Network Engineer Jobs in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Network Engineer salary in South Yorkshire is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 87 110
Rank change year-on-year +49 +23 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 11 12 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 2.64% 0.84% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 0.90% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 6
10th Percentile £58,875 - £49,375
25th Percentile £60,938 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £40,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +65.63% -34.69% +11.36%
75th Percentile £70,938 £51,250 £67,750
90th Percentile £72,625 £55,000 £69,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +22.22% -7.69% +4.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 386 1,333 1,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 92.76% 85.86%
Number of salaries quoted 244 1,065 530
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,913 £37,000 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,772 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £48,620 £53,000
% change year-on-year -1.93% -8.26% +6.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in South Yorkshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Sheffield +41 11 £66,250 +55.88% 12
Network Engineer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Yorkshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
1 11 (100.00%) Network Security
2 10 (90.91%) Degree
2 10 (90.91%) Computer Science
2 10 (90.91%) Migration
2 10 (90.91%) Python
2 10 (90.91%) TCP/IP
2 10 (90.91%) Ansible
2 10 (90.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
3 7 (63.64%) VPN
3 7 (63.64%) CCNP
3 7 (63.64%) CCNA
3 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (63.64%) Firewall
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (54.55%) JNCIA
4 6 (54.55%) JNCIS
4 6 (54.55%) DWDM
4 6 (54.55%) DNS
4 6 (54.55%) MS Visio
4 6 (54.55%) LAN
4 6 (54.55%) WAN
4 6 (54.55%) Runbook
4 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (54.55%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (54.55%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (54.55%) Mentoring

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (54.55%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) Network Security
2 10 (90.91%) TCP/IP
3 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 7 (63.64%) VPN
4 6 (54.55%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (54.55%) DNS
4 6 (54.55%) DWDM
4 6 (54.55%) LAN
4 6 (54.55%) WAN
5 4 (36.36%) BGP
5 4 (36.36%) EIGRP
5 4 (36.36%) OSPF
6 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (9.09%) Cisco Firepower
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Computer Science
1 10 (90.91%) Migration
2 6 (54.55%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
2 6 (54.55%) Network Architecture
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (54.55%) Runbook
2 6 (54.55%) Task Automation
2 6 (54.55%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (54.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (36.36%) Containerisation
3 4 (36.36%) Network Management
3 4 (36.36%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (36.36%) Network Virtualisation
3 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) B2B
4 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) CCNA
2 7 (63.64%) CCNP
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (54.55%) JNCIA
3 6 (54.55%) JNCIS
4 1 (9.09%) CCSA
4 1 (9.09%) CCSE
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Docker
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (36.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (90.91%) Ansible
2 6 (54.55%) Terraform
3 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) Arista
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) VMware
4 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto