Network Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

Network Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Hampshire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 92 80
Rank change year-on-year +70 -12 +138
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 131 112 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 6.42% 2.78% 3.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.75% 2.94% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 129 99 79
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £31,870
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £61,750 £60,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,942 3,806 2,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 94.54% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,209 2,974 1,996
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Hampshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Basingstoke +5 104 £50,000 +2.04% 7
Farnborough +13 8 £62,500 +25.00%
Southampton +41 7 £54,000 +44.97% 5
Portsmouth -7 6 £52,500 +31.25% 5
Yateley - 1 £70,000 -
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 117 (89.31%) Security Cleared
2 112 (85.50%) Cisco
3 96 (73.28%) DV Cleared
4 89 (67.94%) SC Cleared
5 81 (61.83%) Juniper
6 57 (43.51%) BGP
6 57 (43.51%) OSPF
7 51 (38.93%) Firewall
8 50 (38.17%) EIGRP
9 49 (37.40%) Fortinet
10 42 (32.06%) Network Security
11 26 (19.85%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (15.27%) Cisco ASA
13 18 (13.74%) FortiGate
14 17 (12.98%) Data Centre
15 16 (12.21%) Network Design
15 16 (12.21%) WAN
15 16 (12.21%) VPN
16 14 (10.69%) CCNP
16 14 (10.69%) CCNA
17 13 (9.92%) DMVPN
18 12 (9.16%) SolarWinds
19 11 (8.40%) Social Skills
19 11 (8.40%) TCP/IP
20 10 (7.63%) Ethernet VPN
21 9 (6.87%) IPsec
21 9 (6.87%) SSL
22 8 (6.11%) VXLAN
23 7 (5.34%) Cisco Firepower
24 6 (4.58%) MPLS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.76%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.76%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.82%) AWS
2 4 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
2 4 (3.05%) SaaS
2 4 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 2 (1.53%) Azure
4 1 (0.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 57 (43.51%) BGP
1 57 (43.51%) OSPF
2 51 (38.93%) Firewall
3 50 (38.17%) EIGRP
4 42 (32.06%) Network Security
5 20 (15.27%) Cisco ASA
6 16 (12.21%) VPN
6 16 (12.21%) WAN
7 13 (9.92%) DMVPN
8 11 (8.40%) TCP/IP
9 10 (7.63%) Ethernet VPN
10 9 (6.87%) IPsec
10 9 (6.87%) SSL
11 8 (6.11%) VXLAN
12 7 (5.34%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (4.58%) DHCP
13 6 (4.58%) MPLS
14 5 (3.82%) RIP
14 5 (3.82%) VoIP
14 5 (3.82%) Wireless
General
1 11 (8.40%) Social Skills
2 5 (3.82%) Advertising
3 2 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.76%) Finance
4 1 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (0.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.05%) JSON
1 4 (3.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.98%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.82%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.76%) Acoustics
3 1 (0.76%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (12.21%) Network Design
2 6 (4.58%) Agile
2 6 (4.58%) Boundary Protection
3 4 (3.05%) Change Management
3 4 (3.05%) Impact Assessments
3 4 (3.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (2.29%) Change Control
4 3 (2.29%) Customer Service
4 3 (2.29%) Security Patching
5 2 (1.53%) Asset Management
5 2 (1.53%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (1.53%) Decision-Making
5 2 (1.53%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (1.53%) Network Architecture
5 2 (1.53%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (1.53%) Roadmaps
5 2 (1.53%) Ticket Management
5 2 (1.53%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 1 (0.76%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (0.76%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.53%) Python
2 1 (0.76%) C
2 1 (0.76%) C++
2 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 117 (89.31%) Security Cleared
2 96 (73.28%) DV Cleared
3 89 (67.94%) SC Cleared
4 26 (19.85%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (10.69%) CCNA
5 14 (10.69%) CCNP
6 3 (2.29%) Degree
6 3 (2.29%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.76%) CCIE
7 1 (0.76%) HND
7 1 (0.76%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.76%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.29%) SLA
2 2 (1.53%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.76%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (2.29%) Firmware
1 3 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (13.74%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.29%) Ansible
3 2 (1.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 112 (85.50%) Cisco
2 81 (61.83%) Juniper
3 49 (37.40%) Fortinet
4 12 (9.16%) SolarWinds
5 5 (3.82%) McAfee
6 3 (2.29%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.29%) VMware
7 2 (1.53%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.53%) Citrix
7 2 (1.53%) HP
7 2 (1.53%) Mellanox
7 2 (1.53%) Meraki
7 2 (1.53%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.76%) ADVA
8 1 (0.76%) Aruba
8 1 (0.76%) F5
8 1 (0.76%) Google
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.76%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (0.76%) SonicWALL