Network Engineer Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Network Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Network Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 37 36
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 2 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 1.67% 2.11% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 2.20% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile - £60,500 -
25th Percentile - - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £65,000 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +108.00% -
75th Percentile - - £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £46,443 £55,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year -15.56% +27.17% -10.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 120 273 162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 95.79% 83.94%
Number of salaries quoted 55 235 142
10th Percentile £28,000 £23,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £44,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year -6.25% -7.51% -3.89%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper