Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 138 174
Rank change year-on-year -51 +36 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 129 353 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.35% 1.86% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.98% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 125 284 203
10th Percentile £34,000 £33,500 £32,300
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -7.77%
75th Percentile £56,533 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -5.66%

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 8,483 17,867 11,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.48% 94.35% 89.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 12,615 7,746
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,300
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.94% +0.50%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the South East

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the South East

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 Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Hampshire +51 87 £50,000 +2.04% 72
Thames Valley -24 22 £54,033 +13.75% 100
Surrey -3 15 £35,000 -30.00% 20
Berkshire -14 15 £53,065 +9.41% 66
Oxfordshire +40 5 £90,000 +76.40% 15
East Sussex +21 2 £42,500 -22.73% 7
Kent +21 2 £50,000 +36.99% 21
Buckinghamshire +15 2 £42,500 - 22
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 South East region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 107 (82.95%) Cisco
2 85 (65.89%) Juniper
3 84 (65.12%) Security Cleared
4 66 (51.16%) SC Cleared
4 66 (51.16%) DV Cleared
5 52 (40.31%) BGP
6 49 (37.98%) OSPF
7 47 (36.43%) Firewall
7 47 (36.43%) Fortinet
8 42 (32.56%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (22.48%) EIGRP
9 29 (22.48%) CCNA
9 29 (22.48%) WAN
9 29 (22.48%) Network Security
10 27 (20.93%) Data Centre
11 24 (18.60%) VPN
11 24 (18.60%) CCNP
12 19 (14.73%) LAN
12 19 (14.73%) FortiGate
13 15 (11.63%) SolarWinds
13 15 (11.63%) Social Skills
13 15 (11.63%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (11.63%) TCP/IP
14 13 (10.08%) VMware
14 13 (10.08%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (9.30%) Project Delivery
15 12 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
15 12 (9.30%) IPsec
16 11 (8.53%) MS Visio
17 10 (7.75%) SD-WAN

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:

Applications
1 11 (8.53%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.78%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.65%) AWS
2 5 (3.88%) Azure
3 3 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (2.33%) SaaS
3 3 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.78%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 52 (40.31%) BGP
2 49 (37.98%) OSPF
3 47 (36.43%) Firewall
4 29 (22.48%) EIGRP
4 29 (22.48%) Network Security
4 29 (22.48%) WAN
5 24 (18.60%) VPN
6 19 (14.73%) LAN
7 15 (11.63%) Cisco ASA
7 15 (11.63%) TCP/IP
8 13 (10.08%) Cisco Firepower
9 12 (9.30%) IPsec
10 10 (7.75%) DHCP
10 10 (7.75%) SD-WAN
10 10 (7.75%) VLAN
10 10 (7.75%) Wireless
11 9 (6.98%) MPLS
12 8 (6.20%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (6.20%) SSL
13 7 (5.43%) VXLAN
General
1 15 (11.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.65%) Advertising
3 5 (3.88%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.55%) Automotive
6 1 (0.78%) Finance
6 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.33%) JSON
2 3 (2.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.93%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.20%) PMI
3 4 (3.10%) Self-Driving Car
4 3 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.33%) PKI
5 2 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.55%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.55%) IoT
5 2 (1.55%) Robotics
6 1 (0.78%) Acoustics
6 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.98%) Linux
2 4 (3.10%) Windows
3 2 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (1.55%) Unix
3 2 (1.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (9.30%) Project Delivery
2 10 (7.75%) Network Design
3 8 (6.20%) Agile
3 8 (6.20%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (4.65%) Change Management
4 6 (4.65%) Customer Service
4 6 (4.65%) Logistics
4 6 (4.65%) Network Monitoring
4 6 (4.65%) Presales
5 5 (3.88%) Change Control
5 5 (3.88%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (3.88%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (3.88%) Mentoring
6 4 (3.10%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (3.10%) Computer Science
6 4 (3.10%) Load Balancing
6 4 (3.10%) Network Architecture
6 4 (3.10%) Project Planning
6 4 (3.10%) Service Management
7 3 (2.33%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.33%) Python
2 2 (1.55%) Bash
3 1 (0.78%) C
3 1 (0.78%) C++
3 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 84 (65.12%) Security Cleared
2 66 (51.16%) DV Cleared
2 66 (51.16%) SC Cleared
3 42 (32.56%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (22.48%) CCNA
5 24 (18.60%) CCNP
6 8 (6.20%) PMI Certification
7 7 (5.43%) Degree
8 3 (2.33%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.55%) CCIE
9 2 (1.55%) JNCIA
9 2 (1.55%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.78%) CISSP
10 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.78%) HND
10 1 (0.78%) JNCIP
10 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.55%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.20%) Firmware
3 5 (3.88%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.55%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.78%) NFS
Systems Management
1 19 (14.73%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.33%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 107 (82.95%) Cisco
2 85 (65.89%) Juniper
3 47 (36.43%) Fortinet
4 15 (11.63%) SolarWinds
5 13 (10.08%) VMware
6 6 (4.65%) F5
6 6 (4.65%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.88%) McAfee
8 4 (3.10%) ADVA
8 4 (3.10%) Aruba
8 4 (3.10%) HP
8 4 (3.10%) Meraki
9 3 (2.33%) Broadcom
9 3 (2.33%) Citrix
9 3 (2.33%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (1.55%) Arista
10 2 (1.55%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.55%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (1.55%) Microsoft
10 2 (1.55%) SonicWALL