Network Support Engineer Jobs

Network Support Engineer
UK

The median Network Support Engineer salary in the UK is £41,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 850 923 1178
Rank change year-on-year +73 +255 -343
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support Engineer 44 58 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.057% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.063% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 40 40 38
10th Percentile £29,075 £28,670 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,975 £31,813 £28,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £37,250 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.74% +11.19% -4.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,750 £50,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £57,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.00% +7.14%

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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Network Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support Engineer in the UK

Network Support Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +67 40 £40,000 +7.38% 21
UK excluding London -2 35 £40,000 +11.11% 23
South East -4 12 £39,500 +12.86% 5
South West -25 11 £50,000 +20.48% 1
North of England +39 7 £40,000 +11.11% 10
North West +6 6 £40,000 - 6
London +119 5 £40,000 -19.19% 3
West Midlands +9 5 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Midlands -8 5 £45,000 -18.18% 4
Work from Home +68 3 £22,500 -35.71% 5
North East -5 1 £29,000 -19.44%

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Network Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (65.91%) Cisco
2 23 (52.27%) Firewall
3 22 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (43.18%) CCNA
5 16 (36.36%) VPN
6 15 (34.09%) Microsoft
6 15 (34.09%) Juniper
6 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
7 14 (31.82%) DHCP
7 14 (31.82%) ITIL
8 13 (29.55%) Windows
8 13 (29.55%) OSPF
8 13 (29.55%) BGP
8 13 (29.55%) Fortinet
8 13 (29.55%) Azure
9 11 (25.00%) Windows Server
9 11 (25.00%) Customer Service
9 11 (25.00%) Wireless
10 10 (22.73%) Citrix
10 10 (22.73%) LAN
10 10 (22.73%) WAN
10 10 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (20.45%) NetScaler
11 9 (20.45%) VLAN
11 9 (20.45%) DV Cleared
11 9 (20.45%) DNS
12 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
12 8 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (18.18%) SolarWinds
12 8 (18.18%) Network Monitoring

Network Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) Azure
2 10 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 4 (9.09%) IaaS
5 3 (6.82%) AWS
5 3 (6.82%) SaaS
6 2 (4.55%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (52.27%) Firewall
2 16 (36.36%) VPN
3 14 (31.82%) DHCP
4 13 (29.55%) BGP
4 13 (29.55%) OSPF
5 11 (25.00%) Wireless
6 10 (22.73%) LAN
6 10 (22.73%) WAN
7 9 (20.45%) DNS
7 9 (20.45%) NetScaler
7 9 (20.45%) VLAN
8 8 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (11.36%) DSL
9 5 (11.36%) Ethernet
9 5 (11.36%) Internet
9 5 (11.36%) MPLS
9 5 (11.36%) Network Security
9 5 (11.36%) TCP/IP
9 5 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (9.09%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Hudson
General
1 8 (18.18%) Social Skills
1 8 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.91%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (29.55%) Windows
2 11 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.36%) VyOS
3 5 (11.36%) Windows 10
3 5 (11.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (9.09%) Linux
5 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) ITIL
2 11 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (15.91%) Change Management
5 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.36%) Agile
6 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (9.09%) Patch Management
7 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (6.82%) Antivirus Management
8 3 (6.82%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Automation
8 3 (6.82%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.82%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.82%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (6.82%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.27%) Bash
1 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (43.18%) CCNA
3 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
4 9 (20.45%) DV Cleared
5 6 (13.64%) JNCIA
6 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (9.09%) Azure Certification
8 3 (6.82%) CCNP
8 3 (6.82%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (4.55%) MCITP
10 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
2 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Dell DRAC
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (65.91%) Cisco
2 15 (34.09%) Juniper
2 15 (34.09%) Microsoft
3 13 (29.55%) Fortinet
4 10 (22.73%) Citrix
5 8 (18.18%) SolarWinds
6 5 (11.36%) Acronis
6 5 (11.36%) Meraki
6 5 (11.36%) Nokia
6 5 (11.36%) Ruckus Wireless
6 5 (11.36%) VMware
6 5 (11.36%) Vyatta
7 3 (6.82%) Veeam
8 2 (4.55%) Aruba
8 2 (4.55%) F5
8 2 (4.55%) WatchGuard
8 2 (4.55%) Zscaler
9 1 (2.27%) Draytek