Network Engineer Jobs in England

Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 210 271
Rank change year-on-year -114 +61 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 454 1,221 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.93% 1.36% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.44% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 364 1,025 836
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,900 £33,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,000 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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
South East -21 154 £50,750 +3.57% 329
London -9 133 £65,000 +9.24% 164
North of England -68 63 £55,000 +29.41% 232
Midlands -46 41 £48,500 +5.23% 192
South West +7 38 £55,000 +17.02% 135
Yorkshire +40 34 £57,500 +35.29% 99
West Midlands -54 31 £49,443 +6.33% 108
North West -103 19 £54,125 +27.35% 104
East of England -6 14 £47,500 - 144
North East +40 10 £53,750 +31.90% 30
East Midlands +27 10 £47,500 +50.79% 71
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 341 (75.11%) Cisco
2 262 (57.71%) Firewall
3 184 (40.53%) WAN
4 171 (37.67%) Cisco Certification
5 164 (36.12%) VPN
5 164 (36.12%) BGP
6 154 (33.92%) Security Cleared
7 152 (33.48%) OSPF
8 150 (33.04%) Network Security
9 135 (29.74%) Juniper
10 133 (29.30%) Fortinet
11 122 (26.87%) LAN
12 116 (25.55%) CCNP
12 116 (25.55%) SC Cleared
13 115 (25.33%) Azure
14 113 (24.89%) CCNA
15 96 (21.15%) Social Skills
16 90 (19.82%) DV Cleared
17 81 (17.84%) SolarWinds
18 79 (17.40%) Data Centre
19 78 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
19 78 (17.18%) SD-WAN
20 73 (16.08%) AWS
21 72 (15.86%) TCP/IP
22 70 (15.42%) Degree
23 68 (14.98%) EIGRP
24 65 (14.32%) MPLS
24 65 (14.32%) Python
25 63 (13.88%) VLAN
26 62 (13.66%) Meraki

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 6 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.66%) Apache
2 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (5.51%) MS Visio
2 20 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 5 (1.10%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 115 (25.33%) Azure
2 73 (16.08%) AWS
3 22 (4.85%) GCP
3 22 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (3.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (2.64%) SaaS
6 9 (1.98%) IaaS
7 8 (1.76%) AWS Direct Connect
7 8 (1.76%) PaaS
8 7 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (1.32%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.32%) OCI
10 4 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.44%) Akamai
11 2 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.44%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.44%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.44%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 262 (57.71%) Firewall
2 184 (40.53%) WAN
3 164 (36.12%) BGP
3 164 (36.12%) VPN
4 152 (33.48%) OSPF
5 150 (33.04%) Network Security
6 122 (26.87%) LAN
7 78 (17.18%) SD-WAN
8 72 (15.86%) TCP/IP
9 68 (14.98%) EIGRP
10 65 (14.32%) MPLS
11 63 (13.88%) VLAN
12 61 (13.44%) DNS
12 61 (13.44%) Wireless
13 51 (11.23%) Wi-Fi
14 49 (10.79%) DHCP
15 46 (10.13%) Cisco Firepower
16 45 (9.91%) Cisco ASA
17 42 (9.25%) IPsec
18 33 (7.27%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.22%) GIS
3 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (1.76%) Git
3 5 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.88%) JIRA
5 2 (0.44%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
General
1 96 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 52 (11.45%) Finance
3 37 (8.15%) Banking
4 31 (6.83%) Documentation Skills
5 26 (5.73%) Telecoms
6 24 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.64%) Public Sector
9 11 (2.42%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.42%) Police
9 11 (2.42%) Retail
10 9 (1.98%) Local Government
11 8 (1.76%) Advertising
12 7 (1.54%) Mandarin Language
13 6 (1.32%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.66%) Aviation
15 3 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.66%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.74%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.54%) YAML
3 6 (1.32%) JSON
4 5 (1.10%) Jinja
4 5 (1.10%) REST
4 5 (1.10%) RESTful
5 3 (0.66%) Middleware
6 2 (0.44%) SAML
6 2 (0.44%) YANG
7 1 (0.22%) .NET
7 1 (0.22%) LAMP
7 1 (0.22%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (0.22%) Node.js
7 1 (0.22%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.22%) POSIX
7 1 (0.22%) XMPP
7 1 (0.22%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 79 (17.40%) Data Centre
2 18 (3.96%) Driving Licence
3 17 (3.74%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.76%) PMI
5 7 (1.54%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.54%) PKI
5 7 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.32%) IPTV
7 5 (1.10%) Fibre Optics
7 5 (1.10%) Mobile Computing
8 4 (0.88%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.88%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.66%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.44%) Robotics
10 2 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (9.03%) Windows
2 36 (7.93%) Linux
3 20 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.10%) Unix
5 2 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) CentOS
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Rocky
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (12.11%) Network Monitoring
3 51 (11.23%) Network Design
4 41 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (8.15%) Network Management
6 31 (6.83%) ITIL
7 30 (6.61%) Change Management
8 29 (6.39%) Mentoring
8 29 (6.39%) Network Architecture
9 25 (5.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (5.51%) Project Delivery
10 24 (5.29%) Load Balancing
11 23 (5.07%) High Availability
12 22 (4.85%) Root Cause Analysis
13 21 (4.63%) Agile
13 21 (4.63%) Computer Science
13 21 (4.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 20 (4.41%) Network Virtualisation
14 20 (4.41%) Task Automation
15 19 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.32%) Python
2 21 (4.63%) Bash
3 12 (2.64%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.66%) SQL
5 2 (0.44%) C
5 2 (0.44%) Go
6 1 (0.22%) C++
6 1 (0.22%) Java
6 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.22%) R
6 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 171 (37.67%) Cisco Certification
2 154 (33.92%) Security Cleared
3 116 (25.55%) CCNP
3 116 (25.55%) SC Cleared
4 113 (24.89%) CCNA
5 90 (19.82%) DV Cleared
6 70 (15.42%) Degree
7 25 (5.51%) CCIE
8 14 (3.08%) JNCIA
9 13 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (1.98%) JNCIS
10 9 (1.98%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.32%) CCDP
11 6 (1.32%) CCSA
11 6 (1.32%) CCSE
11 6 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.10%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.10%) CCDA
12 5 (1.10%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.20%) GDPR
3 8 (1.76%) SLA
4 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 6 (1.32%) NIST
4 6 (1.32%) QA
5 3 (0.66%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (10.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (5.29%) Firmware
3 15 (3.30%) Active Directory
4 13 (2.86%) VMware NSX
5 12 (2.64%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.54%) Docker
7 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.66%) vSphere
9 2 (0.44%) KVM
10 1 (0.22%) NFS
10 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 56 (12.33%) Ansible
2 37 (8.15%) FortiGate
3 24 (5.29%) Terraform
4 12 (2.64%) Nagios
5 8 (1.76%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.32%) CASB
8 5 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
9 3 (0.66%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.44%) Puppet
11 1 (0.22%) CFEngine
11 1 (0.22%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.22%) Nessus
11 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.22%) SCCM
11 1 (0.22%) WMI
11 1 (0.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 341 (75.11%) Cisco
2 135 (29.74%) Juniper
3 133 (29.30%) Fortinet
4 81 (17.84%) SolarWinds
5 62 (13.66%) Meraki
6 60 (13.22%) CheckPoint
7 57 (12.56%) Palo Alto
8 52 (11.45%) Microsoft
8 52 (11.45%) VMware
9 29 (6.39%) F5
10 28 (6.17%) Arista
11 21 (4.63%) HP
12 20 (4.41%) Citrix
13 17 (3.74%) Aruba
14 15 (3.30%) Zscaler
15 13 (2.86%) Veeam
16 9 (1.98%) Extreme Networks
17 8 (1.76%) Dell
17 8 (1.76%) Dynatrace
18 7 (1.54%) Infoblox