IP Engineer
UK

The median IP Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 846 932 1198
Rank change year-on-year +86 +266 -331
Permanent jobs requiring an IP Engineer 68 20 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.021% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.022% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 54 14 36
10th Percentile - £32,500 £30,825
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £32,269
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.71% +10.53%
75th Percentile £79,688 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,000 - £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £35,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +85.71% -46.15% +36.84%

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

IP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IP Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IP Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +121 62 £65,000 +66.67% 4
UK excluding London +29 54 £65,000 +85.71% 2
North of England - 44 £65,000 - 1
North West - 38 £40,000 -
Work from Home +82 23 £65,000 +85.71% 2
South East +14 15 £80,000 +128.57% 1
Yorkshire - 9 £80,000 - 1
London +142 8 £90,000 +130.77% 2
West Midlands - 6 £80,000 -
Midlands - 6 £80,000 -
East of England - 4 £80,000 -

IP Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, IP 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 IP Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (97.06%) Juniper
2 50 (73.53%) MPLS
3 48 (70.59%) Nokia
4 42 (61.76%) BGP
5 39 (57.35%) JNCIA
6 35 (51.47%) JNCIP
7 34 (50.00%) Cisco
8 32 (47.06%) Fortinet
9 19 (27.94%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (27.94%) CCNA
9 19 (27.94%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (27.94%) LAN
9 19 (27.94%) WAN
9 19 (27.94%) DHCP
10 18 (26.47%) Ethernet
10 18 (26.47%) TCP/IP
10 18 (26.47%) DSL
10 18 (26.47%) Internet
10 18 (26.47%) OSPF
10 18 (26.47%) Wireless
10 18 (26.47%) Customer Service
10 18 (26.47%) VyOS
10 18 (26.47%) Ruckus Wireless
10 18 (26.47%) Vyatta
11 14 (20.59%) JNCIE
11 14 (20.59%) Palo Alto
12 8 (11.76%) Junos
12 8 (11.76%) Firewall
13 6 (8.82%) Network Design
13 6 (8.82%) RSVP

IP 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:

Communications & Networking
1 50 (73.53%) MPLS
2 42 (61.76%) BGP
3 19 (27.94%) DHCP
3 19 (27.94%) LAN
3 19 (27.94%) WAN
3 19 (27.94%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (26.47%) DSL
4 18 (26.47%) Ethernet
4 18 (26.47%) Internet
4 18 (26.47%) OSPF
4 18 (26.47%) TCP/IP
4 18 (26.47%) Wireless
5 8 (11.76%) Firewall
5 8 (11.76%) Junos
6 6 (8.82%) RSVP
6 6 (8.82%) VPLS
7 1 (1.47%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.47%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) Customer Service
2 6 (8.82%) Network Design
3 1 (1.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (1.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (1.47%) Server Management
3 1 (1.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (57.35%) JNCIA
2 35 (51.47%) JNCIP
3 19 (27.94%) CCNA
3 19 (27.94%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (20.59%) JNCIE
5 1 (1.47%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Ansible
Vendors
1 66 (97.06%) Juniper
2 48 (70.59%) Nokia
3 34 (50.00%) Cisco
4 32 (47.06%) Fortinet
5 18 (26.47%) Ruckus Wireless
5 18 (26.47%) Vyatta
6 14 (20.59%) Palo Alto