Senior Network Engineer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Senior Network Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in Northern Ireland is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +38 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.38% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% -6.67% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 221 756 760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.03% 95.58% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 77 384 424
10th Percentile £25,002 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in Northern Ireland

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in Northern Ireland

Senior Network Engineer
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Network Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
County Antrim +41 1 £57,500 -4.17% 1
Senior Network Engineer
UK

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Senior 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft