Network Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Network Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Network Engineer salary in the Midlands is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 150 221
Rank change year-on-year -74 +71 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 38 189 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.56% 1.50% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.59% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 28 158 77
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,950 £34,200
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,633 £55,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,950 £58,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,261 11,918 8,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.53% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 8,778 4,580
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,930 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Midlands

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands -46 29 £49,443 +6.33% 128
East Midlands +20 9 £45,000 +42.86% 84
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Midlands region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (68.42%) Cisco
2 23 (60.53%) WAN
3 20 (52.63%) VLAN
3 20 (52.63%) Azure
4 19 (50.00%) Firewall
5 17 (44.74%) Network Monitoring
5 17 (44.74%) SD-WAN
6 16 (42.11%) Network Security
7 15 (39.47%) Security Cleared
8 13 (34.21%) SC Cleared
8 13 (34.21%) SolarWinds
8 13 (34.21%) Azure Sentinel
9 12 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
11 10 (26.32%) VPN
12 9 (23.68%) LAN
12 9 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (23.68%) AWS
13 8 (21.05%) CCNP
14 7 (18.42%) CCNA
14 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
14 7 (18.42%) Service Management
14 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
15 6 (15.79%) Zscaler
15 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
15 6 (15.79%) Avaya
15 6 (15.79%) Supplier Management
15 6 (15.79%) ITSM
15 6 (15.79%) Aruba
15 6 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 20000

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (52.63%) Azure
2 13 (34.21%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (23.68%) AWS
4 2 (5.26%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (60.53%) WAN
2 20 (52.63%) VLAN
3 19 (50.00%) Firewall
4 17 (44.74%) SD-WAN
5 16 (42.11%) Network Security
6 10 (26.32%) VPN
7 9 (23.68%) LAN
8 5 (13.16%) DHCP
8 5 (13.16%) DNS
8 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
8 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (10.53%) BGP
9 4 (10.53%) MPLS
10 3 (7.89%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (7.89%) OSPF
10 3 (7.89%) VoIP
10 3 (7.89%) Wireless
11 2 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (2.63%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (2.63%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) GitLab
1 1 (2.63%) Robot Framework
General
1 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
3 3 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Legal
3 3 (7.89%) Police
3 3 (7.89%) Retail
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) German Language
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.63%) Law
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Marketing
5 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Jinja
1 1 (2.63%) OpenConfig
1 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (5.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.63%) CentOS
3 1 (2.63%) Rocky
3 1 (2.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Network Monitoring
2 9 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (18.42%) Service Management
4 6 (15.79%) ITSM
4 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
4 6 (15.79%) Supplier Management
5 4 (10.53%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (10.53%) Impact Analysis
5 4 (10.53%) Network Design
5 4 (10.53%) Network Management
5 4 (10.53%) Network Optimisation
5 4 (10.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 4 (10.53%) Zero Trust
6 3 (7.89%) Decision-Making
6 3 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (7.89%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.89%) ITIL
6 3 (7.89%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (7.89%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) Security Cleared
2 13 (34.21%) SC Cleared
3 12 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (21.05%) CCNP
5 7 (18.42%) CCNA
6 5 (13.16%) Degree
7 3 (7.89%) DV Cleared
8 2 (5.26%) CCIE
8 2 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.63%) JNCIA
9 1 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (13.16%) QA
3 3 (7.89%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) GDPR
4 1 (2.63%) ISO 9000
4 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.26%) Firmware
1 2 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (68.42%) Cisco
2 13 (34.21%) SolarWinds
3 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
4 6 (15.79%) Aruba
4 6 (15.79%) Avaya
4 6 (15.79%) Fortinet
4 6 (15.79%) Zscaler
5 5 (13.16%) Juniper
6 4 (10.53%) Meraki
6 4 (10.53%) Palo Alto
7 3 (7.89%) HP
8 2 (5.26%) CheckPoint
8 2 (5.26%) VMware
9 1 (2.63%) ADVA
9 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (2.63%) Datto
9 1 (2.63%) F5