IP Network Engineer
UK

The median IP Network Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 980 1184
Rank change year-on-year +124 +204 -328
Permanent jobs requiring an IP Network Engineer 52 18 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.017% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.018% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 40 13 18
10th Percentile - £32,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -21.90% +25.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -18.00% +19.05%

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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
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 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IP Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IP Network Engineer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network 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 Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +159 45 £40,000 -2.44% 2
UK excluding London +48 35 £40,000 -2.44% 1
North of England - 25 £40,000 -
North West - 25 £40,000 -
Work from Home +101 12 £65,000 +36.84% 2
London +153 11 £90,000 +10.77% 1
South East +2 7 - -
Yorkshire - 3 £65,000 -
Midlands - 3 £65,000 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £65,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
East of England - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, IP 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 IP Network Engineer in the job title.

1 50 (96.15%) Juniper
2 44 (84.62%) MPLS
3 41 (78.85%) Nokia
4 36 (69.23%) BGP
5 30 (57.69%) JNCIA
6 26 (50.00%) Cisco
7 23 (44.23%) Fortinet
8 22 (42.31%) LAN
9 21 (40.38%) WAN
9 21 (40.38%) Cisco Certification
9 21 (40.38%) OSPF
10 20 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (38.46%) Wireless
10 20 (38.46%) TCP/IP
10 20 (38.46%) CCNA
10 20 (38.46%) Internet
10 20 (38.46%) DHCP
11 19 (36.54%) Ethernet
11 19 (36.54%) DSL
11 19 (36.54%) Ruckus Wireless
11 19 (36.54%) Vyatta
11 19 (36.54%) Customer Service
11 19 (36.54%) VyOS
12 16 (30.77%) JNCIP
13 11 (21.15%) Firewall
14 9 (17.31%) VPLS
15 8 (15.38%) RSVP
16 7 (13.46%) Junos
17 5 (9.62%) JNCIE
17 5 (9.62%) Palo Alto

IP 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 1 (1.92%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (84.62%) MPLS
2 36 (69.23%) BGP
3 22 (42.31%) LAN
4 21 (40.38%) OSPF
4 21 (40.38%) WAN
5 20 (38.46%) DHCP
5 20 (38.46%) Internet
5 20 (38.46%) TCP/IP
5 20 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (38.46%) Wireless
6 19 (36.54%) DSL
6 19 (36.54%) Ethernet
7 11 (21.15%) Firewall
8 9 (17.31%) VPLS
9 8 (15.38%) RSVP
10 7 (13.46%) Junos
11 2 (3.85%) Broadband
12 1 (1.92%) HSRP
12 1 (1.92%) IPv6
12 1 (1.92%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (7.69%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.92%) Finance
3 1 (1.92%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (1.92%) Hedge funds
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (36.54%) VyOS
2 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (36.54%) Customer Service
2 2 (3.85%) Network Design
2 2 (3.85%) Roadmaps
3 1 (1.92%) Customer Experience
3 1 (1.92%) DDoS Mitigation
3 1 (1.92%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (1.92%) Load Balancing
3 1 (1.92%) Network Architecture
3 1 (1.92%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (1.92%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (1.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (1.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (1.92%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 30 (57.69%) JNCIA
2 21 (40.38%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (38.46%) CCNA
4 16 (30.77%) JNCIP
5 5 (9.62%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 50 (96.15%) Juniper
2 41 (78.85%) Nokia
3 26 (50.00%) Cisco
4 23 (44.23%) Fortinet
5 19 (36.54%) Ruckus Wireless
5 19 (36.54%) Vyatta
6 5 (9.62%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.92%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.92%) HP
7 1 (1.92%) Huawei
7 1 (1.92%) Sandvine
7 1 (1.92%) VMware