Network Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Network Engineer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 216 204
Rank change year-on-year -77 -12 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 56 191 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.48% 1.08% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.14% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 35 160 179
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £34,025
25th Percentile £40,625 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -9.57% +10.59%
75th Percentile £61,875 £52,500 £54,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,815 16,750 15,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 94.99% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,780 12,957 8,065
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the North of England

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 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
Yorkshire +40 30 £44,700 -0.67% 39
North West -105 20 £55,000 +29.41% 25
North East +29 6 £57,500 +47.44% 11
Network Engineer
England

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 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 North of England region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (64.29%) Cisco
2 33 (58.93%) Firewall
3 28 (50.00%) Network Security
4 26 (46.43%) WAN
5 23 (41.07%) VPN
5 23 (41.07%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (37.50%) TCP/IP
7 20 (35.71%) LAN
7 20 (35.71%) CCNA
8 18 (32.14%) DNS
8 18 (32.14%) Python
8 18 (32.14%) Ansible
8 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
9 16 (28.57%) CCNP
10 15 (26.79%) BGP
10 15 (26.79%) OSPF
10 15 (26.79%) Degree
11 13 (23.21%) Azure
12 11 (19.64%) Network Architecture
12 11 (19.64%) CheckPoint
12 11 (19.64%) Wireless
12 11 (19.64%) SD-WAN
13 10 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (17.86%) Migration
13 10 (17.86%) EIGRP
13 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
13 10 (17.86%) Computer Science
14 9 (16.07%) AWS
14 9 (16.07%) Cisco Nexus

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) AWS
3 7 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.36%) GCP
5 2 (3.57%) OCI
6 1 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (58.93%) Firewall
2 28 (50.00%) Network Security
3 26 (46.43%) WAN
4 23 (41.07%) VPN
5 21 (37.50%) TCP/IP
6 20 (35.71%) LAN
7 18 (32.14%) DNS
8 15 (26.79%) BGP
8 15 (26.79%) OSPF
9 11 (19.64%) SD-WAN
9 11 (19.64%) Wireless
10 10 (17.86%) EIGRP
11 9 (16.07%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (14.29%) DHCP
13 7 (12.50%) IPsec
13 7 (12.50%) VLAN
14 6 (10.71%) DWDM
14 6 (10.71%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Finance
2 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.36%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.57%) Local Government
4 2 (3.57%) Police
5 1 (1.79%) Aviation
5 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.79%) Law
5 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.79%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) REST
2 2 (3.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.57%) PKI
3 1 (1.79%) CCTV
3 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Tandem
3 1 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (19.64%) Network Architecture
3 10 (17.86%) Computer Science
3 10 (17.86%) Migration
4 9 (16.07%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (16.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 8 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 8 (14.29%) Task Automation
6 6 (10.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (10.71%) Network Design
6 6 (10.71%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (10.71%) Runbook
7 5 (8.93%) Network Management
7 5 (8.93%) Zero Trust
8 4 (7.14%) Containerisation
8 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
8 4 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (7.14%) Test Automation
9 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.14%) Python
2 1 (1.79%) Bash
2 1 (1.79%) C#
2 1 (1.79%) Go
2 1 (1.79%) Java
2 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (41.07%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (35.71%) CCNA
3 16 (28.57%) CCNP
4 15 (26.79%) Degree
5 10 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (12.50%) JNCIA
6 7 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 6 (10.71%) JNCIS
8 2 (3.57%) CCIE
9 1 (1.79%) CCSA
9 1 (1.79%) CCSE
9 1 (1.79%) CISSP
9 1 (1.79%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) GDPR
2 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.36%) NIST
3 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (8.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.14%) Docker
2 4 (7.14%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (32.14%) Ansible
2 8 (14.29%) Terraform
3 5 (8.93%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.57%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (64.29%) Cisco
2 11 (19.64%) CheckPoint
3 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
4 9 (16.07%) Palo Alto
5 8 (14.29%) Meraki
6 6 (10.71%) Arista
7 5 (8.93%) VMware
8 4 (7.14%) Fortinet
8 4 (7.14%) Juniper
8 4 (7.14%) Zscaler
9 3 (5.36%) Aruba
10 2 (3.57%) Dell
10 2 (3.57%) F5
10 2 (3.57%) HP
11 1 (1.79%) NVIDIA
11 1 (1.79%) Oracle
11 1 (1.79%) Planview
11 1 (1.79%) Sophos
11 1 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (1.79%) Veeam