Senior Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,650 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 608 662
Rank change year-on-year +70 +54 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 227 143 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.27% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 158 117 151
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,300 £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,650 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 West +31 68 £49,000 +12.64% 6
South East +17 46 £60,000 -4.00% 11
Midlands +19 43 £52,500 +16.67% 6
West Midlands +37 38 £52,500 +15.67% 3
North of England +13 32 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Wales - 22 £44,886 - 2
North West -19 17 £60,000 +11.63% 4
Scotland -56 13 £65,000 +13.04% 8
Yorkshire +76 11 £40,000 -21.57% 2
East of England +1 5 £52,500 -4.11%
East Midlands -16 5 £40,000 +7.79% 3
North East 0 4 £70,000 +45.08%
Senior Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 140 (61.67%) Firewall
2 135 (59.47%) Cisco
3 70 (30.84%) Cisco Certification
4 67 (29.52%) Security Cleared
5 66 (29.07%) WAN
6 52 (22.91%) CCNP
6 52 (22.91%) Wireless
7 50 (22.03%) LAN
8 44 (19.38%) Juniper
9 38 (16.74%) Network Management
10 36 (15.86%) SC Cleared
11 35 (15.42%) Data Centre
12 33 (14.54%) CheckPoint
12 33 (14.54%) Microsoft
13 32 (14.10%) DV Cleared
13 32 (14.10%) Cisco ASA
14 31 (13.66%) CCNA
14 31 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (13.66%) SD-WAN
15 30 (13.22%) MPLS
16 28 (12.33%) OSPF
17 27 (11.89%) VPN
17 27 (11.89%) Social Skills
18 26 (11.45%) BGP
18 26 (11.45%) VMware
19 25 (11.01%) Meraki
19 25 (11.01%) Network Monitoring
19 25 (11.01%) AWS
20 24 (10.57%) Palo Alto
21 23 (10.13%) Ansible

Senior 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 14 (6.17%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.01%) AWS
2 22 (9.69%) Azure
3 2 (0.88%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (0.88%) IaaS
3 2 (0.88%) PaaS
3 2 (0.88%) SaaS
3 2 (0.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 140 (61.67%) Firewall
2 66 (29.07%) WAN
3 52 (22.91%) Wireless
4 50 (22.03%) LAN
5 32 (14.10%) Cisco ASA
6 31 (13.66%) SD-WAN
7 30 (13.22%) MPLS
8 28 (12.33%) OSPF
9 27 (11.89%) VPN
10 26 (11.45%) BGP
11 23 (10.13%) Network Security
12 22 (9.69%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (8.81%) DNS
14 19 (8.37%) Cisco ISE
15 18 (7.93%) Cisco Firepower
16 16 (7.05%) Software-Defined Networking
17 14 (6.17%) IP Telephony
17 14 (6.17%) WLAN
18 12 (5.29%) NGFW
18 12 (5.29%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (1.76%) GitLab
General
1 27 (11.89%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.93%) Retail
3 16 (7.05%) Aerospace
3 16 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.73%) Finance
6 12 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.96%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.64%) Police
9 5 (2.20%) Local Government
10 4 (1.76%) Marketing
11 3 (1.32%) Military
11 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.88%) Electronics
12 2 (0.88%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.44%) Games
13 1 (0.44%) Law
13 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.42%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.41%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.76%) Educational Technology
3 4 (1.76%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.32%) CMDB
4 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.88%) Molecular Biology
5 2 (0.88%) PKI
5 2 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.73%) Linux
2 6 (2.64%) Windows
3 2 (0.88%) Android
3 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (16.74%) Network Management
2 31 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (11.01%) Network Monitoring
4 21 (9.25%) Actionable Insight
5 20 (8.81%) Incident Management
5 20 (8.81%) Network Architecture
6 19 (8.37%) Business Continuity
7 17 (7.49%) Agile
7 17 (7.49%) ITIL
8 16 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (6.17%) Computer Science
10 13 (5.73%) Network Design
11 12 (5.29%) Customer Requirements
12 11 (4.85%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (4.85%) Load Balancing
12 11 (4.85%) Mentoring
12 11 (4.85%) Service Management
12 11 (4.85%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 9 (3.96%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (3.96%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.69%) Python
2 4 (1.76%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.32%) C
4 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 70 (30.84%) Cisco Certification
2 67 (29.52%) Security Cleared
3 52 (22.91%) CCNP
4 36 (15.86%) SC Cleared
5 32 (14.10%) DV Cleared
6 31 (13.66%) CCNA
7 19 (8.37%) Degree
8 14 (6.17%) CCIE
8 14 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (4.41%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.96%) JNCIA
11 8 (3.52%) CCSA
12 7 (3.08%) JNCIS
13 6 (2.64%) Azure Certification
14 4 (1.76%) CWNA
14 4 (1.76%) Master's Degree
15 3 (1.32%) HND
15 3 (1.32%) JNCIP
16 2 (0.88%) MCP
16 2 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 8 (3.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.20%) SLA
3 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (7.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (4.85%) VMware NSX
3 4 (1.76%) Docker
3 4 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.76%) vSphere
4 3 (1.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (10.13%) Ansible
2 17 (7.49%) Terraform
3 13 (5.73%) FortiGate
4 7 (3.08%) Cisco Prime
5 6 (2.64%) Nagios
6 5 (2.20%) Opsview
6 5 (2.20%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.76%) Cacti
7 4 (1.76%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.32%) Icinga
9 2 (0.88%) Puppet
9 2 (0.88%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.44%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 135 (59.47%) Cisco
2 44 (19.38%) Juniper
3 33 (14.54%) CheckPoint
3 33 (14.54%) Microsoft
4 26 (11.45%) VMware
5 25 (11.01%) Meraki
6 24 (10.57%) Palo Alto
7 21 (9.25%) Aruba
8 15 (6.61%) Mitel
9 14 (6.17%) Avaya
10 12 (5.29%) Fortinet
11 10 (4.41%) Nokia
12 8 (3.52%) HP
13 7 (3.08%) F5
14 6 (2.64%) SolarWinds
15 4 (1.76%) Ruckus Wireless
16 3 (1.32%) Ekahau
16 3 (1.32%) Extreme Networks
16 3 (1.32%) MikroTik
16 3 (1.32%) TP-LINK