Network Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Network Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Network Engineer salary in Bristol is £52,000 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 140 145 189
Rank change year-on-year +5 +44 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 27 12 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.76% 0.49% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.53% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 11
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,125 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £44,954
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% +5.66% -0.10%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £57,125
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,808 £62,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% +3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,438 2,275 3,388
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.15% 92.55% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,517 1,445 2,162
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £53,412
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +8.23% +12.45%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,647 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Bristol

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Bristol

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

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 Bristol region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (62.96%) Cisco
2 13 (48.15%) Firewall
3 11 (40.74%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (33.33%) VPN
5 8 (29.63%) Network Security
5 8 (29.63%) Azure
5 8 (29.63%) Network Monitoring
6 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (25.93%) ITIL
6 7 (25.93%) CCNA
7 6 (22.22%) Fortinet
8 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
8 5 (18.52%) Meraki
8 5 (18.52%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (18.52%) AWS
8 5 (18.52%) Wireless
8 5 (18.52%) VLAN
8 5 (18.52%) DNS
8 5 (18.52%) DHCP
8 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
8 5 (18.52%) Citrix
9 4 (14.81%) Change Management
9 4 (14.81%) 802.11
9 4 (14.81%) OSPF
9 4 (14.81%) BGP
9 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
9 4 (14.81%) CCNP
9 4 (14.81%) Firmware
9 4 (14.81%) Degree
9 4 (14.81%) Computer Science

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 3 (11.11%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) Firewall
2 9 (33.33%) VPN
3 8 (29.63%) Network Security
4 5 (18.52%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (18.52%) DHCP
4 5 (18.52%) DNS
4 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
4 5 (18.52%) VLAN
4 5 (18.52%) Wireless
5 4 (14.81%) 802.11
5 4 (14.81%) BGP
5 4 (14.81%) NetScaler
5 4 (14.81%) OSPF
5 4 (14.81%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (11.11%) Tactical Data Link
7 2 (7.41%) LAN
7 2 (7.41%) WAN
8 1 (3.70%) NGFW
8 1 (3.70%) SSL
8 1 (3.70%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
1 4 (14.81%) Driving Licence
1 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) CentOS
2 2 (7.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (25.93%) ITIL
2 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.81%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (14.81%) Change Management
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
3 4 (14.81%) Logistics
3 4 (14.81%) Network Design
3 4 (14.81%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (14.81%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (11.11%) Agile
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.11%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 3 (11.11%) Open Source
4 3 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (11.11%) Project Management
4 3 (11.11%) Scrum
4 3 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (3.70%) Information Security
5 1 (3.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (25.93%) CCNA
3 4 (14.81%) CCNP
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Firmware
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (7.41%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.70%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Cisco
2 6 (22.22%) Fortinet
3 5 (18.52%) Citrix
3 5 (18.52%) Meraki
3 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.81%) SolarWinds
5 3 (11.11%) Dialogic
5 3 (11.11%) Forcepoint
5 3 (11.11%) Juniper
5 3 (11.11%) Ribbon
5 3 (11.11%) Riverbed
5 3 (11.11%) Sophos
5 3 (11.11%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.70%) CA
6 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.70%) VMware
6 1 (3.70%) Zscaler