Network Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Network Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 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 163 213 201
Rank change year-on-year +50 -12 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 201 97 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.43% 1.14% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.28% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 167 84 138
10th Percentile £25,570 £35,113 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,925 £39,594 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,375 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -13.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,875 £62,500
England median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -2.00% -5.21% +5.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 13,212 7,602 10,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.51% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,398 4,488 7,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +58 164 £46,500 +6.90% 32
East Midlands -16 33 £25,000 -47.37% 11
Network Engineer
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 110 (54.73%) Firewall
2 103 (51.24%) Cisco
3 70 (34.83%) Azure
4 66 (32.84%) Security Cleared
5 65 (32.34%) SC Cleared
6 59 (29.35%) WAN
7 47 (23.38%) SD-WAN
8 45 (22.39%) Juniper
9 43 (21.39%) MPLS
10 40 (19.90%) Cisco Certification
11 38 (18.91%) CheckPoint
12 37 (18.41%) CCNA
13 35 (17.41%) AWS
14 34 (16.92%) VPN
15 31 (15.42%) Active Directory
15 31 (15.42%) Network Security
15 31 (15.42%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (14.43%) Palo Alto
17 28 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (13.93%) Wi-Fi
17 28 (13.93%) Windows
18 27 (13.43%) LAN
18 27 (13.43%) Microsoft
18 27 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
19 26 (12.94%) IPsec
20 25 (12.44%) Service Management
20 25 (12.44%) Windows Server
21 24 (11.94%) Finance
22 23 (11.44%) Meraki
22 23 (11.44%) Aruba

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 70 (34.83%) Azure
2 35 (17.41%) AWS
3 31 (15.42%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 5 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (2.49%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.99%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.00%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 110 (54.73%) Firewall
2 59 (29.35%) WAN
3 47 (23.38%) SD-WAN
4 43 (21.39%) MPLS
5 34 (16.92%) VPN
6 31 (15.42%) Network Security
7 28 (13.93%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (13.43%) LAN
9 26 (12.94%) IPsec
10 20 (9.95%) DNS
10 20 (9.95%) Wireless
11 18 (8.96%) VLAN
12 16 (7.96%) TCP/IP
13 13 (6.47%) DHCP
14 12 (5.97%) BGP
14 12 (5.97%) OSPF
15 11 (5.47%) WLAN
16 9 (4.48%) Cisco Firepower
17 8 (3.98%) VoIP
18 7 (3.48%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.00%) MySQL
1 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.50%) JIRA
1 1 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (11.94%) Finance
2 18 (8.96%) Telecoms
3 14 (6.97%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.97%) Retail
5 11 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.48%) Police
7 8 (3.98%) Law
8 7 (3.48%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.49%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.97%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.45%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.99%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.49%) PKI
4 2 (1.00%) CMDB
4 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.00%) NHS
5 1 (0.50%) CCTV
5 1 (0.50%) EPoS
5 1 (0.50%) IoT
5 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.93%) Windows
2 25 (12.44%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.99%) Linux
4 5 (2.49%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (12.44%) Service Management
4 20 (9.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 20 (9.95%) Migration
4 20 (9.95%) Network Monitoring
5 19 (9.45%) ITIL
6 17 (8.46%) Change Management
7 15 (7.46%) ITSM
8 14 (6.97%) Customer Service
9 13 (6.47%) Mentoring
9 13 (6.47%) Service Delivery
10 12 (5.97%) Configuration Management
10 12 (5.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (5.97%) Fault Management
10 12 (5.97%) Project Delivery
11 10 (4.98%) Infrastructure Management
11 10 (4.98%) Preventative Maintenance
12 9 (4.48%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 8 (3.98%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.99%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.49%) SQL
3 2 (1.00%) C
4 1 (0.50%) Bash
4 1 (0.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 65 (32.34%) SC Cleared
3 40 (19.90%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (18.41%) CCNA
5 19 (9.45%) CCNP
6 11 (5.47%) Degree
7 8 (3.98%) AWS Certification
7 8 (3.98%) CCSA
8 7 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.99%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.49%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.49%) JNCIA
10 5 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.99%) MCSE
11 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 11 (5.47%) GDPR
3 8 (3.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (2.99%) SLA
5 5 (2.49%) QA
6 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 31 (15.42%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.46%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.00%) pfSense
4 2 (1.00%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.50%) Docker
5 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.49%) Ansible
1 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.99%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.49%) Nagios
4 2 (1.00%) SCCM
5 1 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.50%) Terraform
5 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (51.24%) Cisco
2 45 (22.39%) Juniper
3 38 (18.91%) CheckPoint
4 29 (14.43%) Palo Alto
5 27 (13.43%) Microsoft
6 23 (11.44%) Aruba
6 23 (11.44%) Meraki
7 19 (9.45%) VMware
8 11 (5.47%) Fortinet
9 10 (4.98%) SolarWinds
10 9 (4.48%) HP
11 7 (3.48%) Ruckus Wireless
11 7 (3.48%) Zscaler
12 6 (2.99%) Avaya
12 6 (2.99%) Dell
12 6 (2.99%) F5
13 5 (2.49%) Citrix
14 3 (1.49%) Ericsson
14 3 (1.49%) Sophos
14 3 (1.49%) ZyXEL