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 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 984 1168
Rank change year-on-year +166 +184 -331
Permanent jobs requiring an IP Engineer 79 17 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.016% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.017% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 66 11 40
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £30,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -26.32% +2.59%
75th Percentile £79,688 £82,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +85.71% -30.00% +7.99%

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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IP Engineer in the UK

IP Engineer
Top 13 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 18 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
England +191 69 £65,000 +85.71% 2
UK excluding London +71 59 £65,000 +85.71% 2
North of England - 46 £65,000 -
North West - 42 £65,000 -
Work from Home +120 30 £65,000 +85.71% 2
South East +43 14 £80,000 +128.57% 1
London +158 10 £90,000 +57.89%
Yorkshire - 10 £80,000 -
Midlands - 7 £75,000 - 1
West Midlands - 7 £75,000 -
East of England - 4 £80,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 75 (94.94%) Juniper
2 57 (72.15%) MPLS
3 50 (63.29%) Nokia
4 48 (60.76%) BGP
5 47 (59.49%) JNCIA
6 42 (53.16%) Cisco
7 40 (50.63%) JNCIP
8 37 (46.84%) Fortinet
9 24 (30.38%) Cisco Certification
10 23 (29.11%) CCNA
11 22 (27.85%) LAN
12 21 (26.58%) WAN
12 21 (26.58%) DHCP
12 21 (26.58%) Ethernet
12 21 (26.58%) TCP/IP
12 21 (26.58%) OSPF
13 20 (25.32%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (25.32%) Wireless
13 20 (25.32%) Internet
14 19 (24.05%) DSL
14 19 (24.05%) Ruckus Wireless
14 19 (24.05%) Vyatta
14 19 (24.05%) VyOS
14 19 (24.05%) Customer Service
15 18 (22.78%) Palo Alto
16 12 (15.19%) Junos
16 12 (15.19%) JNCIE
17 10 (12.66%) Firewall
18 9 (11.39%) VPLS
19 8 (10.13%) 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.27%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (72.15%) MPLS
2 48 (60.76%) BGP
3 22 (27.85%) LAN
4 21 (26.58%) DHCP
4 21 (26.58%) Ethernet
4 21 (26.58%) OSPF
4 21 (26.58%) TCP/IP
4 21 (26.58%) WAN
5 20 (25.32%) Internet
5 20 (25.32%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (25.32%) Wireless
6 19 (24.05%) DSL
7 12 (15.19%) Junos
8 10 (12.66%) Firewall
9 9 (11.39%) VPLS
10 8 (10.13%) RSVP
11 2 (2.53%) Broadband
12 1 (1.27%) DNS
12 1 (1.27%) IPv6
12 1 (1.27%) VRRP
General
1 5 (6.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.27%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 19 (24.05%) VyOS
2 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.05%) Customer Service
2 7 (8.86%) Network Design
3 3 (3.80%) Test Automation
4 1 (1.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (1.27%) Customer Experience
4 1 (1.27%) DDoS Mitigation
4 1 (1.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (1.27%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (1.27%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (1.27%) Roadmaps
4 1 (1.27%) Server Management
4 1 (1.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (1.27%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (59.49%) JNCIA
2 40 (50.63%) JNCIP
3 24 (30.38%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (29.11%) CCNA
5 12 (15.19%) JNCIE
6 3 (3.80%) CCNP
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Ansible
1 1 (1.27%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 75 (94.94%) Juniper
2 50 (63.29%) Nokia
3 42 (53.16%) Cisco
4 37 (46.84%) Fortinet
5 19 (24.05%) Ruckus Wireless
5 19 (24.05%) Vyatta
6 18 (22.78%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.27%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.27%) HP
7 1 (1.27%) Huawei
7 1 (1.27%) Sandvine
7 1 (1.27%) VMware