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 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 690 864
Rank change year-on-year +149 +174 -254
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 307 259 283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.28% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.31% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 252 203 215
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 £71,250
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 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +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 29 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 29 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 +112 95 £73,441 -2.08% 19
South West +58 86 £49,000 +11.36% 5
South East +4 44 £60,000 -4.00% 12
Midlands +39 40 £52,500 +16.67% 6
West Midlands +56 35 £52,500 +16.67% 2
North of England +5 30 £60,000 +14.29% 7
North West -7 17 £60,000 +14.29% 4
Yorkshire +78 9 £40,000 -27.27% 2
East of England +11 8 £52,500 -6.67%
East Midlands -14 5 £40,000 -15.79% 4
North East -4 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 29 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.

1 192 (62.54%) Cisco
2 189 (61.56%) Firewall
3 128 (41.69%) WAN
4 97 (31.60%) LAN
5 81 (26.38%) Cisco Certification
6 68 (22.15%) Security Cleared
7 63 (20.52%) Wireless
8 62 (20.20%) CCNP
9 60 (19.54%) Juniper
9 60 (19.54%) BGP
10 56 (18.24%) MPLS
11 52 (16.94%) SD-WAN
11 52 (16.94%) Palo Alto
12 51 (16.61%) CheckPoint
12 51 (16.61%) Network Security
13 49 (15.96%) DV Cleared
14 47 (15.31%) Azure
14 47 (15.31%) VPN
15 44 (14.33%) Meraki
16 43 (14.01%) Social Skills
17 40 (13.03%) AWS
18 39 (12.70%) Cisco ISE
19 38 (12.38%) Network Monitoring
19 38 (12.38%) OSPF
20 37 (12.05%) Aruba
20 37 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
21 35 (11.40%) Data Centre
21 35 (11.40%) Microsoft
22 34 (11.07%) Network Design
22 34 (11.07%) 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 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (4.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.93%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (15.31%) Azure
2 40 (13.03%) AWS
3 12 (3.91%) SaaS
4 11 (3.58%) Datadog
4 11 (3.58%) PaaS
4 11 (3.58%) Rubrik
5 9 (2.93%) IaaS
6 7 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.98%) GCP
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 189 (61.56%) Firewall
2 128 (41.69%) WAN
3 97 (31.60%) LAN
4 63 (20.52%) Wireless
5 60 (19.54%) BGP
6 56 (18.24%) MPLS
7 52 (16.94%) SD-WAN
8 51 (16.61%) Network Security
9 47 (15.31%) VPN
10 39 (12.70%) Cisco ISE
11 38 (12.38%) OSPF
12 33 (10.75%) Cisco ASA
12 33 (10.75%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (9.77%) Cisco Firepower
14 27 (8.79%) TCP/IP
15 20 (6.51%) VLAN
16 16 (5.21%) Cisco IOS
16 16 (5.21%) Cisco Nexus
16 16 (5.21%) Unified Communications
17 14 (4.56%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.30%) GitLab
General
1 43 (14.01%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.12%) Finance
3 20 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.86%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.86%) Retail
5 12 (3.91%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.58%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.93%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.61%) Law
9 7 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.28%) Military
10 5 (1.63%) Banking
10 5 (1.63%) Games
10 5 (1.63%) Police
11 4 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.30%) Legal
11 4 (1.30%) Marketing
12 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Electronics
13 2 (0.65%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.28%) HTML
2 4 (1.30%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.40%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.91%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.93%) PKI
4 7 (2.28%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.95%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.30%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.30%) 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 (5.54%) Windows
2 14 (4.56%) Linux
3 11 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.30%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.65%) Android
5 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (12.38%) Network Monitoring
2 37 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (11.07%) Network Design
3 34 (11.07%) Network Management
4 30 (9.77%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (9.45%) ITIL
6 21 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (6.84%) Load Balancing
7 19 (6.19%) Network Architecture
8 18 (5.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (5.21%) Computer Science
9 16 (5.21%) Mentoring
10 15 (4.89%) DevOps
10 15 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (4.56%) Customer Requirements
11 14 (4.56%) SIEM
12 12 (3.91%) Agile
12 12 (3.91%) Project Delivery
12 12 (3.91%) Project Management
13 10 (3.26%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.79%) Python
2 15 (4.89%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.28%) C#
3 7 (2.28%) SQL
4 6 (1.95%) Bash
5 2 (0.65%) C
Qualifications
1 81 (26.38%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (22.15%) Security Cleared
3 62 (20.20%) CCNP
4 49 (15.96%) DV Cleared
5 31 (10.10%) CCNA
6 21 (6.84%) Degree
7 20 (6.51%) CCIE
7 20 (6.51%) SC Cleared
8 16 (5.21%) JNCIA
9 14 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.58%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.26%) CCSA
12 9 (2.93%) JNCIP
13 8 (2.61%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.63%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.30%) CWNA
15 4 (1.30%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.30%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.98%) CCIE Routing and Switching
16 3 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.23%) 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 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.28%) vSphere
4 6 (1.95%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.30%) Docker
5 4 (1.30%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.98%) Firmware
6 3 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (8.14%) FortiGate
2 24 (7.82%) Ansible
3 17 (5.54%) Terraform
4 8 (2.61%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (2.28%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (1.95%) Nagios
7 5 (1.63%) Cisco Prime
7 5 (1.63%) Opsview
7 5 (1.63%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.30%) Cacti
8 4 (1.30%) Icinga
8 4 (1.30%) 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
1 192 (62.54%) Cisco
2 60 (19.54%) Juniper
3 52 (16.94%) Palo Alto
4 51 (16.61%) CheckPoint
5 44 (14.33%) Meraki
6 37 (12.05%) Aruba
7 35 (11.40%) Microsoft
8 33 (10.75%) SolarWinds
9 29 (9.45%) VMware
10 22 (7.17%) Fortinet
11 21 (6.84%) HP
12 20 (6.51%) Nokia
13 15 (4.89%) F5
14 13 (4.23%) NetApp
14 13 (4.23%) Veeam
15 12 (3.91%) LogicMonitor
16 7 (2.28%) Citrix
16 7 (2.28%) Mitel
16 7 (2.28%) Riverbed
16 7 (2.28%) Splunk