IP Network Engineer
UK

The median IP Network Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 979 1213
Rank change year-on-year +134 +234 -339
Permanent jobs requiring an IP Network Engineer 43 16 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.016% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.017% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 19
10th Percentile - £32,500 £50,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -21.90% +25.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -34.40% +48.81%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IP Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IP Network Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IP Network Engineer in the UK

IP Network Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IP Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +100 37 £40,000 -2.44% 2
UK excluding London +14 30 £40,000 -2.44% 1
North of England - 21 £40,000 -
North West - 21 £40,000 -
London +123 8 £90,000 +12.50%
Work from Home +70 7 - - 2
South East +17 7 - -
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 -
East of England - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, IP 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 IP Network Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (97.67%) Juniper
2 39 (90.70%) MPLS
3 37 (86.05%) Nokia
4 32 (74.42%) BGP
5 24 (55.81%) JNCIA
6 21 (48.84%) Cisco
7 19 (44.19%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (44.19%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (44.19%) TCP/IP
7 19 (44.19%) LAN
7 19 (44.19%) WAN
7 19 (44.19%) OSPF
8 18 (41.86%) Internet
8 18 (41.86%) DSL
8 18 (41.86%) DHCP
8 18 (41.86%) Ethernet
8 18 (41.86%) CCNA
8 18 (41.86%) Wireless
8 18 (41.86%) Fortinet
8 18 (41.86%) Customer Service
8 18 (41.86%) VyOS
8 18 (41.86%) Ruckus Wireless
8 18 (41.86%) Vyatta
9 11 (25.58%) JNCIP
10 8 (18.60%) Firewall
11 7 (16.28%) VPLS
12 6 (13.95%) RSVP
12 6 (13.95%) Junos
13 5 (11.63%) JNCIE
14 1 (2.33%) Roadmaps

IP 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 39 (90.70%) MPLS
2 32 (74.42%) BGP
3 19 (44.19%) LAN
3 19 (44.19%) OSPF
3 19 (44.19%) TCP/IP
3 19 (44.19%) WAN
3 19 (44.19%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (41.86%) DHCP
4 18 (41.86%) DSL
4 18 (41.86%) Ethernet
4 18 (41.86%) Internet
4 18 (41.86%) Wireless
5 8 (18.60%) Firewall
6 7 (16.28%) VPLS
7 6 (13.95%) Junos
7 6 (13.95%) RSVP
8 1 (2.33%) Broadband
8 1 (2.33%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.33%) IOS XR
8 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (2.33%) Finance
1 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (2.33%) Hedge funds
1 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (41.86%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Customer Service
2 1 (2.33%) DDoS Mitigation
2 1 (2.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (2.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (2.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (2.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (2.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
Qualifications
1 24 (55.81%) JNCIA
2 19 (44.19%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (41.86%) CCNA
4 11 (25.58%) JNCIP
5 5 (11.63%) JNCIE
Vendors
1 42 (97.67%) Juniper
2 37 (86.05%) Nokia
3 21 (48.84%) Cisco
4 18 (41.86%) Fortinet
4 18 (41.86%) Ruckus Wireless
4 18 (41.86%) Vyatta
5 1 (2.33%) Palo Alto