Network Operations Engineer Jobs

Network Operations Engineer
UK

The median Network Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 888 952 1198
Rank change year-on-year +64 +246 -327
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Operations Engineer 17 21 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.020% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.022% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 24
10th Percentile £43,227 - £25,500
25th Percentile £45,938 £41,250 £31,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +26.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £61,875 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £64,723 £100,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% +57.41% -48.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Network Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Operations Engineer in the UK

Network Operations Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Operations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England +107 16 £52,500 -7.89% 7
London +128 8 £52,500 -30.00% 5
Work from Home +77 8 £55,675 +31.00% 2
UK excluding London -5 8 £60,000 +41.18% 4
North of England - 7 £60,000 - 2
North West - 7 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £65,000 -
Midlands - 2 £65,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £65,000 -
South West -18 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Network Operations 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 featuring Network Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
1 6 (35.29%) Data Centre
2 5 (29.41%) OSPF
2 5 (29.41%) BGP
2 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) VPN
2 5 (29.41%) SLA
2 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 4 (23.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (23.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (23.53%) tcpdump
3 4 (23.53%) Unified Communications
3 4 (23.53%) F5
3 4 (23.53%) Wireshark
3 4 (23.53%) MPLS
3 4 (23.53%) Network Security
3 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
3 4 (23.53%) Juniper
3 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 4 (23.53%) Law
3 4 (23.53%) Network Design
3 4 (23.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (23.53%) DDoS Mitigation
3 4 (23.53%) VXLAN
3 4 (23.53%) Ethernet VPN
3 4 (23.53%) Application Security
4 3 (17.65%) Tech Ops
4 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared

Network Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
2 5 (29.41%) BGP
2 5 (29.41%) OSPF
2 5 (29.41%) VPN
3 4 (23.53%) Ethernet VPN
3 4 (23.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 4 (23.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (23.53%) MPLS
3 4 (23.53%) Network Security
3 4 (23.53%) TCP/IP
3 4 (23.53%) tcpdump
3 4 (23.53%) Unified Communications
3 4 (23.53%) VXLAN
3 4 (23.53%) Wireshark
4 3 (17.65%) LAN
4 3 (17.65%) WAN
5 2 (11.76%) DHCP
5 2 (11.76%) DNS
6 1 (5.88%) Internet
6 1 (5.88%) WLAN
General
1 4 (23.53%) Law
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Police
4 1 (5.88%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Data Centre
2 4 (23.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (5.88%) CMDB
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Application Security
2 4 (23.53%) DDoS Mitigation
2 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
2 4 (23.53%) Network Design
3 3 (17.65%) Tech Ops
4 2 (11.76%) Change Control
4 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.88%) Fault Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.88%) ITSM
5 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (5.88%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) HNC
2 2 (11.76%) HND
2 2 (11.76%) JNCIA
2 2 (11.76%) JNCIP
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) CCNA
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) FortiGate
1 1 (5.88%) Nagios
1 1 (5.88%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 4 (23.53%) F5
2 4 (23.53%) Juniper
3 3 (17.65%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
4 2 (11.76%) Zscaler
5 1 (5.88%) Huawei