Network Engineer Jobs in the South West

Network Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Engineer salary in the South West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 150 161
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 38 148 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.08% 1.52% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.58% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 35 110 72
10th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £28,273
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% +11.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £58,049 £53,250 £50,250
90th Percentile £63,750 £57,750 £55,558
England median annual salary £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,296 9,393 5,982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 96.17% 89.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,933 6,889 3,677
10th Percentile £27,250 £27,945 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,365 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,187 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the South West

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Dorset +58 16 £50,000 +11.11% 11
Gloucestershire +52 8 £53,750 +7.50% 30
Somerset +12 6 £56,121 +12.24% 17
Bristol +35 5 £57,500 +27.78% 12
Wiltshire -5 2 £34,750 -29.08% 16
Devon -1 1 £57,194 +16.72% 34
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 South West region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (89.47%) Cisco
1 34 (89.47%) Firewall
2 26 (68.42%) WAN
3 25 (65.79%) VPN
4 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
5 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (44.74%) SolarWinds
7 15 (39.47%) CCNA
8 14 (36.84%) MPLS
8 14 (36.84%) LAN
8 14 (36.84%) CCNP
8 14 (36.84%) VMware
8 14 (36.84%) Azure
8 14 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
9 13 (34.21%) Meraki
9 13 (34.21%) Cisco Firepower
9 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
9 13 (34.21%) Fortinet
10 12 (31.58%) Network Design
11 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
12 10 (26.32%) OSPF
12 10 (26.32%) CheckPoint
12 10 (26.32%) Network Security
12 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
12 10 (26.32%) Palo Alto
13 9 (23.68%) DNS
13 9 (23.68%) DHCP
14 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
14 8 (21.05%) Linux
14 8 (21.05%) Ansible

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 3 (7.89%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (89.47%) Firewall
2 26 (68.42%) WAN
3 25 (65.79%) VPN
4 14 (36.84%) LAN
4 14 (36.84%) MPLS
5 13 (34.21%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (26.32%) Network Security
6 10 (26.32%) OSPF
7 9 (23.68%) DHCP
7 9 (23.68%) DNS
8 7 (18.42%) EIGRP
8 7 (18.42%) VPLS
9 6 (15.79%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (15.79%) PBX
9 6 (15.79%) Reverse Proxy
9 6 (15.79%) RIP
9 6 (15.79%) SNMP
9 6 (15.79%) SSH
9 6 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (13.16%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Police
3 5 (13.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.63%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.16%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.16%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Network Design
2 7 (18.42%) Network Management
3 6 (15.79%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (15.79%) Inventory Management
3 6 (15.79%) Line Management
3 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
3 6 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Analysis
4 5 (13.16%) Identity Management
4 5 (13.16%) Mentoring
4 5 (13.16%) Presales
4 5 (13.16%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (13.16%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (10.53%) Architectural Design
5 4 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (5.26%) Load Balancing
6 2 (5.26%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
7 1 (2.63%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) Security Cleared
2 18 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (39.47%) CCNA
4 14 (36.84%) CCNP
5 10 (26.32%) SC Cleared
6 5 (13.16%) CCDA
6 5 (13.16%) CCDP
7 3 (7.89%) CCIE
8 2 (5.26%) Degree
8 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
9 1 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
1 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
1 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 14 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) Ansible
2 5 (13.16%) CASB
2 5 (13.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (10.53%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.63%) Nagios
4 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (89.47%) Cisco
2 17 (44.74%) SolarWinds
3 14 (36.84%) VMware
4 13 (34.21%) Fortinet
4 13 (34.21%) Meraki
5 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
6 10 (26.32%) CheckPoint
6 10 (26.32%) Palo Alto
7 8 (21.05%) Veeam
8 7 (18.42%) Citrix
8 7 (18.42%) HP
9 6 (15.79%) Juniper
10 5 (13.16%) Aerohive Networks
10 5 (13.16%) Ekahau
10 5 (13.16%) Extreme Networks
11 3 (7.89%) F5
12 1 (2.63%) Google