Senior Network Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 698 858
Rank change year-on-year +151 +160 -239
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 306 257 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 251 203 215
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,579 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +118 95 £73,441 -2.08% 21
South West +71 85 £49,000 +11.36% 5
South East +26 44 £60,000 -4.00% 12
Midlands +32 40 £52,500 +16.67% 8
West Midlands +51 35 £52,500 +16.67% 4
North of England +26 30 £60,000 +14.29% 8
North West -1 17 £60,000 +14.29% 5
Yorkshire +81 9 £40,000 -27.27% 2
East of England +10 8 £52,500 -6.67%
East Midlands -15 5 £40,000 -15.79% 4
North East -2 4 £70,000 +42.49% 2
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 191 (62.42%) Cisco
2 188 (61.44%) Firewall
3 127 (41.50%) WAN
4 97 (31.70%) LAN
5 80 (26.14%) Cisco Certification
6 68 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 63 (20.59%) Wireless
8 61 (19.93%) CCNP
9 60 (19.61%) Juniper
9 60 (19.61%) BGP
10 56 (18.30%) MPLS
11 52 (16.99%) Palo Alto
12 51 (16.67%) SD-WAN
12 51 (16.67%) CheckPoint
12 51 (16.67%) Network Security
13 49 (16.01%) DV Cleared
14 47 (15.36%) VPN
15 46 (15.03%) Azure
16 44 (14.38%) Meraki
17 43 (14.05%) Social Skills
18 39 (12.75%) Cisco ISE
18 39 (12.75%) AWS
19 38 (12.42%) OSPF
20 37 (12.09%) Network Monitoring
20 37 (12.09%) Aruba
21 36 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
22 35 (11.44%) Data Centre
22 35 (11.44%) Microsoft
23 34 (11.11%) Network Design
23 34 (11.11%) Network Management

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 46 (15.03%) Azure
2 39 (12.75%) AWS
3 12 (3.92%) SaaS
4 11 (3.59%) Datadog
4 11 (3.59%) PaaS
4 11 (3.59%) Rubrik
5 9 (2.94%) IaaS
6 7 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.65%) GCP
9 2 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.33%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 188 (61.44%) Firewall
2 127 (41.50%) WAN
3 97 (31.70%) LAN
4 63 (20.59%) Wireless
5 60 (19.61%) BGP
6 56 (18.30%) MPLS
7 51 (16.67%) Network Security
7 51 (16.67%) SD-WAN
8 47 (15.36%) VPN
9 39 (12.75%) Cisco ISE
10 38 (12.42%) OSPF
11 33 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (10.46%) Cisco ASA
13 30 (9.80%) Cisco Firepower
14 27 (8.82%) TCP/IP
15 20 (6.54%) VLAN
16 16 (5.23%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (5.23%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (5.23%) Unified Communications
17 14 (4.58%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.31%) GitLab
General
1 43 (14.05%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.15%) Finance
3 20 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.88%) Retail
5 12 (3.92%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.59%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.94%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.61%) Law
9 7 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.29%) Military
10 5 (1.63%) Banking
10 5 (1.63%) Games
10 5 (1.63%) Police
11 4 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.31%) Legal
11 4 (1.31%) Marketing
12 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Electronics
13 2 (0.65%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.29%) HTML
2 4 (1.31%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.44%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.94%) PKI
4 7 (2.29%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.96%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.31%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.65%) CMDB
7 2 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.65%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.56%) Windows
2 14 (4.58%) Linux
3 11 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.65%) Android
5 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (12.09%) Network Monitoring
2 36 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (11.11%) Network Design
3 34 (11.11%) Network Management
4 30 (9.80%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (9.48%) ITIL
6 21 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (6.86%) Load Balancing
7 19 (6.21%) Network Architecture
8 18 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (4.90%) Computer Science
9 15 (4.90%) DevOps
9 15 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (4.90%) Mentoring
10 14 (4.58%) Customer Requirements
10 14 (4.58%) SIEM
11 12 (3.92%) Agile
11 12 (3.92%) Project Delivery
11 12 (3.92%) Project Management
12 10 (3.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.82%) Python
2 15 (4.90%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.29%) C#
3 7 (2.29%) SQL
4 6 (1.96%) Bash
5 2 (0.65%) C
Qualifications
1 80 (26.14%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 61 (19.93%) CCNP
4 49 (16.01%) DV Cleared
5 31 (10.13%) CCNA
6 20 (6.54%) Degree
6 20 (6.54%) SC Cleared
7 19 (6.21%) CCIE
8 16 (5.23%) JNCIA
9 13 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.59%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.27%) CCSA
12 9 (2.94%) JNCIP
13 8 (2.61%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.31%) CWNA
15 4 (1.31%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.31%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.98%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 3 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.25%) SLA
2 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.63%) NCSC
4 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.29%) vSphere
4 6 (1.96%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.31%) Docker
5 4 (1.31%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.98%) Firmware
6 3 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (8.17%) FortiGate
2 24 (7.84%) Ansible
3 17 (5.56%) Terraform
4 8 (2.61%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (2.29%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (1.96%) Nagios
7 5 (1.63%) Cisco Prime
7 5 (1.63%) Opsview
7 5 (1.63%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.31%) Cacti
8 4 (1.31%) Icinga
8 4 (1.31%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.98%) Grafana
9 3 (0.98%) Nessus
10 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.65%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.33%) Salt
Vendors
1 191 (62.42%) Cisco
2 60 (19.61%) Juniper
3 52 (16.99%) Palo Alto
4 51 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 44 (14.38%) Meraki
6 37 (12.09%) Aruba
7 35 (11.44%) Microsoft
8 33 (10.78%) SolarWinds
9 29 (9.48%) VMware
10 21 (6.86%) Fortinet
10 21 (6.86%) HP
11 20 (6.54%) Nokia
12 15 (4.90%) F5
13 13 (4.25%) NetApp
13 13 (4.25%) Veeam
14 12 (3.92%) LogicMonitor
15 7 (2.29%) Citrix
15 7 (2.29%) Mitel
15 7 (2.29%) Riverbed
15 7 (2.29%) Splunk