Network Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Network Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Network Engineer salary in Manchester is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 102 127
Rank change year-on-year -40 +25 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 15 84 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.63% 2.07% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 2.19% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9 46 42
10th Percentile £35,500 £31,500 £35,175
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £58,750 £59,375 £56,093
90th Percentile £59,250 £63,750 £64,875
North West median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +31.25%

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 2,165 3,830 2,699
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 94.47% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,291 2,234 2,166
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £34,590
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,285 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -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

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 September 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 14 September 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 10 (66.67%) DNS
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Cisco
2 9 (60.00%) WAN
2 9 (60.00%) Firewall
3 7 (46.67%) AWS
3 7 (46.67%) SD-WAN
3 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Zero Trust
4 6 (40.00%) VPN
4 6 (40.00%) Zscaler
4 6 (40.00%) Network Architecture
4 6 (40.00%) Ansible
4 6 (40.00%) Python
5 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) Palo Alto
6 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (26.67%) DHCP
6 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (26.67%) Fortinet
6 4 (26.67%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
7 3 (20.00%) OSPF
7 3 (20.00%) BGP
7 3 (20.00%) EIGRP
7 3 (20.00%) Unix
7 3 (20.00%) Windows
7 3 (20.00%) Linux
7 3 (20.00%) Network Security

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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 7 (46.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) DNS
2 9 (60.00%) Firewall
2 9 (60.00%) WAN
3 7 (46.67%) SD-WAN
4 6 (40.00%) VPN
5 4 (26.67%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (26.67%) DHCP
5 4 (26.67%) TCP/IP
6 3 (20.00%) BGP
6 3 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (20.00%) EIGRP
6 3 (20.00%) Network Security
6 3 (20.00%) OSPF
7 2 (13.33%) HSRP
7 2 (13.33%) IPsec
7 2 (13.33%) LAN
7 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (6.67%) TACACS
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) 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
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) ITIL
5 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (6.67%) Network Management
5 1 (6.67%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (6.67%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (6.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CCIE
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) JNCIA
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 4 (26.67%) Fortinet
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) Palo Alto
4 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.67%) Juniper
5 1 (6.67%) Ubiquiti