Senior Network Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 693 864
Rank change year-on-year +138 +171 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 302 260 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.31% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 246 205 217
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,659 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%

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 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £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 £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
London +108 94 £73,441 -5.24% 17
South West +41 80 £49,000 +11.36% 5
South East +28 46 £60,000 -4.00% 12
Midlands +42 41 £52,500 +16.67% 7
West Midlands +45 36 £52,500 +16.67% 2
North of England +19 30 £60,000 +14.29% 10
North West -3 17 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Yorkshire +74 9 £40,000 -27.27% 3
East of England +13 8 £52,500 -6.67%
East Midlands -11 5 £40,000 -5.45% 5
North East -6 4 £70,000 +45.08% 2
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 187 (61.92%) Cisco
2 184 (60.93%) Firewall
3 122 (40.40%) WAN
4 91 (30.13%) LAN
5 83 (27.48%) Cisco Certification
6 64 (21.19%) CCNP
6 64 (21.19%) Wireless
7 63 (20.86%) Security Cleared
8 60 (19.87%) Juniper
9 58 (19.21%) BGP
10 55 (18.21%) MPLS
11 53 (17.55%) SD-WAN
12 52 (17.22%) Palo Alto
12 52 (17.22%) CheckPoint
12 52 (17.22%) Network Security
13 47 (15.56%) Azure
13 47 (15.56%) VPN
14 44 (14.57%) DV Cleared
14 44 (14.57%) Meraki
14 44 (14.57%) Social Skills
15 40 (13.25%) AWS
16 39 (12.91%) Cisco ISE
16 39 (12.91%) Network Monitoring
17 38 (12.58%) OSPF
17 38 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
18 37 (12.25%) Aruba
19 36 (11.92%) Data Centre
20 35 (11.59%) Microsoft
21 34 (11.26%) Network Design
21 34 (11.26%) Network Management

Senior 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 9 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.98%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (15.56%) Azure
2 40 (13.25%) AWS
3 12 (3.97%) SaaS
4 11 (3.64%) Datadog
4 11 (3.64%) PaaS
4 11 (3.64%) Rubrik
5 9 (2.98%) IaaS
6 7 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.99%) GCP
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.33%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 184 (60.93%) Firewall
2 122 (40.40%) WAN
3 91 (30.13%) LAN
4 64 (21.19%) Wireless
5 58 (19.21%) BGP
6 55 (18.21%) MPLS
7 53 (17.55%) SD-WAN
8 52 (17.22%) Network Security
9 47 (15.56%) VPN
10 39 (12.91%) Cisco ISE
11 38 (12.58%) OSPF
12 34 (11.26%) Cisco ASA
13 33 (10.93%) Wi-Fi
14 30 (9.93%) Cisco Firepower
15 27 (8.94%) TCP/IP
16 20 (6.62%) VLAN
17 16 (5.30%) Cisco IOS
17 16 (5.30%) Unified Communications
18 15 (4.97%) Cisco Nexus
18 15 (4.97%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.32%) GitLab
General
1 44 (14.57%) Social Skills
2 28 (9.27%) Finance
3 20 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.96%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.96%) Retail
5 13 (4.30%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.97%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.65%) Law
9 7 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.32%) Military
10 5 (1.66%) Banking
10 5 (1.66%) Games
10 5 (1.66%) Police
11 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.32%) Legal
11 4 (1.32%) Marketing
12 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Electronics
13 2 (0.66%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.32%) HTML
2 4 (1.32%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.92%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.97%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.98%) PKI
4 7 (2.32%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.99%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.32%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.66%) CMDB
7 2 (0.66%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.66%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.66%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.63%) Windows
2 14 (4.64%) Linux
3 11 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.66%) Android
5 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (12.91%) Network Monitoring
2 38 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (11.26%) Network Design
3 34 (11.26%) Network Management
4 31 (10.26%) ITIL
5 30 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (6.95%) Load Balancing
7 19 (6.29%) Network Architecture
8 18 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (5.30%) Computer Science
9 16 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (5.30%) Mentoring
10 15 (4.97%) DevOps
11 14 (4.64%) Customer Requirements
11 14 (4.64%) SIEM
12 13 (4.30%) Agile
12 13 (4.30%) Project Management
13 12 (3.97%) Project Delivery
14 10 (3.31%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (8.94%) Python
2 15 (4.97%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.32%) C#
3 7 (2.32%) SQL
4 6 (1.99%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) C
Qualifications
1 83 (27.48%) Cisco Certification
2 64 (21.19%) CCNP
3 63 (20.86%) Security Cleared
4 44 (14.57%) DV Cleared
5 31 (10.26%) CCNA
6 21 (6.95%) Degree
7 20 (6.62%) CCIE
7 20 (6.62%) SC Cleared
8 15 (4.97%) JNCIA
9 14 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.64%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.31%) CCSA
12 8 (2.65%) JNCIP
12 8 (2.65%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.66%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.32%) CWNA
14 4 (1.32%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.32%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.99%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 3 (0.99%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.97%) SLA
2 8 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (1.66%) NCSC
4 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.32%) VMware NSX
3 7 (2.32%) vSphere
4 4 (1.32%) Docker
4 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.99%) Firmware
5 3 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (7.95%) Ansible
1 24 (7.95%) FortiGate
2 17 (5.63%) Terraform
3 8 (2.65%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.32%) Stealthwatch
5 6 (1.99%) Nagios
6 5 (1.66%) Cisco Prime
6 5 (1.66%) Opsview
6 5 (1.66%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.32%) Cacti
7 4 (1.32%) Icinga
7 4 (1.32%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.99%) Grafana
8 3 (0.99%) Nessus
9 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.66%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.66%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.33%) Salt
Vendors
1 187 (61.92%) Cisco
2 60 (19.87%) Juniper
3 52 (17.22%) CheckPoint
3 52 (17.22%) Palo Alto
4 44 (14.57%) Meraki
5 37 (12.25%) Aruba
6 35 (11.59%) Microsoft
7 34 (11.26%) SolarWinds
8 30 (9.93%) VMware
9 22 (7.28%) Fortinet
9 22 (7.28%) HP
10 20 (6.62%) Nokia
11 15 (4.97%) F5
12 13 (4.30%) NetApp
12 13 (4.30%) Veeam
13 12 (3.97%) LogicMonitor
14 7 (2.32%) Citrix
14 7 (2.32%) Mitel
14 7 (2.32%) Riverbed
14 7 (2.32%) Splunk