Network Systems Engineer Jobs

Network Systems Engineer
UK

The median Network Systems Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 863 934 1186
Rank change year-on-year +71 +252 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Systems Engineer 47 45 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.044% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.048% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 46 33 24
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £33,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +45.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £56,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,000 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% +21.43% -22.22%

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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Network Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Systems Engineer in the UK

Network Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Systems Engineer in the UK

Network Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Network Systems Engineer in the UK

Network Systems Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +103 45 £50,000 -1.96% 12
UK excluding London -4 45 £50,000 +17.65% 9
East of England +27 16 £52,500 -0.94% 4
Work from Home +80 12 £52,000 +30.00% 3
South East +11 10 £44,000 -16.19% 2
South West -33 8 £52,000 +30.00%
North of England +55 7 £35,000 +6.06% 1
North East -9 4 £35,000 +6.06%
North West +20 3 £50,000 - 1
London +122 2 £57,500 -4.17% 3
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 1
Scotland - 2 £45,250 -
Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 2

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

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

1 24 (51.06%) Microsoft
2 19 (40.43%) Azure
3 17 (36.17%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (34.04%) Windows
4 16 (34.04%) VMware
5 14 (29.79%) Active Directory
6 12 (25.53%) Linux
6 12 (25.53%) Windows Server
7 11 (23.40%) WAN
7 11 (23.40%) Hyper-V
7 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (21.28%) LAN
9 9 (19.15%) VPN
9 9 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (19.15%) Telecoms
9 9 (19.15%) AWS
9 9 (19.15%) GCP
9 9 (19.15%) Auto-Scaling
10 8 (17.02%) Firewall
10 8 (17.02%) SAN
10 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (14.89%) CCNA
11 7 (14.89%) Finance
11 7 (14.89%) Wireless
11 7 (14.89%) Configuration Management
11 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
11 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
11 7 (14.89%) Ubuntu
11 7 (14.89%) VLAN
11 7 (14.89%) OpenStack

Network Systems 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 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (14.89%) OpenStack
3 1 (2.13%) IIS
3 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 19 (40.43%) Azure
2 17 (36.17%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (19.15%) AWS
3 9 (19.15%) GCP
4 6 (12.77%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.40%) WAN
2 10 (21.28%) LAN
3 9 (19.15%) VPN
4 8 (17.02%) Firewall
4 8 (17.02%) SAN
5 7 (14.89%) VLAN
5 7 (14.89%) Wireless
6 6 (12.77%) Software-Defined Networking
7 5 (10.64%) NAS
7 5 (10.64%) WLAN
8 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
9 3 (6.38%) 4G
9 3 (6.38%) 5G
9 3 (6.38%) Network Security
9 3 (6.38%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (6.38%) Tactical Data Link
9 3 (6.38%) VoIP
10 2 (4.26%) SD-WAN
11 1 (2.13%) Fibre Channel
11 1 (2.13%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) MySQL
1 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) InfluxDB
2 1 (2.13%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
General
1 9 (19.15%) Telecoms
2 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 4 (8.51%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Military
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Replication
2 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.38%) PKI
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) CCTV
4 1 (2.13%) Clustering
4 1 (2.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Linux
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server
3 7 (14.89%) Ubuntu
4 6 (12.77%) Debian
5 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.13%) CentOS
6 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.13%) VMS
6 1 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Auto-Scaling
2 7 (14.89%) Configuration Management
2 7 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (14.89%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (14.89%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (12.77%) CI/CD
3 6 (12.77%) DevOps
3 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
4 5 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (10.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (8.51%) ITIL
5 4 (8.51%) Migration
5 4 (8.51%) Presales
6 3 (6.38%) Client Onboarding
6 3 (6.38%) Containerisation
6 3 (6.38%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.38%) PRINCE
6 3 (6.38%) Security Hardening
6 3 (6.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.77%) Shell Script
3 3 (6.38%) MATLAB
4 2 (4.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (14.89%) CCNA
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) Degree
4 3 (6.38%) AWS Certification
4 3 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.26%) MCSE
5 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.13%) CCNP
6 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.13%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) SLA
2 2 (4.26%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (29.79%) Active Directory
2 11 (23.40%) Hyper-V
2 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (2.13%) Firmware
3 1 (2.13%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) ZABBIX
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.13%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.13%) Check_MK
3 1 (2.13%) SCCM
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (51.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (34.04%) VMware
3 6 (12.77%) Cisco
3 6 (12.77%) Red Hat
4 4 (8.51%) Aruba
4 4 (8.51%) Citrix
4 4 (8.51%) Juniper
5 3 (6.38%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.38%) MikroTik
5 3 (6.38%) Riverbed
5 3 (6.38%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (4.26%) Dell
6 2 (4.26%) EMC
6 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.26%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.26%) Sparx
7 1 (2.13%) ProCurve
7 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.13%) Splunk
7 1 (2.13%) Veritas