Senior Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £51,300 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 546 613 647
Rank change year-on-year +67 +34 -140
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 221 143 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.27% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 157 116 147
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,250 £42,300
25th Percentile £45,650 £45,656 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% -2.65% +7.62%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South West +36 68 £49,000 +12.64% 6
South East +16 46 £60,000 -4.00% 6
Midlands +25 41 £52,500 +16.67% 10
West Midlands +41 36 £52,500 +16.67% 5
North of England +25 31 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Wales - 22 £44,886 - 7
North West -14 17 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Yorkshire +75 10 £40,000 -21.57% 1
Scotland -49 9 £65,000 +8.33% 7
East of England +13 6 £52,500 -4.11%
East Midlands -4 5 £40,000 +7.79% 5
North East -3 4 £70,000 +45.08% 1
Senior Network Engineer
UK

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 140 (63.35%) Firewall
2 135 (61.09%) Cisco
3 71 (32.13%) Cisco Certification
4 68 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 66 (29.86%) WAN
6 55 (24.89%) CCNP
7 53 (23.98%) Wireless
8 52 (23.53%) LAN
9 43 (19.46%) Juniper
10 38 (17.19%) Network Management
11 35 (15.84%) SC Cleared
12 34 (15.38%) Data Centre
13 33 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (14.93%) CheckPoint
14 32 (14.48%) DV Cleared
14 32 (14.48%) Cisco ASA
15 31 (14.03%) Microsoft
16 30 (13.57%) MPLS
16 30 (13.57%) OSPF
17 29 (13.12%) CCNA
18 28 (12.67%) BGP
18 28 (12.67%) SD-WAN
18 28 (12.67%) Social Skills
19 27 (12.22%) VPN
20 26 (11.76%) AWS
21 25 (11.31%) Meraki
21 25 (11.31%) Network Monitoring
22 24 (10.86%) VMware
23 23 (10.41%) Ansible
23 23 (10.41%) Palo Alto

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (6.33%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.76%) AWS
2 22 (9.95%) Azure
3 2 (0.90%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (0.90%) IaaS
3 2 (0.90%) PaaS
3 2 (0.90%) SaaS
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 140 (63.35%) Firewall
2 66 (29.86%) WAN
3 53 (23.98%) Wireless
4 52 (23.53%) LAN
5 32 (14.48%) Cisco ASA
6 30 (13.57%) MPLS
6 30 (13.57%) OSPF
7 28 (12.67%) BGP
7 28 (12.67%) SD-WAN
8 27 (12.22%) VPN
9 22 (9.95%) Network Security
9 22 (9.95%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (9.05%) DNS
11 19 (8.60%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (8.14%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (6.33%) IP Telephony
13 14 (6.33%) Software-Defined Networking
13 14 (6.33%) WLAN
14 12 (5.43%) NGFW
14 12 (5.43%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (1.81%) GitLab
General
1 28 (12.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.14%) Retail
3 16 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.33%) Aerospace
4 14 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.88%) Finance
6 12 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.07%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.62%) Police
9 5 (2.26%) Local Government
9 5 (2.26%) Military
10 4 (1.81%) Marketing
11 3 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Electronics
12 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.90%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.45%) Games
13 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.52%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.81%) Educational Technology
3 4 (1.81%) Public Cloud
3 4 (1.81%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.90%) CMDB
4 2 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (0.90%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.90%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (0.90%) PKI
4 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.43%) Linux
2 5 (2.26%) Windows
3 2 (0.90%) Android
3 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.19%) Network Management
2 33 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (11.31%) Network Monitoring
4 22 (9.95%) Incident Management
5 21 (9.50%) Actionable Insight
6 20 (9.05%) Network Architecture
7 19 (8.60%) Business Continuity
8 18 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (7.24%) ITIL
10 15 (6.79%) Agile
11 14 (6.33%) Computer Science
12 13 (5.88%) Network Design
13 12 (5.43%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (5.43%) Load Balancing
14 10 (4.52%) Mentoring
14 10 (4.52%) Service Management
15 9 (4.07%) Collaborative Working
15 9 (4.07%) Disaster Recovery
15 9 (4.07%) Root Cause Analysis
15 9 (4.07%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.95%) Python
2 4 (1.81%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.90%) C
4 1 (0.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 71 (32.13%) Cisco Certification
2 68 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 55 (24.89%) CCNP
4 35 (15.84%) SC Cleared
5 32 (14.48%) DV Cleared
6 29 (13.12%) CCNA
7 19 (8.60%) Degree
8 16 (7.24%) CCIE
9 14 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (4.52%) AWS Certification
11 9 (4.07%) JNCIA
12 8 (3.62%) CCSA
13 7 (3.17%) JNCIS
14 5 (2.26%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.81%) CWNA
15 4 (1.81%) Master's Degree
16 3 (1.36%) HND
16 3 (1.36%) JNCIP
17 2 (0.90%) MCP
17 2 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (3.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (1.81%) SLA
3 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (7.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.07%) VMware NSX
3 5 (2.26%) vSphere
4 4 (1.81%) Docker
5 3 (1.36%) Firmware
5 3 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (10.41%) Ansible
2 17 (7.69%) Terraform
3 13 (5.88%) FortiGate
4 7 (3.17%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (2.26%) Nagios
5 5 (2.26%) Opsview
5 5 (2.26%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.81%) Cacti
6 4 (1.81%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.36%) Icinga
8 2 (0.90%) Puppet
8 2 (0.90%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 135 (61.09%) Cisco
2 43 (19.46%) Juniper
3 33 (14.93%) CheckPoint
4 31 (14.03%) Microsoft
5 25 (11.31%) Meraki
6 24 (10.86%) VMware
7 23 (10.41%) Palo Alto
8 22 (9.95%) Aruba
9 15 (6.79%) Mitel
10 14 (6.33%) Avaya
11 12 (5.43%) Fortinet
12 10 (4.52%) Nokia
13 8 (3.62%) F5
13 8 (3.62%) HP
14 6 (2.71%) SolarWinds
15 4 (1.81%) Ruckus Wireless
16 3 (1.36%) Ekahau
16 3 (1.36%) Extreme Networks
16 3 (1.36%) MikroTik
16 3 (1.36%) TP-LINK