Senior Network Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Senior Network Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in Scotland is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 218 222
Rank change year-on-year -57 +4 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 7 4 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.084% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.094% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 19
10th Percentile £53,550 £56,000 £40,606
25th Percentile £59,625 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £83,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -27.71% +50.91%
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,504 4,273 5,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 90.24% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 2,331 2,950
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,569 £28,247
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in Scotland

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in Scotland

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in Scotland

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -102 4 £75,000 +25.00% 8
Edinburgh +39 3 £65,000 +18.18% 1
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) CCNP
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (71.43%) OSPF
2 5 (71.43%) BGP
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) VRRP
3 3 (42.86%) MPLS
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) CCIE
3 3 (42.86%) VLAN
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (42.86%) HSRP
3 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
4 2 (28.57%) Ansible
4 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Puppet
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) LAN
4 2 (28.57%) WLAN
4 2 (28.57%) WAN
4 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
4 2 (28.57%) VPN
4 2 (28.57%) IPsec
4 2 (28.57%) JNCIP
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management

Senior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) BGP
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) OSPF
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (42.86%) HSRP
2 3 (42.86%) MPLS
2 3 (42.86%) VLAN
2 3 (42.86%) VRRP
3 2 (28.57%) IPsec
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) WLAN
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CCNP
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) CCIE
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) JNCIP
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Ansible
1 2 (28.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) ForeScout
2 1 (14.29%) Meraki