Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £53,065 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 165 150
Rank change year-on-year +14 -15 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 26 80 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.84% 1.19% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.26% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 26 67 92
10th Percentile £37,375 £33,500 £35,035
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £42,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +24.86% -8.11% -11.90%
75th Percentile £81,375 £56,250 £53,938
90th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £71,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.16% -7.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,533 6,358 5,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.00% 94.68% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 4,519 3,207
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,375 £37,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire +11 14 £52,500 +29.23% 14
Buckinghamshire +23 7 £62,500 +47.06% 7
Oxfordshire +38 5 £90,000 +76.40% 9
Network Engineer
South East

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 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 Thames Valley region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (50.00%) Firewall
2 12 (46.15%) Cisco
3 10 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (38.46%) Juniper
4 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
4 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
5 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 8 (30.77%) CCNP
5 8 (30.77%) Linux
6 7 (26.92%) WAN
6 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (26.92%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (23.08%) Data Centre
7 6 (23.08%) VPN
7 6 (23.08%) OSPF
7 6 (23.08%) BGP
7 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (23.08%) VMware
8 5 (19.23%) Network Design
8 5 (19.23%) Logistics
8 5 (19.23%) SD-WAN
9 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (15.38%) Self-Driving Car
9 4 (15.38%) HSRP
9 4 (15.38%) F5
9 4 (15.38%) 802.1X
9 4 (15.38%) Spanning Tree

Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) Cisco Firepower
2 7 (26.92%) WAN
3 6 (23.08%) BGP
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (23.08%) Cisco Nexus
3 6 (23.08%) OSPF
3 6 (23.08%) VPN
4 5 (19.23%) SD-WAN
5 4 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (15.38%) DWDM
5 4 (15.38%) HSRP
5 4 (15.38%) IPsec
5 4 (15.38%) MPLS
5 4 (15.38%) Spanning Tree
5 4 (15.38%) VLAN
6 3 (11.54%) LAN
6 3 (11.54%) Network Security
6 3 (11.54%) Wireless
7 2 (7.69%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
General
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Retail
2 3 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Advertising
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Automotive
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 4 (15.38%) Self-Driving Car
2 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (7.69%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (7.69%) IoT
3 2 (7.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Linux
2 2 (7.69%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (7.69%) Unix
2 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (23.08%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (19.23%) Logistics
3 5 (19.23%) Network Design
4 4 (15.38%) ITIL
5 3 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
5 3 (11.54%) Load Balancing
5 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
5 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
6 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.69%) Customer Service
6 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (7.69%) Edge Virtualization
6 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (7.69%) Non-Blocking Code
6 2 (7.69%) Presales
6 2 (7.69%) Security Operations
6 2 (7.69%) SIEM
6 2 (7.69%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Bash
1 2 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (34.62%) SC Cleared
2 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) CCNP
4 4 (15.38%) CCNA
5 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 2 (7.69%) CCSE
6 2 (7.69%) CCSM
6 2 (7.69%) CISSP
7 1 (3.85%) CCIE
7 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.85%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) ISO 9000
1 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (3.85%) Firmware
3 1 (3.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Ansible
1 2 (7.69%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.85%) Grafana
2 1 (3.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Cisco
2 10 (38.46%) Juniper
3 6 (23.08%) VMware
4 4 (15.38%) F5
4 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
5 3 (11.54%) ADVA
5 3 (11.54%) Fortinet
5 3 (11.54%) Nokia
6 2 (7.69%) Arista
6 2 (7.69%) CheckPoint
6 2 (7.69%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (7.69%) Splunk
7 1 (3.85%) Aruba
7 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow