Network Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Kent

Network Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary in Kent is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 83 59
Rank change year-on-year +2 -24 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.20% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +40.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 898 717 474
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 93.60% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 506 301 371
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £23,108
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,750 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +9.38% -4.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Kent

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Kent

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Network Infrastructure 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 Kent region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Facial Recognition
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) HSRP
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) Miracast
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VRRP
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Facial Recognition
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk