Network Engineer Jobs in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer salary in England is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 219 275 372
Rank change year-on-year +56 +97 -131
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,166 1,143 1,359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.37% 1.26% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.38% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 998 830 1,055
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,975 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +6.37%
75th Percentile £58,750 £64,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South East +28 299 £49,000 +3.16% 73
London +81 287 £59,750 -8.08% 85
North of England -5 188 £42,500 -5.56% 52
Midlands +74 179 £46,500 +9.41% 41
South West +7 150 £49,000 +15.29% 32
West Midlands +77 149 £46,500 +7.51% 28
North West +1 126 £42,500 -10.53% 31
East of England +11 60 £45,000 -14.29% 16
Yorkshire +55 50 £45,000 -10.00% 18
East Midlands -9 26 £31,500 -30.00% 13
North East -29 18 £39,000 -5.39% 5
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 694 (59.52%) Cisco
2 590 (50.60%) Firewall
3 443 (37.99%) WAN
4 432 (37.05%) Cisco Certification
5 377 (32.33%) LAN
6 309 (26.50%) Juniper
7 276 (23.67%) Security Cleared
8 271 (23.24%) CCNP
9 261 (22.38%) CCNA
10 251 (21.53%) Azure
11 232 (19.90%) VPN
11 232 (19.90%) Wireless
12 226 (19.38%) BGP
13 196 (16.81%) Network Security
14 186 (15.95%) Wi-Fi
15 181 (15.52%) MPLS
16 179 (15.35%) Social Skills
17 172 (14.75%) SD-WAN
18 171 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 171 (14.67%) Microsoft
19 166 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
20 164 (14.07%) Fortinet
21 162 (13.89%) Data Centre
22 158 (13.55%) OSPF
23 156 (13.38%) VMware
24 148 (12.69%) Palo Alto
25 140 (12.01%) SC Cleared
25 140 (12.01%) TCP/IP
26 134 (11.49%) ITIL
27 130 (11.15%) DNS

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

Application Platforms
1 51 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.77%) IIS
3 9 (0.77%) WordPress
4 7 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.46%) MS Visio
3 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.26%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 251 (21.53%) Azure
2 121 (10.38%) AWS
3 115 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (2.57%) Entra ID
5 28 (2.40%) GCP
6 21 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 17 (1.46%) SaaS
8 16 (1.37%) OneDrive
9 13 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (1.03%) IaaS
10 12 (1.03%) PaaS
11 11 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (0.94%) Datadog
11 11 (0.94%) Rubrik
12 10 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 8 (0.69%) AWS Direct Connect
14 5 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.26%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.26%) Nutanix
16 2 (0.17%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 590 (50.60%) Firewall
2 443 (37.99%) WAN
3 377 (32.33%) LAN
4 232 (19.90%) VPN
4 232 (19.90%) Wireless
5 226 (19.38%) BGP
6 196 (16.81%) Network Security
7 186 (15.95%) Wi-Fi
8 181 (15.52%) MPLS
9 172 (14.75%) SD-WAN
10 158 (13.55%) OSPF
11 140 (12.01%) TCP/IP
12 130 (11.15%) DNS
13 117 (10.03%) DHCP
14 110 (9.43%) VLAN
15 80 (6.86%) Cisco Firepower
16 75 (6.43%) Internet
17 67 (5.75%) IPsec
18 63 (5.40%) Cisco ASA
19 59 (5.06%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.69%) GIS
3 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.26%) MySQL
5 2 (0.17%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.086%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.086%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.086%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.60%) JIRA
2 6 (0.51%) GitLab
3 4 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.17%) Hudson
4 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.17%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.086%) Git
5 1 (0.086%) Selenium
General
1 179 (15.35%) Social Skills
2 86 (7.38%) Telecoms
3 78 (6.69%) Finance
4 76 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 34 (2.92%) Retail
7 29 (2.49%) Law
8 19 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 16 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.29%) Legal
12 13 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.11%) Police
13 10 (0.86%) Banking
14 8 (0.69%) Marketing
15 6 (0.51%) Games
15 6 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.43%) Advertising
16 5 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.17%) 802.1X
2 9 (0.77%) LAMP
3 7 (0.60%) HTML
