Network Engineer Jobs

Network Engineer
UK

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 229 286
Rank change year-on-year -109 +57 +98
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 452 1,330 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 1.30% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.37% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 360 1,109 922
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,550 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.42% +5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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 -116 426 £52,500 +6.06% 372
UK excluding London -97 309 £51,500 +8.42% 254
South East -23 149 £51,500 +5.10% 64
London -20 123 £65,000 +9.24% 161
Work from Home -87 103 £56,121 +7.41% 203
North of England -76 57 £55,000 +29.41% 56
Midlands -74 38 £48,750 +4.84% 34
South West +16 36 £55,000 +18.92% 42
Yorkshire +40 32 £55,000 +22.22% 28
West Midlands -46 29 £49,443 +6.33% 27
North West -108 17 £55,000 +29.41% 23
East of England -11 12 £42,500 -10.53% 17
Scotland +81 11 £52,445 -19.32% 26
East Midlands +20 9 £45,000 +42.86% 7
North East +38 8 £57,500 +47.44% 7
Wales +13 6 £49,750 +10.84% 9

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 333 (73.67%) Cisco
2 256 (56.64%) Firewall
3 178 (39.38%) WAN
4 167 (36.95%) BGP
5 158 (34.96%) VPN
5 158 (34.96%) Cisco Certification
6 157 (34.73%) Security Cleared
7 155 (34.29%) OSPF
8 145 (32.08%) Network Security
9 130 (28.76%) Fortinet
10 128 (28.32%) Juniper
11 119 (26.33%) Azure
12 118 (26.11%) SC Cleared
13 117 (25.88%) LAN
14 106 (23.45%) CCNP
15 102 (22.57%) CCNA
16 95 (21.02%) Social Skills
17 93 (20.58%) DV Cleared
18 81 (17.92%) SD-WAN
19 80 (17.70%) SolarWinds
20 79 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
21 77 (17.04%) Data Centre
22 75 (16.59%) AWS
23 73 (16.15%) TCP/IP
24 70 (15.49%) EIGRP
25 65 (14.38%) MPLS
25 65 (14.38%) Python
25 65 (14.38%) Degree
26 61 (13.50%) Wireless
27 60 (13.27%) CheckPoint

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.66%) Apache
2 3 (0.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.44%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (5.53%) MS Visio
2 19 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.22%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 119 (26.33%) Azure
2 75 (16.59%) AWS
3 23 (5.09%) GCP
4 20 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (3.32%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (2.65%) SaaS
7 9 (1.99%) IaaS
8 8 (1.77%) AWS Direct Connect
8 8 (1.77%) PaaS
9 7 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (1.33%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.33%) OCI
11 4 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.44%) Akamai
12 2 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.44%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.44%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.44%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.44%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 256 (56.64%) Firewall
2 178 (39.38%) WAN
3 167 (36.95%) BGP
4 158 (34.96%) VPN
5 155 (34.29%) OSPF
6 145 (32.08%) Network Security
7 117 (25.88%) LAN
8 81 (17.92%) SD-WAN
9 73 (16.15%) TCP/IP
10 70 (15.49%) EIGRP
11 65 (14.38%) MPLS
12 61 (13.50%) Wireless
13 58 (12.83%) DNS
14 56 (12.39%) VLAN
15 50 (11.06%) Wi-Fi
16 48 (10.62%) Cisco ASA
17 45 (9.96%) DHCP
18 42 (9.29%) IPsec
19 40 (8.85%) Cisco Firepower
20 32 (7.08%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.22%) MySQL
2 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (3.10%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.33%) Git
3 3 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.66%) JIRA
4 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.22%) GitLab
4 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
General
1 95 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 51 (11.28%) Finance
3 39 (8.63%) Banking
4 30 (6.64%) Documentation Skills
5 27 (5.97%) Telecoms
6 26 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.43%) Police
8 11 (2.43%) Public Sector
9 10 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.21%) Retail
10 9 (1.99%) Local Government
11 7 (1.55%) Advertising
11 7 (1.55%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (1.33%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.66%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.54%) 802.1X
2 7 (1.55%) YAML
3 6 (1.33%) JSON
3 6 (1.33%) REST
3 6 (1.33%) RESTful
4 5 (1.11%) Jinja
5 4 (0.88%) Middleware
6 2 (0.44%) YANG
7 1 (0.22%) .NET
7 1 (0.22%) LAMP
7 1 (0.22%) LAPP Stack
7 1 (0.22%) Node.js
7 1 (0.22%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.22%) OpenConfig
7 1 (0.22%) POSIX
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) Swagger
7 1 (0.22%) XMPP
7 1 (0.22%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 77 (17.04%) Data Centre
2 21 (4.65%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 8 (1.77%) PMI
4 8 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.33%) IPTV
6 5 (1.11%) Fibre Optics
6 5 (1.11%) Mobile Computing
6 5 (1.11%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.11%) Public Cloud
7 4 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 4 (0.88%) PKI
7 4 (0.88%) Self-Driving Car
8 3 (0.66%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.66%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.44%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.44%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.41%) Windows
2 32 (7.08%) Linux
3 19 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.11%) Unix
5 2 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.44%) zOS
6 1 (0.22%) CentOS
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.22%) Rocky
6 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (12.17%) Network Monitoring
3 50 (11.06%) Network Design
4 43 (9.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 40 (8.85%) Network Management
6 38 (8.41%) ITIL
7 29 (6.42%) Change Management
8 27 (5.97%) Network Architecture
9 26 (5.75%) Agile
9 26 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (5.75%) Mentoring
10 24 (5.31%) High Availability
10 24 (5.31%) Load Balancing
11 22 (4.87%) Project Delivery
12 21 (4.65%) Computer Science
12 21 (4.65%) Root Cause Analysis
12 21 (4.65%) Task Automation
13 20 (4.42%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 19 (4.20%) Migration
14 19 (4.20%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.38%) Python
2 21 (4.65%) Bash
3 12 (2.65%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.44%) C
4 2 (0.44%) Java
4 2 (0.44%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.44%) JCL
4 2 (0.44%) SQL
5 1 (0.22%) C++
5 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.22%) R
5 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 158 (34.96%) Cisco Certification
2 157 (34.73%) Security Cleared
3 118 (26.11%) SC Cleared
4 106 (23.45%) CCNP
5 102 (22.57%) CCNA
6 93 (20.58%) DV Cleared
7 65 (14.38%) Degree
8 22 (4.87%) CCIE
9 13 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (2.65%) JNCIA
11 10 (2.21%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (1.99%) JNCIS
12 9 (1.99%) PMI Certification
13 7 (1.55%) CCSA
14 6 (1.33%) CCSE
15 5 (1.11%) AWS Certification
15 5 (1.11%) CCDP
15 5 (1.11%) Check Point Certification
15 5 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.88%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.77%) GDPR
2 8 (1.77%) SLA
3 7 (1.55%) QA
4 6 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 5 (1.11%) NIST
6 3 (0.66%) ISO 9000
6 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 48 (10.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (4.65%) Firmware
3 15 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.32%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.43%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.77%) Docker
6 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.44%) KVM
8 2 (0.44%) vSphere
9 1 (0.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (11.50%) Ansible
2 37 (8.19%) FortiGate
3 21 (4.65%) Terraform
4 12 (2.65%) Nagios
5 8 (1.77%) Kubernetes
6 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.88%) CASB
8 3 (0.66%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.44%) Puppet
9 2 (0.44%) Tivoli NetView
10 1 (0.22%) CFEngine
10 1 (0.22%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.22%) SCCM
10 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 333 (73.67%) Cisco
2 130 (28.76%) Fortinet
3 128 (28.32%) Juniper
4 80 (17.70%) SolarWinds
5 60 (13.27%) CheckPoint
6 57 (12.61%) Meraki
6 57 (12.61%) Palo Alto
6 57 (12.61%) VMware
7 51 (11.28%) Microsoft
8 31 (6.86%) F5
9 26 (5.75%) Arista
10 21 (4.65%) Citrix
11 19 (4.20%) HP
12 17 (3.76%) Zscaler
13 16 (3.54%) Aruba
14 12 (2.65%) Veeam
15 9 (1.99%) Infoblox
16 8 (1.77%) Dynatrace
17 7 (1.55%) Extreme Networks
18 6 (1.33%) Refinitiv