Network Engineer Jobs in the South West

Network Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Engineer salary in the South West is £55,560 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 April 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 136 170
Rank change year-on-year -6 +34 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 34 172 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.98% 1.89% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.97% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 32 146 70
10th Percentile £42,875 £31,250 £30,278
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,560 £49,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% +13.95% -7.03%
75th Percentile £62,813 £52,957 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,875 £56,875 £55,683
England median annual salary £53,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% -2.00% -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 3,238 8,730 6,358
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 96.09% 89.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,014 6,420 3,924
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% -10.74% +0.83%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +56 16 £50,000 +11.11%
Somerset +11 6 £56,121 +18.15% 6
Bristol +46 4 £55,000 +57.14% 5
Wiltshire -2 3 £32,000 -34.69% 8
Devon -6 3 £61,644 +25.80% 8
Gloucestershire +27 2 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 29 (85.29%) Firewall
2 27 (79.41%) Cisco
3 21 (61.76%) Security Cleared
4 20 (58.82%) WAN
5 19 (55.88%) VPN
6 16 (47.06%) Azure
7 14 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (41.18%) VMware
7 14 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
8 13 (38.24%) LAN
9 12 (35.29%) SolarWinds
10 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
11 10 (29.41%) Network Security
11 10 (29.41%) CCNP
11 10 (29.41%) CheckPoint
12 9 (26.47%) MPLS
12 9 (26.47%) OSPF
12 9 (26.47%) CCNA
12 9 (26.47%) DNS
12 9 (26.47%) DHCP
12 9 (26.47%) Network Design
13 8 (23.53%) Fortinet
13 8 (23.53%) Veeam
13 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
13 8 (23.53%) Linux
13 8 (23.53%) Driving Licence
14 7 (20.59%) Cisco Firepower
14 7 (20.59%) Meraki
14 7 (20.59%) HP

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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (85.29%) Firewall
2 20 (58.82%) WAN
3 19 (55.88%) VPN
4 13 (38.24%) LAN
5 10 (29.41%) Network Security
6 9 (26.47%) DHCP
6 9 (26.47%) DNS
6 9 (26.47%) MPLS
6 9 (26.47%) OSPF
7 7 (20.59%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (20.59%) EIGRP
7 7 (20.59%) VPLS
8 6 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (17.65%) PBX
8 6 (17.65%) Reverse Proxy
8 6 (17.65%) RIP
8 6 (17.65%) SNMP
8 6 (17.65%) SSH
9 5 (14.71%) BGP
10 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Police
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 6 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) Network Design
2 7 (20.59%) Network Management
3 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (17.65%) Customer Requirements
3 6 (17.65%) Inventory Management
3 6 (17.65%) Line Management
3 6 (17.65%) Strategic Thinking
3 6 (17.65%) Technical Analysis
4 5 (14.71%) Proactive Monitoring
5 4 (11.76%) Architectural Design
6 3 (8.82%) Decision-Making
6 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (5.88%) Load Balancing
7 2 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
7 2 (5.88%) Network Virtualisation
8 1 (2.94%) Change Management
8 1 (2.94%) Logistics
8 1 (2.94%) Network Architecture
8 1 (2.94%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 3 (8.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (61.76%) Security Cleared
2 14 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (32.35%) SC Cleared
4 10 (29.41%) CCNP
5 9 (26.47%) CCNA
6 2 (5.88%) CCIE
6 2 (5.88%) Degree
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Ansible
1 3 (8.82%) FortiGate
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (79.41%) Cisco
2 14 (41.18%) VMware
3 12 (35.29%) SolarWinds
4 10 (29.41%) CheckPoint
5 8 (23.53%) Fortinet
5 8 (23.53%) Veeam
6 7 (20.59%) Citrix
6 7 (20.59%) HP
6 7 (20.59%) Meraki
7 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
8 4 (11.76%) Palo Alto
9 3 (8.82%) F5
10 1 (2.94%) Google
10 1 (2.94%) Juniper