Network Engineer Jobs in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 103 106
Rank change year-on-year +31 +3 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 5 10 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.66% 0.59% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.62% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 17
10th Percentile £52,900 £43,250 -
25th Percentile £85,000 £46,760 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £51,020 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +76.40% +7.41% -13.64%
75th Percentile £95,000 £65,625 £52,500
90th Percentile - £67,875 £61,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 668 1,612 1,296
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.59% 95.84% 84.60%
Number of salaries quoted 360 1,288 793
10th Percentile £32,459 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,625 £70,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Oxfordshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Oxford +28 3 £90,000 +38.46% 4
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 11 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Logistics
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Self-Driving Car
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) Automotive
4 2 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (40.00%) Robotics
4 2 (40.00%) Bash
4 2 (40.00%) Unix
4 2 (40.00%) Network Design
4 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (40.00%) IoT
5 1 (20.00%) Aruba
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
5 1 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (20.00%) CCNA
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Change Management

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (40.00%) IoT
2 2 (40.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aruba
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet