Network Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Network Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Network Engineer salary in Manchester is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 129 165
Rank change year-on-year -24 +36 +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 15 95 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.61% 1.62% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.70% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 74 55
10th Percentile £23,500 £35,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £57,250
90th Percentile £59,250 £62,500 £65,000
North West median annual salary £53,250 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.29% -15.00% +21.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,246 5,578 3,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 95.12% 92.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,336 4,073 2,590
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,784 £67,968 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,200 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 Manchester region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) DNS
2 10 (66.67%) WAN
2 10 (66.67%) Azure
3 9 (60.00%) Cisco
3 9 (60.00%) Firewall
4 7 (46.67%) VPN
4 7 (46.67%) AWS
4 7 (46.67%) SD-WAN
4 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 7 (46.67%) Zero Trust
5 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (40.00%) Zscaler
5 6 (40.00%) Network Architecture
5 6 (40.00%) Ansible
5 6 (40.00%) Python
6 5 (33.33%) DHCP
6 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 5 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (26.67%) Fortinet
7 4 (26.67%) Network Security
8 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (20.00%) FortiGate
8 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
8 3 (20.00%) Driving Licence
8 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
8 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (20.00%) LAN

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) DNS
2 10 (66.67%) WAN
3 9 (60.00%) Firewall
4 7 (46.67%) SD-WAN
4 7 (46.67%) VPN
5 5 (33.33%) DHCP
5 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 4 (26.67%) Network Security
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (20.00%) LAN
8 2 (13.33%) BGP
8 2 (13.33%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (13.33%) EIGRP
8 2 (13.33%) OSPF
8 2 (13.33%) VLAN
8 2 (13.33%) Wireless
9 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (6.67%) HSRP
9 1 (6.67%) IPsec
9 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Unix
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
1 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Zero Trust
2 6 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Network Management
4 1 (6.67%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CCNA
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) JNCIA
4 1 (6.67%) CCIE
4 1 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Ansible
2 3 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Cisco
2 6 (40.00%) Zscaler
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 4 (26.67%) Fortinet
5 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 2 (13.33%) Juniper
6 2 (13.33%) Ubiquiti