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 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 286 368
Rank change year-on-year +73 +82 -138
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,194 1,156 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.41% 1.23% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.34% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,028 816 1,052
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,757 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% +6.37%

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 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +23 295 £49,000 +1.55% 61
London +103 292 £59,500 -4.80% 65
North of England -15 192 £42,500 -5.56% 50
Midlands +89 182 £46,500 +9.41% 39
South West +34 172 £49,000 +13.95% 32
West Midlands +91 152 £46,500 +9.73% 29
North West -3 130 £42,500 -9.57% 32
East of England +28 58 £47,500 -5.47% 13
Yorkshire +54 51 £45,000 -11.74% 15
East Midlands -13 26 £31,500 -33.68% 10
North East -23 19 £45,000 +9.17% 4
Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 725 (60.72%) Cisco
2 615 (51.51%) Firewall
3 476 (39.87%) WAN
4 442 (37.02%) Cisco Certification
5 413 (34.59%) LAN
6 314 (26.30%) Juniper
7 295 (24.71%) Security Cleared
8 273 (22.86%) CCNA
9 267 (22.36%) CCNP
10 247 (20.69%) Azure
11 241 (20.18%) Wireless
12 234 (19.60%) BGP
13 233 (19.51%) VPN
14 191 (16.00%) Network Security
15 190 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
16 184 (15.41%) Social Skills
17 179 (14.99%) MPLS
18 173 (14.49%) Microsoft
19 171 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
20 170 (14.24%) SD-WAN
21 169 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
22 161 (13.48%) Fortinet
22 161 (13.48%) Data Centre
23 159 (13.32%) VMware
24 156 (13.07%) OSPF
25 155 (12.98%) Palo Alto
26 140 (11.73%) TCP/IP
27 138 (11.56%) SC Cleared
28 132 (11.06%) DNS
29 130 (10.89%) Windows

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 49 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.84%) IIS
3 10 (0.84%) WordPress
4 8 (0.67%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.084%) Apache
6 1 (0.084%) Gunicorn
6 1 (0.084%) nginx
6 1 (0.084%) uWSGI
Applications
1 26 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.42%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.25%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 247 (20.69%) Azure
2 123 (10.30%) Microsoft 365
3 120 (10.05%) AWS
4 30 (2.51%) Entra ID
5 27 (2.26%) GCP
6 20 (1.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 17 (1.42%) SaaS
8 16 (1.34%) OneDrive
9 14 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (0.92%) Datadog
10 11 (0.92%) IaaS
10 11 (0.92%) PaaS
10 11 (0.92%) Rubrik
11 9 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (0.59%) AWS Direct Connect
13 5 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.25%) Mimecast
14 3 (0.25%) Nutanix
15 2 (0.17%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 615 (51.51%) Firewall
2 476 (39.87%) WAN
3 413 (34.59%) LAN
4 241 (20.18%) Wireless
5 234 (19.60%) BGP
6 233 (19.51%) VPN
7 191 (16.00%) Network Security
8 190 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
9 179 (14.99%) MPLS
10 170 (14.24%) SD-WAN
11 156 (13.07%) OSPF
12 140 (11.73%) TCP/IP
13 132 (11.06%) DNS
14 119 (9.97%) DHCP
14 119 (9.97%) VLAN
15 78 (6.53%) Cisco Firepower
16 77 (6.45%) Internet
17 67 (5.61%) IPsec
18 64 (5.36%) Cisco ASA
19 60 (5.03%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (2.01%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.67%) GIS
3 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.25%) MySQL
5 2 (0.17%) NonStop SQL
6 1 (0.084%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.084%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.084%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (0.59%) JIRA
2 6 (0.50%) 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 (0.084%) Git
5 1 (0.084%) Selenium
General
1 184 (15.41%) Social Skills
2 97 (8.12%) Telecoms
3 83 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.62%) Finance
5 40 (3.35%) Public Sector
6 29 (2.43%) Law
6 29 (2.43%) Retail
7 19 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.26%) Legal
10 15 (1.26%) Manufacturing
10 15 (1.26%) Police
11 12 (1.01%) Aerospace
12 10 (0.84%) Banking
13 8 (0.67%) Games
14 7 (0.59%) Marketing
14 7 (0.59%) Military
15 5 (0.42%) Advertising
15 5 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.10%) 802.1X
2 10 (0.84%) LAMP
3 7 (0.59%) HTML
4 5 (0.42%) XMPP
5 4 (0.34%) Akka
6 2 (0.17%) LDAP
7 1 (0.084%) ADO
7 1 (0.084%) EDI
7 1 (0.084%) JSON
7 1 (0.084%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.084%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 161 (13.48%) Data Centre
2 67 (5.61%) Driving Licence
3 34 (2.85%) PKI
4 33 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (1.76%) Replication
6 20 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 19 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
8 14 (1.17%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 12 (1.01%) Security Posture
11 11 (0.92%) Hedge funds
12 10 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (0.84%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.67%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.42%) CMDB
14 5 (0.42%) PMI
15 4 (0.34%) Educational Technology
15 4 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
16 3 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
16 3 (0.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 130 (10.89%) Windows
2 88 (7.37%) Linux
3 71 (5.95%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.09%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (1.59%) VyOS
7 18 (1.51%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (0.84%) VMS
10 9 (0.75%) Debian
11 8 (0.67%) Apple iOS
12 7 (0.59%) Android
12 7 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.084%) CentOS
14 1 (0.084%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (14.32%) Problem-Solving
2 169 (14.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 127 (10.64%) ITIL
4 124 (10.39%) Customer Service
5 116 (9.72%) Network Monitoring
6 101 (8.46%) Cybersecurity
7 92 (7.71%) Network Design
8 84 (7.04%) Project Delivery
9 67 (5.61%) Mentoring
10 60 (5.03%) Disaster Recovery
11 56 (4.69%) Network Architecture
12 54 (4.52%) Network Management
13 51 (4.27%) Load Balancing
14 49 (4.10%) Roadmaps
15 48 (4.02%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (3.94%) Migration
16 47 (3.94%) Service Delivery
17 45 (3.77%) Computer Science
18 41 (3.43%) Agile
18 41 (3.43%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (4.77%) Python
2 35 (2.93%) PowerShell
3 23 (1.93%) Bash
4 11 (0.92%) C#
5 10 (0.84%) SQL
6 7 (0.59%) Shell Script
7 5 (0.42%) Java
8 3 (0.25%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.17%) C
10 1 (0.084%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.084%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 442 (37.02%) Cisco Certification
2 295 (24.71%) Security Cleared
3 273 (22.86%) CCNA
4 267 (22.36%) CCNP
5 138 (11.56%) SC Cleared
6 119 (9.97%) DV Cleared
7 96 (8.04%) Degree
8 54 (4.52%) JNCIA
9 48 (4.02%) CCIE
10 42 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 26 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 25 (2.09%) Network+ Certification
13 21 (1.76%) JNCIP
14 19 (1.59%) CISSP
15 15 (1.26%) AWS Certification
16 14 (1.17%) MCITP
17 11 (0.92%) CCSA
18 9 (0.75%) CCDP
18 9 (0.75%) JNCIS
19 8 (0.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.85%) SLA
2 13 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.92%) GDPR
5 8 (0.67%) QA
5 8 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (0.50%) NCSC
7 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.084%) Accessibility
System Software
1 98 (8.21%) Active Directory
2 64 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (4.94%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.51%) vSphere
5 16 (1.34%) VMware NSX
6 12 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.84%) Firmware
8 8 (0.67%) pfSense
9 7 (0.59%) Docker
10 6 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.42%) SRDF
12 4 (0.34%) vCloud
13 1 (0.084%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.084%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 74 (6.20%) FortiGate
2 44 (3.69%) Ansible
3 27 (2.26%) Terraform
4 23 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.26%) ZABBIX
6 13 (1.09%) Nagios
7 12 (1.01%) SCCM
8 10 (0.84%) Grafana
9 7 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.59%) Cisco Prime
9 7 (0.59%) Kubernetes
9 7 (0.59%) Stealthwatch
10 6 (0.50%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.42%) Icinga
11 5 (0.42%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.42%) Opsview
11 5 (0.42%) WSUS
12 4 (0.34%) Cacti
12 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.25%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 725 (60.72%) Cisco
2 314 (26.30%) Juniper
3 173 (14.49%) Microsoft
4 161 (13.48%) Fortinet
5 159 (13.32%) VMware
6 155 (12.98%) Palo Alto
7 118 (9.88%) Meraki
8 112 (9.38%) Aruba
9 93 (7.79%) CheckPoint
10 82 (6.87%) SolarWinds
11 58 (4.86%) F5
12 54 (4.52%) HP
13 47 (3.94%) Nokia
14 34 (2.85%) Ruckus Wireless
15 31 (2.60%) Citrix
15 31 (2.60%) Veeam
16 24 (2.01%) Sandvine
17 21 (1.76%) Dell
18 19 (1.59%) Vyatta
19 18 (1.51%) Zscaler