Senior Network Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in England is £54,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 520 700 848
Rank change year-on-year +180 +148 -258
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 309 248 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.29% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 195 220
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,659 £41,975
25th Percentile £46,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £62,500 £59,483
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +5.07% +8.15%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
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%

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 19 April 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 19 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 West +78 97 £49,000 +8.89% 6
London +136 91 £74,220 -1.04% 22
South East -3 41 £60,000 -4.00% 15
Midlands +36 39 £52,500 +15.67% 11
West Midlands +56 34 £52,500 +16.67% 6
North of England +35 29 £60,000 +14.29% 6
North West +6 17 £60,000 +14.29% 3
Yorkshire +86 8 £42,500 -22.73% 2
East of England +32 8 £52,500 -6.67%
East Midlands -17 5 £40,000 -15.79% 5
North East -4 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 19 April 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.

1 195 (63.11%) Cisco
2 193 (62.46%) Firewall
3 137 (44.34%) WAN
4 106 (34.30%) LAN
5 79 (25.57%) Cisco Certification
6 78 (25.24%) Security Cleared
7 64 (20.71%) BGP
8 60 (19.42%) Wireless
8 60 (19.42%) DV Cleared
9 59 (19.09%) CCNP
10 58 (18.77%) Juniper
11 55 (17.80%) MPLS
12 52 (16.83%) SD-WAN
13 49 (15.86%) Palo Alto
13 49 (15.86%) CheckPoint
14 48 (15.53%) VPN
14 48 (15.53%) Network Security
15 45 (14.56%) Azure
16 43 (13.92%) Meraki
17 41 (13.27%) Social Skills
18 38 (12.30%) Network Monitoring
19 37 (11.97%) Cisco ISE
19 37 (11.97%) AWS
20 36 (11.65%) Cisco ASA
20 36 (11.65%) OSPF
21 35 (11.33%) Microsoft
21 35 (11.33%) Aruba
22 34 (11.00%) Problem-Solving
23 33 (10.68%) Wi-Fi
24 32 (10.36%) Network Design

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 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.91%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (14.56%) Azure
2 37 (11.97%) AWS
3 11 (3.56%) SaaS
4 10 (3.24%) Datadog
4 10 (3.24%) PaaS
4 10 (3.24%) Rubrik
5 8 (2.59%) IaaS
6 6 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.65%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (0.65%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.65%) GCP
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.32%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 193 (62.46%) Firewall
2 137 (44.34%) WAN
3 106 (34.30%) LAN
4 64 (20.71%) BGP
5 60 (19.42%) Wireless
6 55 (17.80%) MPLS
7 52 (16.83%) SD-WAN
8 48 (15.53%) Network Security
8 48 (15.53%) VPN
9 37 (11.97%) Cisco ISE
10 36 (11.65%) Cisco ASA
10 36 (11.65%) OSPF
11 33 (10.68%) Wi-Fi
12 29 (9.39%) Cisco Firepower
13 27 (8.74%) TCP/IP
14 20 (6.47%) Cisco IOS
15 19 (6.15%) Cisco Nexus
15 19 (6.15%) VLAN
16 18 (5.83%) Spanning Tree
17 15 (4.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.29%) GitLab
General
1 41 (13.27%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.41%) Finance
3 20 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.83%) Retail
5 17 (5.50%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.88%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.56%) Aerospace
8 10 (3.24%) Military
9 9 (2.91%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.59%) Police
11 7 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.27%) Law
12 5 (1.62%) Banking
12 5 (1.62%) Games
13 4 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.29%) Marketing
14 3 (0.97%) Legal
14 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.65%) Electronics
15 2 (0.65%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.27%) HTML
2 4 (1.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.03%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.88%) Driving Licence
3 9 (2.91%) PKI
4 7 (2.27%) Hedge funds
5 6 (1.94%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.29%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.65%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.65%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.32%) CMDB
8 1 (0.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.18%) Windows
2 13 (4.21%) Linux
3 11 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.65%) Android
5 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (12.30%) Network Monitoring
2 34 (11.00%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (10.36%) Network Design
3 32 (10.36%) Network Management
4 28 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
5 26 (8.41%) ITIL
6 21 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (6.47%) Load Balancing
8 19 (6.15%) Network Architecture
9 18 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (4.85%) DevOps
10 15 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (4.53%) Computer Science
11 14 (4.53%) Incident Management
11 14 (4.53%) Mentoring
12 13 (4.21%) Customer Requirements
12 13 (4.21%) SIEM
13 12 (3.88%) Agile
13 12 (3.88%) Project Delivery
13 12 (3.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (8.09%) Python
2 15 (4.85%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.27%) C#
3 7 (2.27%) SQL
4 6 (1.94%) Bash
5 1 (0.32%) C
Qualifications
1 79 (25.57%) Cisco Certification
2 78 (25.24%) Security Cleared
3 60 (19.42%) DV Cleared
4 59 (19.09%) CCNP
5 32 (10.36%) CCNA
6 23 (7.44%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.83%) CCIE
7 18 (5.83%) Degree
8 17 (5.50%) JNCIA
9 13 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.56%) AWS Certification
11 10 (3.24%) CCSA
11 10 (3.24%) JNCIP
12 8 (2.59%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.62%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.29%) CWNA
14 4 (1.29%) DBS Check
14 4 (1.29%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.97%) HND
16 2 (0.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.21%) SLA
2 8 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.29%) NCSC
4 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.27%) vSphere
4 6 (1.94%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.29%) Docker
5 4 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.97%) Firmware
6 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (8.09%) FortiGate
2 22 (7.12%) Ansible
3 16 (5.18%) Terraform
4 7 (2.27%) Cisco CUCM
4 7 (2.27%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (1.62%) Cisco Prime
5 5 (1.62%) Nagios
5 5 (1.62%) Opsview
5 5 (1.62%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.29%) Cacti
6 4 (1.29%) Icinga
6 4 (1.29%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.65%) Grafana
7 2 (0.65%) Nessus
7 2 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.32%) Salt
8 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 195 (63.11%) Cisco
2 58 (18.77%) Juniper
3 49 (15.86%) CheckPoint
3 49 (15.86%) Palo Alto
4 43 (13.92%) Meraki
5 35 (11.33%) Aruba
5 35 (11.33%) Microsoft
6 32 (10.36%) SolarWinds
7 29 (9.39%) VMware
8 20 (6.47%) Fortinet
8 20 (6.47%) Nokia
9 19 (6.15%) HP
10 15 (4.85%) F5
11 12 (3.88%) NetApp
11 12 (3.88%) Veeam
12 11 (3.56%) LogicMonitor
13 7 (2.27%) Splunk
14 6 (1.94%) Citrix
14 6 (1.94%) Mitel
14 6 (1.94%) Riverbed