Data Network Engineer
UK

The median Data Network Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 984 1192
Rank change year-on-year +99 +208 -309
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Network Engineer 9 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.005% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.005% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile - £55,250 £48,875
25th Percentile - £57,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £62,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +11.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £39,188 £63,750 £69,063
90th Percentile £51,750 - £69,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -39.13% - -23.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Data Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Network Engineer in the UK

Data Network Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Network Engineer.

Salary trend for Data Network Engineer in the UK

Data Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Network Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Network Engineer in the UK

Data Network Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +116 9 £35,000 -39.13% 4
UK excluding London +11 7 £35,000 -39.13% 3
South West - 6 £35,000 - 2
London +127 2 £50,500 - 1
North of England +41 1 - -
North West +12 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 £50,500 -

Data Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Data 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 featuring Data Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Juniper
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) OSPF
2 2 (22.22%) BGP
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) JNCIP
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (11.11%) Ansible
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) NX-OS
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
3 1 (11.11%) Arista
3 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Sun
3 1 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) LAN

Data Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (22.22%) BGP
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
1 2 (22.22%) OSPF
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (11.11%) DMZ
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) NX-OS
2 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) JNCIP
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) Arista
3 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
3 1 (11.11%) Sun