Network Engineer Jobs in Northampton

Network Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Network Engineer salary in Northampton is £36,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 46 41
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 3 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 0.60% 0.95% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.97% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £31,000 - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -33.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 -
90th Percentile £39,400 £54,000 -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +35.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 487 414 254
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 98.34% 86.39%
Number of salaries quoted 186 342 171
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,807 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £41,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.21% -20.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £78,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Northampton

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Northampton

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Northampton region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
2 1 (33.33%) Datto
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 1 (33.33%) Rocky
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) CentOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Rocky
2 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Datto
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft