Next Generation Network (NGN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NGN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NGN over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 968 1216
Rank change year-on-year +95 +248 -292
Permanent jobs citing NGN 22 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.009% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.057% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 16
10th Percentile - £46,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £61,250 £44,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +33.33% -3.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile - £100,000 £83,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -43.40%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NGN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,473 15,657 21,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.58% 15.70% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,395 7,904 11,730
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +3.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NGN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NGN in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NGN.

Salary trend for NGN in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NGN over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NGN in the UK

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Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NGN within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
Work from Home +77 21 £80,000 +18.52% 5
England +75 14 £40,000 -52.94% 6
UK excluding London -22 13 £40,000 -20.00% 3
North of England +47 9 £40,000 -20.00%
North West +10 8 £40,000 -20.00%
East of England - 4 - - 2
London +120 1 £50,000 -41.18% 2
Yorkshire +89 1 £25,027 -

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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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) WAN
2 10 (45.45%) BGP
2 10 (45.45%) MPLS
2 10 (45.45%) TCP/IP
3 8 (36.36%) Ethernet
3 8 (36.36%) TACACS
3 8 (36.36%) Wireless
4 6 (27.27%) LAN
4 6 (27.27%) OSPF
4 6 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (18.18%) SD-WAN
6 1 (4.55%) DNS
6 1 (4.55%) Internet
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Consultant
1 8 (36.36%) Presales Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) Network Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Principal Software Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) HTML
2 2 (9.09%) DPDK
2 2 (9.09%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Data Centre
1 8 (36.36%) IoT
1 8 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
2 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Active Listening
1 8 (36.36%) Creative Thinking
1 8 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
1 8 (36.36%) Customer Experience
1 8 (36.36%) Customer Requirements
1 8 (36.36%) Network Management
1 8 (36.36%) Presales
1 8 (36.36%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 4 (18.18%) Change Control
3 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Architecture
4 2 (9.09%) Concurrent Programming
4 2 (9.09%) Open Source
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.55%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (4.55%) Product Requirements
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architecture
5 1 (4.55%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) Assembly Language
2 2 (9.09%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
1 8 (36.36%) DV Cleared
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 6 (27.27%) CCDP
2 6 (27.27%) CCNP
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (27.27%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.55%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) Ansible
2 4 (18.18%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
3 8 (36.36%) Aruba
3 8 (36.36%) VMware
4 6 (27.27%) Juniper
4 6 (27.27%) Nokia
5 4 (18.18%) Meraki
6 1 (4.55%) SAP