Network Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Network Engineer
England > East of England

The median Network Engineer salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 March 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 147 160
Rank change year-on-year +13 +13 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 26 21 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.52% 0.69% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.78% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 26
10th Percentile £40,050 £33,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £39,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +10.27% +10.12%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,125 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £56,950 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% +12.24% -2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 4,471 2,682 4,602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 88.37% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,753 1,342 3,591
10th Percentile £28,150 £27,200 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £38,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,295 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,725 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the East of England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Hertfordshire -8 13 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Cambridgeshire +6 10 £42,500 +21.43% 5
Bedfordshire +26 1 £65,000 +25.00% 7
Essex -8 1 £62,500 - 5
Norfolk - 1 - - 1
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 March 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 of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (84.62%) Cisco
2 20 (76.92%) Firewall
3 16 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
4 15 (57.69%) Azure
4 15 (57.69%) WAN
5 14 (53.85%) Fortinet
6 13 (50.00%) LAN
6 13 (50.00%) Palo Alto
6 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
6 13 (50.00%) VPN
7 12 (46.15%) CCNA
8 10 (38.46%) CCNP
8 10 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (34.62%) Network Management
10 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
10 8 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (30.77%) Network Monitoring
10 8 (30.77%) WLAN
11 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (26.92%) Windows
11 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
12 6 (23.08%) Network Design
12 6 (23.08%) VMware
13 5 (19.23%) Aruba
13 5 (19.23%) AWS
13 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
13 5 (19.23%) ITIL

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (57.69%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) AWS
4 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (76.92%) Firewall
2 15 (57.69%) WAN
3 13 (50.00%) LAN
3 13 (50.00%) VPN
4 8 (30.77%) WLAN
5 4 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (15.38%) Network Security
5 4 (15.38%) SAN
5 4 (15.38%) VLAN
6 3 (11.54%) DNS
6 3 (11.54%) IPsec
7 2 (7.69%) IP Telephony
7 2 (7.69%) SSL
7 2 (7.69%) TCP/IP
7 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (7.69%) Wireless
8 1 (3.85%) DHCP
8 1 (3.85%) FTP
8 1 (3.85%) SMTP
8 1 (3.85%) VoIP
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Law
3 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Advertising
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (19.23%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.69%) iPad
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
1 7 (26.92%) Windows Server
2 2 (7.69%) Android
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (34.62%) Network Management
3 8 (30.77%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (23.08%) Network Design
5 5 (19.23%) ITIL
6 4 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
7 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Management
8 2 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (7.69%) ITSM
8 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (7.69%) Task Automation
8 2 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
9 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Engineering
9 1 (3.85%) End-to-End Testing
9 1 (3.85%) Model Validation
9 1 (3.85%) Purple Team
9 1 (3.85%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (61.54%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 12 (46.15%) CCNA
4 10 (38.46%) CCNP
5 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
6 4 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
8 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
8 2 (7.69%) Degree
8 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) FortiGate
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (3.85%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (84.62%) Cisco
2 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 14 (53.85%) Fortinet
4 13 (50.00%) Palo Alto
5 8 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (23.08%) VMware
7 5 (19.23%) Aruba
7 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
8 4 (15.38%) F5
8 4 (15.38%) Juniper
9 3 (11.54%) Blue Coat
10 2 (7.69%) Apple
10 2 (7.69%) Darktrace
10 2 (7.69%) LogRhythm
10 2 (7.69%) Remedy
10 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
10 2 (7.69%) Splunk
11 1 (3.85%) Infoblox
11 1 (3.85%) Meraki
11 1 (3.85%) Qualys