Network Engineer Jobs in Reading

Network Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Network Engineer salary in Reading is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 106 111
Rank change year-on-year +39 +5 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 15 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.38% 0.88% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.93% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 20
10th Percentile £35,400 £46,250 £40,062
25th Percentile £36,375 £55,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.80% +38.89% -21.74%
75th Percentile £42,375 £70,000 £53,000
90th Percentile £43,200 - £58,875
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £40,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year +29.23% -9.72% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 429 1,608 1,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.50% 94.70% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 242 1,024 803
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £75,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Reading

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Reading

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

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

1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) ZABBIX
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Grafana
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Ticket Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow