Senior Network Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 197 242
Rank change year-on-year +18 +45 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 9 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.27% 0.071% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.074% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile - £58,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £44,106 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +18.18% -16.03%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £59,900 £75,500 -
South East median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.00%

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 2,930 4,054 5,363
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.66% 95.37% 93.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,451 2,710 3,218
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 January 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
Oxfordshire - 7 £45,096 -
Berkshire +36 2 £56,000 -6.67% 2
Senior Network Engineer
South East

Senior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 16 January 2025, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (66.67%) LAN
3 6 (66.67%) WAN
3 6 (66.67%) DHCP
3 6 (66.67%) DNS
3 6 (66.67%) Network Security
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (66.67%) Infoblox
3 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) FortiGate
4 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (33.33%) Cisco
5 2 (22.22%) BGP
5 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
5 2 (22.22%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
5 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
5 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Aruba
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (11.11%) CCNP
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification

Senior 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 9 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (66.67%) DHCP
3 6 (66.67%) DNS
3 6 (66.67%) LAN
3 6 (66.67%) Network Security
3 6 (66.67%) WAN
4 2 (22.22%) BGP
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Infoblox
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
4 1 (11.11%) Aruba