Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 200 244
Rank change year-on-year -111 +44 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 319 1,056 814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 1.36% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 1.43% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 271 835 597
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%

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 36,344 73,846 49,817
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 95.04% 88.86%
Number of salaries quoted 18,515 51,650 29,399
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,818 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.64% -6.54% +6.48%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Network Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East -30 142 £50,000 +2.04% 179
North of England -62 66 £55,000 +29.41% 69
Midlands -70 40 £48,750 +4.84% 31
South West +9 38 £55,000 +22.22% 45
Yorkshire +31 35 £60,000 +41.18% 33
West Midlands -46 30 £49,887 +7.28% 21
North West -108 20 £55,000 +29.41% 33
Scotland +62 14 £54,000 -14.96% 23
East of England -18 14 £47,500 +5.56% 27
North East +40 11 £50,000 +22.70% 5
East Midlands +17 10 £47,500 +50.79% 10
Wales +6 5 £45,000 +0.25% 9
Network Engineer
UK

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 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 UK excluding London region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 239 (74.92%) Cisco
2 170 (53.29%) Firewall
3 141 (44.20%) Security Cleared
4 126 (39.50%) WAN
5 110 (34.48%) Cisco Certification
6 107 (33.54%) Juniper
6 107 (33.54%) VPN
7 106 (33.23%) SC Cleared
8 105 (32.92%) Network Security
9 97 (30.41%) OSPF
10 96 (30.09%) BGP
11 90 (28.21%) Fortinet
12 80 (25.08%) DV Cleared
12 80 (25.08%) CCNA
13 78 (24.45%) LAN
14 69 (21.63%) CCNP
14 69 (21.63%) Azure
14 69 (21.63%) Social Skills
15 66 (20.69%) TCP/IP
16 54 (16.93%) EIGRP
17 50 (15.67%) DNS
17 50 (15.67%) VLAN
17 50 (15.67%) SolarWinds
18 48 (15.05%) Data Centre
19 46 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
20 44 (13.79%) SD-WAN
21 43 (13.48%) Microsoft
22 42 (13.17%) DHCP
22 42 (13.17%) Ansible
23 40 (12.54%) VMware

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.63%) Apache
1 2 (0.63%) IIS
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (5.64%) MS Visio
2 11 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 5 (1.57%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 69 (21.63%) Azure
2 37 (11.60%) AWS
3 13 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (3.45%) GCP
6 6 (1.88%) OCI
7 5 (1.57%) SaaS
8 4 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (0.94%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.63%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.63%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.63%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.31%) IaaS
11 1 (0.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 170 (53.29%) Firewall
2 126 (39.50%) WAN
3 107 (33.54%) VPN
4 105 (32.92%) Network Security
5 97 (30.41%) OSPF
6 96 (30.09%) BGP
7 78 (24.45%) LAN
8 66 (20.69%) TCP/IP
9 54 (16.93%) EIGRP
10 50 (15.67%) DNS
10 50 (15.67%) VLAN
11 44 (13.79%) SD-WAN
12 42 (13.17%) DHCP
13 35 (10.97%) Cisco Firepower
14 33 (10.34%) Wireless
15 32 (10.03%) Cisco ASA
15 32 (10.03%) MPLS
16 26 (8.15%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (6.90%) IPsec
18 19 (5.96%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.63%) GitLab
2 2 (0.63%) JIRA
3 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
General
1 69 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 18 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (4.39%) Finance
4 12 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.76%) Manufacturing
5 11 (3.45%) Police
5 11 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.82%) Advertising
7 7 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.57%) Local Government
9 5 (1.57%) Retail
10 3 (0.94%) Aviation
10 3 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.94%) Legal
10 3 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.94%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.63%) Automotive
11 2 (0.63%) Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.82%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.57%) JSON
2 5 (1.57%) YAML
3 4 (1.25%) Middleware
3 4 (1.25%) REST
4 1 (0.31%) Jinja
4 1 (0.31%) OpenConfig
4 1 (0.31%) POSIX
4 1 (0.31%) SAML
4 1 (0.31%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.05%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.96%) Driving Licence
3 8 (2.51%) PMI
4 6 (1.88%) Operational Technology
4 6 (1.88%) PKI
4 6 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.25%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (1.25%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.63%) IoT
7 2 (0.63%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.63%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.63%) Robotics
7 2 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.63%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.31%) Acoustics
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.31%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.72%) Linux
2 30 (9.40%) Windows
3 15 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.88%) Unix
5 2 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.63%) zOS
6 1 (0.31%) CentOS
6 1 (0.31%) Rocky
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (12.23%) Network Design
3 35 (10.97%) Network Monitoring
4 24 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (7.21%) Network Management
6 22 (6.90%) Network Architecture
7 21 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (6.27%) Mentoring
9 17 (5.33%) Computer Science
9 17 (5.33%) ITIL
9 17 (5.33%) Migration
10 16 (5.02%) Roadmaps
10 16 (5.02%) Task Automation
10 16 (5.02%) Technical Leadership
11 14 (4.39%) Network Virtualisation
11 14 (4.39%) Project Delivery
12 13 (4.08%) Agile
12 13 (4.08%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (4.08%) Presales
12 13 (4.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.72%) Python
2 7 (2.19%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.94%) Bash
3 3 (0.94%) C
4 2 (0.63%) JCL
5 1 (0.31%) C++
5 1 (0.31%) Java
5 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (44.20%) Security Cleared
2 110 (34.48%) Cisco Certification
3 106 (33.23%) SC Cleared
4 80 (25.08%) CCNA
4 80 (25.08%) DV Cleared
5 69 (21.63%) CCNP
6 38 (11.91%) Degree
7 12 (3.76%) JNCIA
7 12 (3.76%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (3.13%) CCIE
10 9 (2.82%) JNCIS
10 9 (2.82%) PMI Certification
11 6 (1.88%) CCDP
12 5 (1.57%) CCDA
13 4 (1.25%) CISSP
13 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 2 (0.63%) CWNA
15 2 (0.63%) CWTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.45%) GDPR
1 11 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.13%) SLA
3 6 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 6 (1.88%) NIST
3 6 (1.88%) QA
4 3 (0.94%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.31%) GRC
5 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 37 (11.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.45%) Firmware
2 11 (3.45%) VMware NSX
3 8 (2.51%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.25%) Docker
5 1 (0.31%) NFS
5 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (13.17%) Ansible
2 30 (9.40%) FortiGate
3 12 (3.76%) Terraform
4 6 (1.88%) CASB
5 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 4 (1.25%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.94%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.63%) Tivoli NetView
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.31%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.31%) Nagios
9 1 (0.31%) Nessus
9 1 (0.31%) WMI
9 1 (0.31%) WSUS
Vendors
1 239 (74.92%) Cisco
2 107 (33.54%) Juniper
3 90 (28.21%) Fortinet
4 50 (15.67%) SolarWinds
5 43 (13.48%) Microsoft
6 40 (12.54%) VMware
7 37 (11.60%) Palo Alto
8 30 (9.40%) Meraki
9 28 (8.78%) CheckPoint
10 18 (5.64%) HP
11 17 (5.33%) Aruba
12 12 (3.76%) Citrix
12 12 (3.76%) Zscaler
13 11 (3.45%) F5
13 11 (3.45%) Veeam
14 8 (2.51%) Arista
15 7 (2.19%) Extreme Networks
16 6 (1.88%) Avaya
17 5 (1.57%) Aerohive Networks
17 5 (1.57%) Dell