4 5 (0.43%) XMPP
5 4 (0.34%) Akka
6 1 (0.086%) ADO
6 1 (0.086%) EDI
6 1 (0.086%) JSON
6 1 (0.086%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.086%) LDAP
6 1 (0.086%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 162 (13.89%) Data Centre
2 65 (5.57%) Driving Licence
3 34 (2.92%) PKI
4 32 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.80%) Replication
6 18 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
6 18 (1.54%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 14 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.03%) Security Posture
9 11 (0.94%) Hedge funds
10 9 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (0.69%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.51%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.43%) CMDB
13 5 (0.43%) PMI
14 4 (0.34%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 119 (10.21%) Windows
2 83 (7.12%) Linux
3 69 (5.92%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (1.54%) VyOS
5 18 (1.54%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 13 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (0.77%) VMS
9 8 (0.69%) Android
9 8 (0.69%) Apple iOS
10 7 (0.60%) Debian
10 7 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.086%) CentOS
14 1 (0.086%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (14.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
3 134 (11.49%) ITIL
4 118 (10.12%) Network Monitoring
5 115 (9.86%) Customer Service
6 98 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
7 91 (7.80%) Network Design
8 83 (7.12%) Project Delivery
9 69 (5.92%) Mentoring
10 58 (4.97%) Disaster Recovery
11 57 (4.89%) Network Management
12 55 (4.72%) Network Architecture
13 50 (4.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (4.20%) Load Balancing
15 46 (3.95%) Computer Science
15 46 (3.95%) Migration
16 44 (3.77%) Agile
16 44 (3.77%) Roadmaps
16 44 (3.77%) Service Delivery
17 39 (3.34%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (4.63%) Python
2 35 (3.00%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.63%) Bash
4 11 (0.94%) C#
4 11 (0.94%) SQL
5 7 (0.60%) Shell Script
6 5 (0.43%) Java
7 3 (0.26%) C
7 3 (0.26%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.086%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.086%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 432 (37.05%) Cisco Certification
2 276 (23.67%) Security Cleared
3 271 (23.24%) CCNP
4 261 (22.38%) CCNA
5 140 (12.01%) SC Cleared
6 100 (8.58%) Degree
6 100 (8.58%) DV Cleared
7 49 (4.20%) CCIE
7 49 (4.20%) JNCIA
8 42 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.72%) CISSP
10 19 (1.63%) JNCIP
11 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
13 15 (1.29%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.94%) CCSA
15 10 (0.86%) Azure Certification
16 9 (0.77%) CCDP
16 9 (0.77%) JNCIS
17 8 (0.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.00%) SLA
2 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.94%) GDPR
5 9 (0.77%) QA
6 8 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.51%) NCSC
8 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.086%) Accessibility
System Software
1 99 (8.49%) Active Directory
2 62 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (5.06%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.46%) VMware NSX
4 17 (1.46%) vSphere
5 12 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.86%) Firmware
7 8 (0.69%) pfSense
8 7 (0.60%) Docker
9 6 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (0.43%) SRDF
11 4 (0.34%) vCloud
12 1 (0.086%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 73 (6.26%) FortiGate
2 42 (3.60%) Ansible
3 28 (2.40%) Terraform
4 23 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.29%) ZABBIX
6 14 (1.20%) Nagios
7 11 (0.94%) SCCM
8 9 (0.77%) Grafana
9 8 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.60%) Kubernetes
10 7 (0.60%) Stealthwatch
11 6 (0.51%) Cisco Prime
11 6 (0.51%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.43%) Icinga
12 5 (0.43%) OfficeScan
12 5 (0.43%) Opsview
12 5 (0.43%) WSUS
13 4 (0.34%) Cacti
14 3 (0.26%) Nessus
14 3 (0.26%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 694 (59.52%) Cisco
2 309 (26.50%) Juniper
3 171 (14.67%) Microsoft
4 164 (14.07%) Fortinet
5 156 (13.38%) VMware
6 148 (12.69%) Palo Alto
7 119 (10.21%) Meraki
8 112 (9.61%) Aruba
9 96 (8.23%) CheckPoint
10 85 (7.29%) SolarWinds
11 59 (5.06%) F5
12 56 (4.80%) HP
13 45 (3.86%) Nokia
14 34 (2.92%) Ruckus Wireless
15 33 (2.83%) Citrix
16 31 (2.66%) Veeam
17 23 (1.97%) Sandvine
18 21 (1.80%) Dell
19 18 (1.54%) Vyatta
19 18 (1.54%) Zscaler