Network Engineer Jobs in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Network Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £53,037 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 59 45
Rank change year-on-year -3 -14 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 4 29 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.64% 2.64% 4.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 2.74% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 22
10th Percentile £50,615 £31,250 £20,750
25th Percentile £50,953 £36,250 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,037 £55,000 £42,375
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +29.79% -22.95%
75th Percentile £54,954 £56,875 £44,875
90th Percentile £57,231 £65,000 -
West Midlands median annual salary £49,443 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.33% +3.33% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 471 1,058 494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.72% 96.36% 92.51%
Number of salaries quoted 239 783 378
10th Percentile £26,375 £24,000 £23,658
25th Percentile £28,822 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Staffordshire

Network Engineer
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Leek -8 2 £52,137 -
Tamworth +7 1 £57,500 +64.29% 1
Network Engineer
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Staffordshire region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (50.00%) Police
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
2 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) SonicWALL
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Degree

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Police
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) Availability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
3 1 (25.00%) Aruba
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) SonicWALL