2nd Line Network Engineer Job Trends 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 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 503 541 539
Rank change year-on-year +38 -2 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 3 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.028% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.030% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 19
10th Percentile - £35,075 £24,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.88% -10.63% +6.67%
75th Percentile £43,750 £36,688 £46,250
90th Percentile - £37,025 £47,600
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +8.84%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,950 33,421 33,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 92.92% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 23,124 16,269 25,086
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

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

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

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancies 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 12 January 2026. 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 - 2 £42,500 -
East of England +23 1 £42,500 +21.43% 2
2nd Line Network Engineer
UK

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 2nd Line Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) Meraki
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Broadcom
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Junos
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) Junos
2 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
2 1 (33.33%) NX-OS
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
2 2 (66.67%) Meraki
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) Broadcom
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) F5
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds