2nd Line Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Second Line Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Second Line Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 575 723 717
Rank change year-on-year +148 -6 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 13 41 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.057% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.060% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 13 37 32
10th Percentile - £25,950 £29,825
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,500 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £41,125
90th Percentile - £47,000 £43,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 36,224 67,834 52,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 94.85% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,759 47,939 30,034
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East +92 12 £42,500 +7.59% 1
Yorkshire +58 1 £32,500 -7.14%
North of England +29 1 £32,500 -
2nd Line Network Engineer
UK

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 2nd Line 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 UK excluding London region featuring 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
2 12 (92.31%) DV Cleared
2 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 12 (92.31%) SolarWinds
2 12 (92.31%) Juniper
3 1 (7.69%) MPLS
3 1 (7.69%) OSPF
3 1 (7.69%) BGP
3 1 (7.69%) IPv4
3 1 (7.69%) IPv6
3 1 (7.69%) CCNA
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Service

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (7.69%) BGP
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) IPv4
1 1 (7.69%) IPv6
1 1 (7.69%) MPLS
1 1 (7.69%) OSPF
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) DV Cleared
1 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 12 (92.31%) Juniper
2 12 (92.31%) SolarWinds