Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £54,033 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 137 151
Rank change year-on-year -26 +14 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 22 118 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.64% 1.56% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 1.65% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 22 92 77
10th Percentile £42,875 - £30,000
25th Percentile £49,598 £35,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,033 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +5.56% -16.28%
75th Percentile £63,250 £56,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £69,875 £68,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +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 3,031 7,169 4,990
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.93% 94.68% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 4,794 3,024
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,656 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -29 15 £53,065 +11.72% 51
Oxfordshire +36 5 £90,000 +76.40% 14
Buckinghamshire +11 2 £42,500 - 10
Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 11 (50.00%) Juniper
1 11 (50.00%) Firewall
2 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 9 (40.91%) Cisco
3 9 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (36.36%) VPN
4 8 (36.36%) Data Centre
5 7 (31.82%) CCNP
5 7 (31.82%) Linux
5 7 (31.82%) WAN
6 6 (27.27%) OSPF
6 6 (27.27%) BGP
7 5 (22.73%) Network Design
7 5 (22.73%) CCNA
7 5 (22.73%) SD-WAN
8 4 (18.18%) Self-Driving Car
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
8 4 (18.18%) Spanning Tree
8 4 (18.18%) 802.1X
8 4 (18.18%) F5
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (18.18%) HSRP
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
8 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (18.18%) Network Security
8 4 (18.18%) VLAN

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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) Firewall
2 8 (36.36%) VPN
3 7 (31.82%) WAN
4 6 (27.27%) BGP
4 6 (27.27%) OSPF
5 5 (22.73%) SD-WAN
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (18.18%) HSRP
6 4 (18.18%) IPsec
6 4 (18.18%) Network Security
6 4 (18.18%) Spanning Tree
6 4 (18.18%) VLAN
7 3 (13.64%) LAN
8 2 (9.09%) DHCP
8 2 (9.09%) DNS
8 2 (9.09%) MPLS
8 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
1 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Advertising
2 2 (9.09%) Automotive
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 4 (18.18%) Self-Driving Car
3 2 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (9.09%) IoT
3 2 (9.09%) Robotics
4 1 (4.55%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Network Design
2 4 (18.18%) Logistics
2 4 (18.18%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
3 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
4 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (9.09%) Edge Virtualization
4 2 (9.09%) Non-Blocking Code
4 2 (9.09%) Physics
4 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Operations
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Line Management
5 1 (4.55%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.55%) Low Latency
5 1 (4.55%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (4.55%) Proactive Management
5 1 (4.55%) Project Planning
5 1 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (31.82%) CCNP
4 5 (22.73%) CCNA
5 4 (18.18%) Degree
6 1 (4.55%) CCIE
6 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) ISO 9000
1 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) NFS
2 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Juniper
2 9 (40.91%) Cisco
3 4 (18.18%) F5
3 4 (18.18%) VMware
4 3 (13.64%) ADVA
5 2 (9.09%) Arista
5 2 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto