Network Engineer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Network Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 78 42
Rank change year-on-year +18 -36 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 8 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.05% 0.92% 4.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.00% 4.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 16
10th Percentile £49,500 £38,500 £33,625
25th Percentile £56,250 - £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -27.93% +8.29%
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - £47,582 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.11% +11.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 689 1,004 542
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 92.79% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 461 536 352
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,525
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £85,000 £85,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

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
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 8 November 2025. 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 -1 4 - -
St Neots - 3 £60,000 -
Network Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) FortiGate
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) CCNP
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Network Management
2 4 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) Ansible
3 1 (12.50%) CATAPAN
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Dell

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) CATAPAN
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
3 1 (12.50%) Multicast
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) SNMP
3 1 (12.50%) SSH
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) 802.1X
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Smartcard
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (50.00%) Network Management
1 4 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 4 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Scrum
2 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Management
2 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) CCNP
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) FortiGate
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Nessus
2 1 (12.50%) WMI
2 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) Veeam
3 1 (12.50%) VMware