Network Engineer
UK
The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 227 | 223 | 307 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +84 | +41 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer | 871 | 887 | 1,273 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.33% | 1.51% | 1.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.43% | 1.58% | 1.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 550 | 758 | 903 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £33,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £41,250 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,272 | £60,750 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £48,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.42% | +1.05% | +5.56% |
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 | 60,724 | 56,083 | 104,395 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.06% | 95.46% | 95.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,191 | 41,125 | 67,762 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,750 | £30,213 | £33,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | -4.17% | +1.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £96,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Network Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Engineer.
Network Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer over the 6 months to 11 January 2025.
Network Engineer
Top 18 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 11 January 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 |
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| England | -16 | 801 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 145 |
| UK excluding London | -10 | 617 | £53,000 | +10.42% | 124 |
| South East | +31 | 262 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 40 |
| London | +23 | 242 | £71,200 | +9.54% | 36 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 218 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 95 |
| North of England | -15 | 135 | £47,500 | +15.85% | 33 |
| North West | -11 | 80 | £47,500 | +16.92% | 23 |
| Midlands | -50 | 76 | £50,626 | +3.66% | 10 |
| West Midlands | -45 | 63 | £50,000 | +3.09% | 6 |
| South West | -52 | 60 | £42,500 | -13.27% | 8 |
| Wales | +43 | 30 | £44,000 | +13.55% | 9 |
| Scotland | +18 | 29 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +1 | 29 | £50,000 | +2.56% | 10 |
| North East | -12 | 26 | £42,250 | +8.32% | |
| East of England | -59 | 21 | £63,322 | +36.91% | 16 |
| East Midlands | -35 | 13 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 4 |
| Channel Islands | -3 | 4 | - | - | |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | £39,000 | - |
Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 January 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.
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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:
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