Network Engineer Jobs in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Network Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 42 62
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 6 13 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 1.49% 2.50% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 2.66% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 3
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,000 £44,950
25th Percentile £51,250 - £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -22.33% -20.77%
75th Percentile £54,688 - £57,250
90th Percentile £56,875 £51,500 £59,650
Hampshire median annual salary £51,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.10% +3.16% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 388 489 380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.52% 93.86% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 185 420 278
10th Percentile £33,000 £24,450 £28,675
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64,100 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Portsmouth

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Portsmouth region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) Juniper
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 3 (50.00%) JNCIS
2 3 (50.00%) GPON
2 3 (50.00%) Broadband
2 3 (50.00%) MPLS
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) IPv4
2 3 (50.00%) IPv6
2 3 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (50.00%) Security Patching
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) SLA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Firmware
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Ticket Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (16.67%) Meraki

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 4 (66.67%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) Broadband
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) GPON
2 3 (50.00%) IPv4
2 3 (50.00%) IPv6
2 3 (50.00%) MPLS
2 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 3 (50.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Ticket Management
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) JNCIS
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Juniper
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) SonicWALL
61 Network Engineer jobs in Hampshire