Network Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Network Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Network Engineer salary in Sheffield is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 73 98
Rank change year-on-year +42 +25 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 14 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 4.84% 0.83% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.05% 0.87% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile £45,500 - £49,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £40,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £42,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -30.61% +11.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £51,250 £67,750
90th Percentile - £52,375 £69,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £40,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +75.00% -34.69% +11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 277 1,039 815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.85% 95.50% 88.49%
Number of salaries quoted 190 838 403
10th Percentile £28,950 £27,500 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £33,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,754
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -0.53% -9.04%
75th Percentile £72,188 £65,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £72,120
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Sheffield

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Sheffield

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Sheffield region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
2 12 (85.71%) Network Security
3 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
4 10 (71.43%) Ansible
4 10 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (71.43%) Python
4 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
4 10 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (71.43%) Firewall
4 10 (71.43%) Migration
4 10 (71.43%) Degree
4 10 (71.43%) Computer Science
5 9 (64.29%) CCNP
6 8 (57.14%) CCNA
6 8 (57.14%) WAN
7 7 (50.00%) VPN
7 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (42.86%) Runbook
8 6 (42.86%) Mentoring
8 6 (42.86%) Terraform
8 6 (42.86%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (42.86%) Arista
8 6 (42.86%) Task Automation
8 6 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (42.86%) Network Architecture
8 6 (42.86%) DNS
8 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (42.86%) MS Visio
8 6 (42.86%) LAN

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

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (42.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) Network Security
2 10 (71.43%) Firewall
2 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 8 (57.14%) WAN
4 7 (50.00%) VPN
5 6 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (42.86%) DNS
5 6 (42.86%) DWDM
5 6 (42.86%) LAN
6 4 (28.57%) BGP
6 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
6 4 (28.57%) OSPF
7 2 (14.29%) SD-WAN
7 2 (14.29%) WebEx
7 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Computer Science
1 10 (71.43%) Migration
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 6 (42.86%) Network Architecture
3 6 (42.86%) Runbook
3 6 (42.86%) Task Automation
3 6 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (35.71%) Network Management
5 4 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 4 (28.57%) Network Monitoring
5 4 (28.57%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
7 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 2 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (71.43%) Degree
2 9 (64.29%) CCNP
3 8 (57.14%) CCNA
4 6 (42.86%) JNCIA
4 6 (42.86%) JNCIS
5 1 (7.14%) CCSA
5 1 (7.14%) CCSE
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Docker
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (28.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (71.43%) Ansible
2 6 (42.86%) Terraform
3 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
4 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) Arista
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 2 (14.29%) Meraki
5 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto