Senior Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 344 352
Rank change year-on-year +64 +8 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 13 46 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.29% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12 35 34
10th Percentile £51,025 £47,250 £46,238
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £71,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £61,644 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.08% -12.00% +4.17%

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 8,134 15,805 13,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.58% 93.97% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,356 8,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the South East

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Hampshire +63 9 £54,500 -7.23% 5
Surrey +37 3 £62,500 +4.17%
Thames Valley +49 1 £55,000 -16.98% 12
Berkshire +35 1 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Senior Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 South East region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 8 (61.54%) Juniper
3 7 (53.85%) CCNP
3 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (53.85%) MPLS
3 7 (53.85%) BGP
4 6 (46.15%) Firewall
4 6 (46.15%) VPN
4 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
5 4 (30.77%) IPsec
5 4 (30.77%) OSPF
5 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
5 4 (30.77%) FortiGate
6 3 (23.08%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (23.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (23.08%) Network Security
6 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (23.08%) YAML
6 3 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (23.08%) AWS
6 3 (23.08%) SaaS
6 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
6 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
6 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
6 3 (23.08%) JSON
6 3 (23.08%) Change Management
6 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (23.08%) SSL
6 3 (23.08%) VoIP
6 3 (23.08%) WAN

Senior 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 1 (7.69%) AutoCAD
1 1 (7.69%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) AWS CloudFormation
1 3 (23.08%) SaaS
1 3 (23.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) BGP
1 7 (53.85%) MPLS
2 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 6 (46.15%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) IPsec
3 4 (30.77%) OSPF
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (23.08%) Network Security
4 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
4 3 (23.08%) SSL
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) VoIP
4 3 (23.08%) WAN
5 2 (15.38%) Broadband
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (15.38%) DHCP
5 2 (15.38%) DNS
5 2 (15.38%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (15.38%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) JSON
1 3 (23.08%) YAML
2 1 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (23.08%) PMI
3 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Change Management
1 3 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (23.08%) Network Architecture
1 3 (23.08%) Project Planning
2 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
2 2 (15.38%) Security Patching
3 1 (7.69%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (7.69%) Agile
3 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.69%) Change Control
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.69%) Network Design
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) CCNP
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) PMI Certification
4 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
5 1 (7.69%) Degree
5 1 (7.69%) HND
5 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
1 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 8 (61.54%) Juniper
3 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.69%) F5
4 1 (7.69%) Meraki
4 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) SonicWALL