Network Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Network Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Network Engineer salary in Scotland is £52,445 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 152 235 192
Rank change year-on-year +83 -43 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 10 48 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.33% 0.72% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.74% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 8 37 18
10th Percentile £44,125 £47,788 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £65,000 £45,493
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% +42.88% -20.88%
75th Percentile £68,114 £77,500 £55,375
90th Percentile £69,054 £167,400 £60,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,591 6,499 4,097
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.71% 96.93% 89.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 2,627 2,208
10th Percentile £29,050 £27,750 £31,338
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £56,868
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.68% +8.32%
75th Percentile £62,875 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Scotland

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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
Edinburgh +4 4 £66,367 -5.19% 16
Glasgow +163 3 £52,500 -4.55% 17
Aberdeen +28 2 £50,000 -67.15% 18
Dundee +9 1 £50,890 +1.80%
Network Engineer
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Linux
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco
4 3 (30.00%) Azure
4 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (20.00%) Network Management
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (20.00%) AWS
5 2 (20.00%) OSPF
5 2 (20.00%) BGP
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) IBM
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) IaaS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) PaaS
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 2 (20.00%) BGP
4 2 (20.00%) DHCP
4 2 (20.00%) DNS
4 2 (20.00%) OSPF
4 2 (20.00%) SNA
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
5 1 (10.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 1 (10.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 1 (10.00%) MPLS
5 1 (10.00%) Network Security
5 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (20.00%) zOS
4 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) Network Management
3 2 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JCL
2 1 (10.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCDP
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCSP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Tivoli NetView
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Aruba
4 1 (10.00%) F5
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Riverbed
4 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (10.00%) Symantec