Senior Network Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in England is £61,644 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 598 550 675
Rank change year-on-year -48 +125 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 79 297 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.35% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.37% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 65 241 202
10th Percentile £44,100 £45,000 £42,540
25th Percentile £52,000 £46,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,644 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,650 £90,000 £94,750
UK median annual salary £61,644 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.08% -8.33% -4.00%

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 43,278 80,816 83,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.49% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 24,456 60,386 53,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 8 May 2025.

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 8 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 +43 30 £77,500 +5.53% 33
Midlands +21 14 £48,000 -8.57% 6
South East +74 13 £55,000 -8.33% 30
West Midlands +22 12 £48,000 -8.57% 3
South West +55 7 £56,121 +14.53% 4
North of England +45 6 £70,000 +16.67% 10
East of England +45 4 £41,000 -21.90% 3
Yorkshire +53 3 £70,000 +75.00% 4
East Midlands +36 2 £60,000 +50.00% 3
North West -10 2 £67,500 +12.50% 3
North East +47 1 £76,000 +8.57% 3
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, 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 64 (81.01%) Cisco
2 47 (59.49%) Firewall
3 35 (44.30%) WAN
4 28 (35.44%) Azure
5 27 (34.18%) BGP
6 26 (32.91%) OSPF
6 26 (32.91%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (31.65%) CCNP
8 23 (29.11%) SD-WAN
9 21 (26.58%) Network Security
10 19 (24.05%) SolarWinds
10 19 (24.05%) Fortinet
11 18 (22.78%) VLAN
12 17 (21.52%) Network Design
12 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (21.52%) Network Monitoring
13 16 (20.25%) Juniper
14 15 (18.99%) Security Cleared
14 15 (18.99%) Data Centre
15 14 (17.72%) Palo Alto
15 14 (17.72%) MPLS
16 13 (16.46%) CheckPoint
16 13 (16.46%) Cisco Nexus
17 12 (15.19%) Meraki
17 12 (15.19%) EIGRP
17 12 (15.19%) SC Cleared
18 11 (13.92%) Degree
18 11 (13.92%) AWS
18 11 (13.92%) Wi-Fi
18 11 (13.92%) Wireless

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 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.27%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.27%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 28 (35.44%) Azure
2 11 (13.92%) AWS
3 5 (6.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.33%) SaaS
4 3 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (3.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 47 (59.49%) Firewall
2 35 (44.30%) WAN
3 27 (34.18%) BGP
4 26 (32.91%) OSPF
5 23 (29.11%) SD-WAN
6 21 (26.58%) Network Security
7 18 (22.78%) VLAN
8 14 (17.72%) MPLS
9 13 (16.46%) Cisco Nexus
10 12 (15.19%) EIGRP
11 11 (13.92%) LAN
11 11 (13.92%) VoIP
11 11 (13.92%) VPN
11 11 (13.92%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (13.92%) Wireless
12 7 (8.86%) Spanning Tree
13 6 (7.59%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (7.59%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (7.59%) SSH
13 6 (7.59%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) GitLab
1 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.27%) Robot Framework
1 1 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (13.92%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.13%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.86%) Finance
3 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.59%) Police
5 5 (6.33%) Banking
5 5 (6.33%) Retail
6 4 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.06%) Local Government
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.27%) Aviation
8 1 (1.27%) Games
8 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) YAML
2 3 (3.80%) JSON
3 2 (2.53%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.53%) Jinja
4 1 (1.27%) OpenConfig
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.99%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.13%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.59%) Reinsurance
4 4 (5.06%) Mobile Computing
5 3 (3.80%) PMI
6 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.27%) NHS
7 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (21.52%) Network Design
1 17 (21.52%) Network Monitoring
1 17 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (12.66%) Inventory Management
3 9 (11.39%) Customer Requirements
3 9 (11.39%) Network Management
4 8 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (10.13%) Project Delivery
5 7 (8.86%) Change Management
5 7 (8.86%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Management
6 6 (7.59%) ITIL
6 6 (7.59%) Line Management
6 6 (7.59%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (7.59%) Technical Analysis
7 5 (6.33%) Change Control
7 5 (6.33%) Mentoring
7 5 (6.33%) Technology Transformation
7 5 (6.33%) Validation
8 4 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) Python
2 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.53%) SQL
3 1 (1.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 26 (32.91%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (31.65%) CCNP
3 15 (18.99%) Security Cleared
4 12 (15.19%) SC Cleared
5 11 (13.92%) Degree
6 5 (6.33%) CCIE
7 4 (5.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (3.80%) Check Point Certification
8 3 (3.80%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.53%) CCNA
9 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.53%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.27%) CCSA
10 1 (1.27%) CCSE
10 1 (1.27%) HND
10 1 (1.27%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.80%) QA
2 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.06%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.80%) Firmware
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.80%) Ansible
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (81.01%) Cisco
2 19 (24.05%) Fortinet
2 19 (24.05%) SolarWinds
3 16 (20.25%) Juniper
4 14 (17.72%) Palo Alto
5 13 (16.46%) CheckPoint
6 12 (15.19%) Meraki
7 10 (12.66%) F5
8 8 (10.13%) HP
9 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
9 5 (6.33%) Zscaler
10 4 (5.06%) Arista
10 4 (5.06%) VMware
11 3 (3.80%) Acronis
11 3 (3.80%) Infoblox
12 2 (2.53%) Aruba
12 2 (2.53%) Mitel
12 2 (2.53%) Okta
12 2 (2.53%) Red Box
12 2 (2.53%) Riverbed