Network Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands

Network Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Network Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 116 96
Rank change year-on-year -5 -20 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 16 13 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.64% 0.59% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.62% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 20
10th Percentile - - £33,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,250 £36,926
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.80% +8.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £73,125 £59,063
90th Percentile - £83,750 £68,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,302 2,110 1,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 95.69% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,545 929 1,466
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £34,209
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.93%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Lincolnshire - 7 £55,000 -
Leicestershire +10 6 £55,000 - 3
Nottinghamshire +15 2 £55,000 - 3
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 East Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) Logistics
1 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
1 6 (37.50%) Network Management
1 6 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
1 6 (37.50%) Service Desk Management
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (12.50%) MPLS
4 1 (6.25%) 4G
4 1 (6.25%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Aruba
4 1 (6.25%) BGP
4 1 (6.25%) Broadband
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
4 1 (6.25%) CCNP
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (6.25%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (6.25%) Data Science
4 1 (6.25%) DHCP
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (6.25%) DNS
4 1 (6.25%) Firewall
4 1 (6.25%) Git
4 1 (6.25%) IOS XR
4 1 (6.25%) IPv4
4 1 (6.25%) IPv6
4 1 (6.25%) Jinja
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
1 2 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (6.25%) 4G
2 1 (6.25%) BGP
2 1 (6.25%) Broadband
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (6.25%) DHCP
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) IOS XR
2 1 (6.25%) IPv4
2 1 (6.25%) IPv6
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) VLAN
2 1 (6.25%) VPLS
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) VXLAN
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 6 (37.50%) Automotive
1 6 (37.50%) Retail
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Jinja
1 1 (6.25%) NETCONF
1 1 (6.25%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Logistics
1 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
1 6 (37.50%) Network Management
1 6 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
1 6 (37.50%) Service Desk Management
2 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (6.25%) Data Science
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (6.25%) Network Design
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) CCNA
1 1 (6.25%) CCNP
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Aruba
2 1 (6.25%) Juniper