeam
8 4 (4.08%) Zerto
9 2 (2.04%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.04%) HP
9 2 (2.04%) Snow
9 2 (2.04%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.02%) WatchGuard