Network Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Network Engineer salary in Glasgow is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 64 216
Rank change year-on-year +18 +152 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 18 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.86% 0.80% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 0.88% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 10
10th Percentile £36,125 - £43,125
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -26.83% +28.13%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £55,425 £64,750 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £50,890 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.57% -21.71% +25.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 916 456 3,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.75% 98.11%
Number of salaries quoted 547 203 900
10th Percentile £29,375 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £40,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,283
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.98% -4.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,283
% change year-on-year -18.18% +5.20% -4.94%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Glasgow

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 31 May 2026, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Cisco
2 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 8 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 6 (33.33%) CCNA
3 6 (33.33%) ForeScout
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) WAN
5 4 (22.22%) Firewall
5 4 (22.22%) LAN
6 3 (16.67%) High Availability
6 3 (16.67%) Linux
6 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) VPN
6 3 (16.67%) Windows
6 3 (16.67%) Wireless
7 2 (11.11%) Aruba
7 2 (11.11%) BGP
7 2 (11.11%) CCIE
7 2 (11.11%) CCNP
7 2 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (11.11%) EIGRP
7 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
7 2 (11.11%) Low Latency
7 2 (11.11%) MPLS
7 2 (11.11%) Network Security
7 2 (11.11%) OSPF

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 4 (22.22%) Firewall
2 4 (22.22%) LAN
3 3 (16.67%) VPN
3 3 (16.67%) Wireless
4 2 (11.11%) BGP
4 2 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (11.11%) EIGRP
4 2 (11.11%) MPLS
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security
4 2 (11.11%) OSPF
4 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (5.56%) BIG-IP
5 1 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (5.56%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (5.56%) VLAN
5 1 (5.56%) VXLAN
5 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (16.67%) High Availability
2 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Low Latency
3 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.56%) Change Management
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.56%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (5.56%) Fintech
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL
4 1 (5.56%) Migration
4 1 (5.56%) Network Design
4 1 (5.56%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 6 (33.33%) CCNA
2 6 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (11.11%) CCIE
3 2 (11.11%) CCNP
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.56%) JNCIP
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (5.56%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (33.33%) ForeScout
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) Aruba
3 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) Arista
4 1 (5.56%) F5
4 1 (5.56%) HP
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
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