2nd Line Network Engineer Job Trends

Second Line Network Engineer
UK

The median Second Line Network Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 April 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 695 626 837
Rank change year-on-year -69 +211 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 8 14 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.033% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.037% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 37
10th Percentile £32,850 £37,751 £25,950
25th Percentile £39,188 £41,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile - - £47,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +21.43% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 81,353 37,364 89,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 89.32% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51,978 23,468 66,062
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,261
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

2nd Line Network Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 21 April 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
England -70 8 £42,500 -
London -6 5 £42,500 +13.33%
UK excluding London -81 3 £42,500 -
South East -53 2 £42,500 -
East of England - 1 £42,500 -

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 April 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 featuring 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Azure
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) Fortinet
2 5 (62.50%) Meraki
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Aruba
3 4 (50.00%) AWS
3 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (50.00%) F5
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) HP
3 4 (50.00%) NetScaler
3 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 4 (50.00%) SLA
3 4 (50.00%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
5 2 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (25.00%) DHCP
5 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (25.00%) DNS

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) WAN
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
3 2 (25.00%) DHCP
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) LAN
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) BGP
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (12.50%) Junos
4 1 (12.50%) NX-OS
4 1 (12.50%) OSPF
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) IoT
2 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
1 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Fortinet
2 5 (62.50%) Meraki
3 4 (50.00%) Aruba
3 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (50.00%) F5
3 4 (50.00%) HP
3 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) SAP
6 1 (12.50%) Broadcom
6 1 (12.50%) Juniper
6 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds