Network Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 626 705 844
Rank change year-on-year +79 +139 +215
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 37 129 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.077% 0.15% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.16% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 27 112 54
10th Percentile £41,050 £36,315 £35,991
25th Percentile £46,947 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,250 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.82% -14.09%

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 43,876 81,927 80,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.56% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 23,003 60,951 51,092
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,313
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London +119 26 £68,322 +9.32% 9
North of England +25 4 £50,250 +18.24% 2
South West +93 2 £51,729 -10.04% 5
Yorkshire +62 2 £50,250 +34.95% 1
South East +44 2 £27,500 -45.00% 7
East of England +29 2 £42,500 -5.56% 3
West Midlands +62 1 £45,000 - 3
Midlands +59 1 £45,000 -10.00% 3
North East +47 1 £44,500 +53.45%
North West -17 1 £55,000 +29.41% 1
Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Network Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (91.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (72.97%) Firewall
3 21 (56.76%) Cisco
4 16 (43.24%) Data Centre
5 15 (40.54%) WAN
5 15 (40.54%) VPN
5 15 (40.54%) Fortinet
5 15 (40.54%) AWS
6 14 (37.84%) Network Security
6 14 (37.84%) LAN
6 14 (37.84%) BGP
6 14 (37.84%) Meraki
7 13 (35.14%) Azure
8 12 (32.43%) Windows
9 11 (29.73%) CheckPoint
9 11 (29.73%) VMware
9 11 (29.73%) SolarWinds
9 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (29.73%) SD-WAN
10 10 (27.03%) Windows Server
10 10 (27.03%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (27.03%) Change Management
10 10 (27.03%) OSPF
10 10 (27.03%) WLAN
11 9 (24.32%) Active Directory
11 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
11 9 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (24.32%) Wireless
11 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (24.32%) Process Improvement

Network Infrastructure 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 2 (5.41%) Apache
1 2 (5.41%) IIS
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (40.54%) AWS
2 13 (35.14%) Azure
3 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (21.62%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (10.81%) Nutanix
6 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
6 3 (8.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.41%) Mimecast
7 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.70%) GCP
8 1 (2.70%) IaaS
8 1 (2.70%) PaaS
8 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (72.97%) Firewall
2 15 (40.54%) VPN
2 15 (40.54%) WAN
3 14 (37.84%) BGP
3 14 (37.84%) LAN
3 14 (37.84%) Network Security
4 11 (29.73%) SD-WAN
5 10 (27.03%) Cisco ASA
5 10 (27.03%) OSPF
5 10 (27.03%) WLAN
6 9 (24.32%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (24.32%) NX-OS
6 9 (24.32%) VXLAN
6 9 (24.32%) Wireless
7 8 (21.62%) IPsec
7 8 (21.62%) MPLS
8 7 (18.92%) VLAN
9 6 (16.22%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (16.22%) DNS
9 6 (16.22%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (13.51%) Finance
2 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Banking
2 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (5.41%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.70%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) 802.1X
1 1 (2.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Data Centre
2 8 (21.62%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) CCTV
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
4 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 10 (27.03%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.41%) Linux
3 2 (5.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (27.03%) Change Management
4 9 (24.32%) Process Improvement
5 8 (21.62%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (21.62%) Network Segmentation
6 7 (18.92%) Incident Response
6 7 (18.92%) Kalman Filter
6 7 (18.92%) Network Architecture
7 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.22%) ITIL
7 6 (16.22%) Runbook
8 5 (13.51%) Cloud Security
8 5 (13.51%) Patch Management
8 5 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (10.81%) Agile
9 4 (10.81%) Business Continuity
9 4 (10.81%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (8.11%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.11%) Python
2 3 (8.11%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (21.62%) Degree
3 6 (16.22%) CCNA
3 6 (16.22%) CCNP
3 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.81%) CCIE
5 3 (8.11%) AWS Certification
5 3 (8.11%) CCSA
5 3 (8.11%) CCSE
6 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) QA
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.62%) Firmware
3 7 (18.92%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
5 4 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (10.81%) vSphere
6 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) Ansible
3 1 (2.70%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Cisco
2 15 (40.54%) Fortinet
3 14 (37.84%) Meraki
4 11 (29.73%) CheckPoint
4 11 (29.73%) SolarWinds
4 11 (29.73%) VMware
5 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
6 8 (21.62%) Dynatrace
7 6 (16.22%) Infoblox
7 6 (16.22%) Palo Alto
8 5 (13.51%) Arista
9 4 (10.81%) Extreme Networks
10 3 (8.11%) ServiceNow
11 2 (5.41%) Darktrace
11 2 (5.41%) Yardi
12 1 (2.70%) Aruba
12 1 (2.70%) HP
12 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
12 1 (2.70%) Synology
12 1 (2.70%) Zscaler