Network Engineer Jobs in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Network Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 73 69
Rank change year-on-year +38 -4 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 3 13 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.23% 1.23% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.29% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 14
10th Percentile £65,500 - £27,500
25th Percentile £71,875 £35,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £46,250 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +83.78% +48.00% -51.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £74,688 £53,750
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £53,750 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +26.47% -10.53% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 227 1,004 756
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 94.99% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 120 658 523
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,300
25th Percentile £45,313 £40,000 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -5.00% -4.76%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) IPv4
2 2 (66.67%) IPv6
2 2 (66.67%) DWDM
2 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) GPON
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DWDM
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (66.67%) GPON
1 2 (66.67%) IPv4
1 2 (66.67%) IPv6
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) CCSE
1 1 (33.33%) CCSM
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Nokia
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) VMware