Network Engineer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 57 73
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 44 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.11% 1.20% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.26% 1.28% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30 5 11
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,875 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +50.00% -30.74%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -14.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,948 624 1,068
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 93.98% 93.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,494 419 642
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £36,323
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -4.76%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 23 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. 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
Huntingdon +4 22 £55,000 +29.41% 4
Peterborough - 11 £45,000 - 2
Cambridge - 10 £49,500 - 5
Network Engineer
East of England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 22 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (29.55%) Cisco
3 11 (25.00%) Azure
3 11 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (18.18%) CCNA
4 8 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (18.18%) VMware
5 7 (15.91%) Firewall
5 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (13.64%) Azure Certification
6 6 (13.64%) ForeScout
6 6 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (11.36%) CCNP
7 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (9.09%) LAN
8 4 (9.09%) Preventative Maintenance
8 4 (9.09%) WAN
8 4 (9.09%) Wireless
9 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
9 3 (6.82%) AI
9 3 (6.82%) BGP
9 3 (6.82%) CCDP
9 3 (6.82%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (6.82%) Customer Service
9 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
9 3 (6.82%) Forcepoint
9 3 (6.82%) FortiGate

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (4.55%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
4 1 (2.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) Firewall
2 4 (9.09%) LAN
2 4 (9.09%) WAN
2 4 (9.09%) Wireless
3 3 (6.82%) BGP
3 3 (6.82%) OSPF
3 3 (6.82%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (6.82%) VPN
4 2 (4.55%) Network Security
5 1 (2.27%) DHCP
5 1 (2.27%) DNS
5 1 (2.27%) Ethernet
5 1 (2.27%) Modbus
5 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.27%) VLAN
5 1 (2.27%) WLAN
General
1 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (9.09%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (6.82%) AI
4 3 (6.82%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (6.82%) Customer Service
4 3 (6.82%) ITIL
4 3 (6.82%) Machine Learning
4 3 (6.82%) Patch Management
4 3 (6.82%) Proactive Maintenance
4 3 (6.82%) Problem Management
4 3 (6.82%) Project Delivery
4 3 (6.82%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (6.82%) Service Delivery
5 2 (4.55%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (4.55%) IT Strategy
5 2 (4.55%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (2.27%) Decision-Making
6 1 (2.27%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 22 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 22 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (18.18%) CCNA
3 8 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (13.64%) Azure Certification
5 5 (11.36%) CCNP
6 3 (6.82%) CCDP
7 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (29.55%) Cisco
2 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (18.18%) VMware
4 6 (13.64%) ForeScout
5 3 (6.82%) Forcepoint
5 3 (6.82%) Juniper
5 3 (6.82%) Palo Alto
5 3 (6.82%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.55%) Veeam
7 1 (2.27%) Citrix
7 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.27%) Google
7 1 (2.27%) Meraki
7 1 (2.27%) Sophos
7 1 (2.27%) WatchGuard