Network Engineer Job Trends in Coventry

Network Engineer
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Network Engineer salary in Coventry is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 35 41
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 0.64% 1.44% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.52% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £41,609 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,148 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £46,090 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.64% +22.91% -27.16%
75th Percentile £38,750 £58,318 £43,450
90th Percentile - £63,827 £43,630
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -15.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 142 197 288
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 94.71% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 71 108 257
10th Percentile £24,750 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £58,125 £65,000 £62,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Coventry

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Coventry.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Coventry

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 across the Coventry region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware