Junior Network Engineer Job Trends

Junior Network Engineer
UK

The median Junior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 744 667 871
Rank change year-on-year -77 +204 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Network Engineer 9 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.020% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.023% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 8
10th Percentile £27,000 - -
25th Percentile £28,500 £23,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,000 £25,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +2.97% -22.31%
75th Percentile - £28,688 £29,063
90th Percentile - £31,375 £34,575
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £24,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +6.67% -16.67%

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 92,213 43,991 96,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.88% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 63,185 25,842 69,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Junior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Network Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Junior 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 Junior Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 July 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 9 £30,000 +15.38% 12
UK excluding London -67 8 £30,000 +25.00% 17
South East -35 7 £30,000 +9.09% 3
Work from Home +1 1 - -
London -26 1 - - 1
Midlands -31 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -

Junior Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Junior 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 Junior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) BGP
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) VLAN
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) OSPF
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless Backhaul
3 1 (11.11%) 4G
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Broadband
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Data Science
3 1 (11.11%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Firmware
3 1 (11.11%) Git
3 1 (11.11%) HP

Junior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) BGP
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) VLAN
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
1 3 (33.33%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) OSPF
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless Backhaul
3 1 (11.11%) 4G
3 1 (11.11%) Broadband
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (11.11%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (11.11%) IOS XR
3 1 (11.11%) MPLS
3 1 (11.11%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (11.11%) VoIP
3 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Jinja
1 1 (11.11%) NETCONF
1 1 (11.11%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Data Science
3 1 (11.11%) Network Design
3 1 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Meraki
2 1 (11.11%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (11.11%) WatchGuard