Network Engineer
UK

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 290 386
Rank change year-on-year +68 +96 -126
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,349 1,227 1,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 1.26% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.38% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 913 1,246
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £32,403
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

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 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +61 1,221 £49,500 -1.00% 253
UK excluding London +41 1,010 £47,500 +5.56% 201
Work from Home -17 377 £52,500 +5.00% 104
South East +31 319 £49,000 +3.16% 61
London +62 297 £59,500 -8.46% 87
North of England -14 197 £42,500 -9.57% 25
Midlands +62 191 £46,090 +2.42% 36
West Midlands +64 158 £46,500 +3.33% 29
South West +11 148 £47,000 +11.90% 29
North West -6 132 £42,500 -15.00% 15
East of England -2 67 £47,500 -8.21% 15
Scotland -33 55 £65,000 +27.49% 30
Yorkshire +61 54 £42,500 -12.82% 9
Wales +37 42 £44,886 -0.25% 9
East Midlands -16 29 £31,500 -33.68% 7
North East -28 17 £40,750 -4.12% 2
Northern Ireland +19 3 £32,500 -29.73% 2

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 757 (56.12%) Cisco
2 653 (48.41%) Firewall
3 460 (34.10%) Cisco Certification
4 456 (33.80%) WAN
5 385 (28.54%) LAN
6 319 (23.65%) Juniper
7 296 (21.94%) Security Cleared
8 293 (21.72%) CCNP
9 288 (21.35%) Azure
10 274 (20.31%) CCNA
11 263 (19.50%) Wireless
12 260 (19.27%) VPN
13 258 (19.13%) Network Security
14 246 (18.24%) BGP
15 203 (15.05%) MPLS
16 202 (14.97%) Social Skills
17 198 (14.68%) Wi-Fi
18 194 (14.38%) Microsoft
19 192 (14.23%) Data Centre
20 188 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 187 (13.86%) SD-WAN
22 179 (13.27%) Fortinet
23 175 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
24 167 (12.38%) SC Cleared
25 165 (12.23%) OSPF
26 164 (12.16%) VMware
27 159 (11.79%) Palo Alto
28 149 (11.05%) TCP/IP
29 147 (10.90%) DNS
30 143 (10.60%) ITIL

Network 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:

Application Platforms
1 45 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.04%) Skype for Business
4 9 (0.67%) IIS
5 8 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.26%) MS Visio
3 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.22%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 288 (21.35%) Azure
2 135 (10.01%) AWS
3 117 (8.67%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (2.97%) GCP
5 32 (2.37%) Entra ID
6 27 (2.00%) SaaS
7 22 (1.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 21 (1.56%) IaaS
9 19 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (1.19%) PaaS
11 15 (1.11%) OneDrive
12 12 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (0.89%) Datadog
12 12 (0.89%) Rubrik
13 10 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (0.59%) AWS Direct Connect
15 5 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
15 5 (0.37%) Nutanix
16 3 (0.22%) Mimecast
17 2 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 653 (48.41%) Firewall
2 456 (33.80%) WAN
3 385 (28.54%) LAN
4 263 (19.50%) Wireless
5 260 (19.27%) VPN
6 258 (19.13%) Network Security
7 246 (18.24%) BGP
8 203 (15.05%) MPLS
9 198 (14.68%) Wi-Fi
10 187 (13.86%) SD-WAN
11 165 (12.23%) OSPF
12 149 (11.05%) TCP/IP
13 147 (10.90%) DNS
14 128 (9.49%) VLAN
15 122 (9.04%) DHCP
16 85 (6.30%) Cisco Firepower
17 82 (6.08%) Internet
18 80 (5.93%) IPsec
19 76 (5.63%) Cisco ASA
20 61 (4.52%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.59%) GIS
3 7 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.15%) MySQL
4 2 (0.15%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.074%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (0.59%) GitLab
2 6 (0.44%) JIRA
3 4 (0.30%) Git
3 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.15%) Hudson
4 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.074%) Selenium
General
1 202 (14.97%) Social Skills
2 99 (7.34%) Telecoms
3 90 (6.67%) Finance
4 81 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (3.41%) Public Sector
6 43 (3.19%) Retail
7 30 (2.22%) Law
8 23 (1.70%) Manufacturing
9 20 (1.48%) Aerospace
10 19 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.26%) Police
12 14 (1.04%) Legal
13 12 (0.89%) Marketing
14 9 (0.67%) Banking
15 6 (0.44%) Local Government
15 6 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.37%) Advertising
16 5 (0.37%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.74%) 802.1X
2 8 (0.59%) LAMP
3 5 (0.37%) ADO
3 5 (0.37%) HTML
3 5 (0.37%) XMPP
4 4 (0.30%) Akka
5 1 (0.074%) CSS
5 1 (0.074%) EDI
5 1 (0.074%) JSON
5 1 (0.074%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.074%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 192 (14.23%) Data Centre
2 69 (5.11%) Driving Licence
3 39 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.45%) PKI
5 23 (1.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 23 (1.70%) Management Information System
6 19 (1.41%) Replication
7 17 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (0.96%) Security Posture
9 10 (0.74%) Public Cloud
10 7 (0.52%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.44%) Hedge funds
11 6 (0.44%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (0.37%) CMDB
12 5 (0.37%) PMI
13 4 (0.30%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.30%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 129 (9.56%) Windows
2 97 (7.19%) Linux
3 76 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.33%) VyOS
5 17 (1.26%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.19%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.59%) Android
8 8 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.59%) VMS
9 7 (0.52%) Debian
10 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.22%) CatOS
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.22%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.074%) CentOS
14 1 (0.074%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (13.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 175 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (10.60%) ITIL
4 122 (9.04%) Customer Service
5 118 (8.75%) Network Monitoring
6 113 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
7 104 (7.71%) Network Design
8 90 (6.67%) Project Delivery
9 85 (6.30%) Network Management
10 76 (5.63%) Mentoring
11 65 (4.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 61 (4.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (4.30%) Computer Science
14 57 (4.23%) Agile
15 52 (3.85%) Migration
16 50 (3.71%) Network Architecture
17 45 (3.34%) Incident Management
17 45 (3.34%) Service Delivery
18 44 (3.26%) DevOps
19 42 (3.11%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 59 (4.37%) Python
2 35 (2.59%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.11%) Bash
4 11 (0.82%) Shell Script
5 10 (0.74%) SQL
6 8 (0.59%) C#
7 5 (0.37%) Java
8 4 (0.30%) C
9 3 (0.22%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.15%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.074%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 460 (34.10%) Cisco Certification
2 296 (21.94%) Security Cleared
3 293 (21.72%) CCNP
4 274 (20.31%) CCNA
5 167 (12.38%) SC Cleared
6 125 (9.27%) Degree
7 98 (7.26%) DV Cleared
8 54 (4.00%) CCIE
9 53 (3.93%) JNCIA
10 50 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 31 (2.30%) JNCIP
12 24 (1.78%) CISSP
13 17 (1.26%) Azure Certification
14 16 (1.19%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.11%) CCDP
16 14 (1.04%) JNCIS
17 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
18 11 (0.82%) CCSA
18 11 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
19 10 (0.74%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.19%) SLA
2 18 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 12 (0.89%) GDPR
5 11 (0.82%) QA
6 8 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.52%) NCSC
8 6 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.15%) NIST
11 1 (0.074%) Accessibility
System Software
1 99 (7.34%) Active Directory
2 68 (5.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (4.30%) Hyper-V
4 27 (2.00%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (1.19%) vSphere
6 9 (0.67%) Firmware
7 8 (0.59%) pfSense
8 7 (0.52%) Docker
8 7 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.37%) SRDF
10 4 (0.30%) vCloud
11 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 80 (5.93%) FortiGate
2 51 (3.78%) Ansible
3 30 (2.22%) Terraform
4 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.19%) ZABBIX
6 11 (0.82%) Nagios
7 10 (0.74%) SCCM
8 9 (0.67%) Kubernetes
9 8 (0.59%) Cisco Prime
9 8 (0.59%) Grafana
9 8 (0.59%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.37%) Cisco CUCM
10 5 (0.37%) OfficeScan
10 5 (0.37%) Opsview
10 5 (0.37%) WSUS
11 4 (0.30%) Cacti
11 4 (0.30%) Nessus
11 4 (0.30%) Puppet
11 4 (0.30%) Stealthwatch
12 3 (0.22%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 757 (56.12%) Cisco
2 319 (23.65%) Juniper
3 194 (14.38%) Microsoft
4 179 (13.27%) Fortinet
5 164 (12.16%) VMware
6 159 (11.79%) Palo Alto
7 130 (9.64%) Meraki
8 110 (8.15%) Aruba
9 97 (7.19%) CheckPoint
9 97 (7.19%) SolarWinds
10 72 (5.34%) F5
11 59 (4.37%) HP
12 53 (3.93%) Nokia
13 36 (2.67%) Citrix
14 34 (2.52%) Ruckus Wireless
14 34 (2.52%) Veeam
15 27 (2.00%) Dell
16 26 (1.93%) Mitel
17 22 (1.63%) Sandvine
18 20 (1.48%) Avaya