Network Engineer Jobs in Leeds

Network Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Network Engineer salary in Leeds is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 114 165
Rank change year-on-year +44 +51 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 9 23 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.13% 1.01% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.05% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 16
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,500 £40,175
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% +18.23% -15.42%
75th Percentile £85,000 £52,500 £56,715
90th Percentile £86,000 £63,750 £62,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £44,700 £43,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% -7.89% +14.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 744 2,198 2,781
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 96.07% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 501 1,593 1,674
10th Percentile £28,875 £31,250 £32,575
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £78,648 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,995 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.00% -9.09% +9.62%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Leeds

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Leeds

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 Leeds region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Python
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Ansible
2 4 (44.44%) GCP
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Network Design
2 4 (44.44%) Load Balancing
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) OSPF
2 4 (44.44%) BGP
2 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
2 4 (44.44%) Task Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (44.44%) VLAN
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) OCI
3 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Aruba
4 2 (22.22%) F5
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 2 (22.22%) HP
4 2 (22.22%) Dell
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Juniper
4 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering

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

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) GCP
2 4 (44.44%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) BGP
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
1 4 (44.44%) OSPF
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) VLAN
1 4 (44.44%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CCTV
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (44.44%) Load Balancing
1 4 (44.44%) Network Design
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Task Automation
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCNA
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Ansible
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Aruba
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
2 2 (22.22%) Dell
2 2 (22.22%) F5
2 2 (22.22%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Mellanox
3 1 (11.11%) NVIDIA