Network Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Network Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Berkshire is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 127 153
Rank change year-on-year +31 +26 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 73 51 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.17% 1.75% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% 1.89% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 61 41 26
10th Percentile - £36,117 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,000 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £60,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £64,375
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
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 3,209 2,693 3,557
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.59% 92.19% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,177 1,575 2,178
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £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 Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Berkshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bracknell +28 36 £40,750 -39.63% 10
Reading +1 25 £62,500 +38.89% 2
Slough - 6 £52,500 - 2
Newbury -5 1 £27,500 -38.89% 1
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Berkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (75.34%) Cisco
2 48 (65.75%) Security Cleared
3 40 (54.79%) DV Cleared
4 36 (49.32%) SC Cleared
5 24 (32.88%) Firewall
6 20 (27.40%) Juniper
7 19 (26.03%) SSL
7 19 (26.03%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (26.03%) Network Security
8 16 (21.92%) CCNA
9 15 (20.55%) CCNP
10 12 (16.44%) Wireless
11 11 (15.07%) Fortinet
11 11 (15.07%) VPN
11 11 (15.07%) F5
11 11 (15.07%) Cisco Firepower
12 10 (13.70%) WAN
12 10 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 9 (12.33%) DNS
13 9 (12.33%) LAN
14 8 (10.96%) OSPF
14 8 (10.96%) Azure
15 7 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (9.59%) Palo Alto
15 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
16 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
16 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
16 6 (8.22%) BGP
16 6 (8.22%) MPLS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (5.48%) IIS
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.48%) SharePoint
1 4 (5.48%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.96%) Azure
2 4 (5.48%) AWS
2 4 (5.48%) GCP
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.48%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (32.88%) Firewall
2 19 (26.03%) Network Security
2 19 (26.03%) SSL
3 12 (16.44%) Wireless
4 11 (15.07%) Cisco Firepower
4 11 (15.07%) VPN
5 10 (13.70%) WAN
6 9 (12.33%) DNS
6 9 (12.33%) LAN
7 8 (10.96%) OSPF
8 6 (8.22%) BGP
8 6 (8.22%) MPLS
9 5 (6.85%) IPsec
9 5 (6.85%) SD-WAN
10 4 (5.48%) Fibre Channel
10 4 (5.48%) iSCSI
10 4 (5.48%) NAS
10 4 (5.48%) SAN
11 3 (4.11%) DMZ
11 3 (4.11%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
2 6 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.48%) Retail
3 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.37%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) LAMP
2 2 (2.74%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.48%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.48%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (5.48%) Replication
3 3 (4.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) PKI
4 2 (2.74%) CCTV
4 2 (2.74%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.74%) SCADA
5 1 (1.37%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Linux
1 5 (6.85%) Windows
1 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
2 4 (5.48%) Ubuntu
2 4 (5.48%) VMS
2 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
3 6 (8.22%) Migration
4 5 (6.85%) Change Control
4 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (5.48%) DevOps
5 4 (5.48%) Inventory Management
5 4 (5.48%) Network Segmentation
5 4 (5.48%) Proactive Management
6 3 (4.11%) ITIL
6 3 (4.11%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (4.11%) Presales
6 3 (4.11%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (2.74%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (2.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (2.74%) Decision-Making
7 2 (2.74%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.74%) Network Management
7 2 (2.74%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (65.75%) Security Cleared
2 40 (54.79%) DV Cleared
3 36 (49.32%) SC Cleared
4 19 (26.03%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (21.92%) CCNA
6 15 (20.55%) CCNP
7 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.37%) Degree
7 1 (1.37%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.11%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.48%) vSphere
3 2 (2.74%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (5.48%) SCCM
2 3 (4.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 55 (75.34%) Cisco
2 20 (27.40%) Juniper
3 11 (15.07%) F5
3 11 (15.07%) Fortinet
4 7 (9.59%) Palo Alto
5 5 (6.85%) ProCurve
6 4 (5.48%) Aruba
6 4 (5.48%) Meraki
6 4 (5.48%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.48%) Synology
6 4 (5.48%) Veeam
6 4 (5.48%) VMware
6 4 (5.48%) Zerto
7 2 (2.74%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (2.74%) HP
8 1 (1.37%) WatchGuard