Senior Network Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Senior Network Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in Bristol is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.040% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
South West median annual salary £58,099 £56,121 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.53% +14.53% +24.82%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 2,393 1,081 2,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 95.24% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,764 665 1,968
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,688 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,737
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.75% +0.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,750 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Network Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 6 March 2026, Senior Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos