Lead Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Lead Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Lead Network Engineer salary in the South East is £78,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 - 398
Rank change year-on-year - - +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Network Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.021% - 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £69,325 - -
25th Percentile £72,063 - £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,250 - £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.78%
75th Percentile £83,563 - £54,000
90th Percentile £85,775 - £62,100
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Network Engineer in the South East

Lead Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Network Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Lead Network Engineer in the South East

Lead Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Network Engineer in the South East

Lead Network Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Berkshire - 1 £86,500 -
Hampshire - 1 £70,000 -
Thames Valley - 1 £86,500 -
Lead Network Engineer
England

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Lead 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 South East region featuring Lead Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree

Lead Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) DWDM
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Acoustics
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) VMware