Network Engineer Jobs

Network Engineer
UK

The median Network Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 199 271 380
Rank change year-on-year +72 +109 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 1,237 1,101 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.37% 1.36% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.49% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 960 911 1,302
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.52% -3.16% +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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in the UK

Network Engineer
Top 17 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 26 July 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 +61 1,096 £50,000 - 129
UK excluding London +58 951 £49,000 +6.52% 113
South East +44 324 £50,000 +5.26% 42
Work from Home -20 319 £55,000 +10.00% 51
London +33 249 £62,500 -2.05% 36
Midlands +52 184 £43,227 -3.94% 16
North of England +2 162 £46,500 -2.11% 25
West Midlands +56 149 £46,500 +3.33% 13
South West -8 109 £45,000 +5.88% 9
North West -7 99 £47,500 -9.52% 11
Scotland +9 82 £59,608 +49.02% 12
East of England +11 70 £47,500 -14.03% 6
Yorkshire +77 58 £45,000 -7.69% 11
East Midlands -17 31 £31,500 -36.96% 3
Wales +45 30 £44,886 +12.22% 4
North East -37 11 £62,500 +49.25% 5
Northern Ireland +12 3 £32,500 -38.10% 6

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 648 (52.38%) Cisco
2 573 (46.32%) Firewall
3 388 (31.37%) Cisco Certification
4 348 (28.13%) WAN
5 295 (23.85%) Security Cleared
6 281 (22.72%) LAN
7 274 (22.15%) Azure
8 257 (20.78%) Network Security
9 254 (20.53%) Juniper
10 249 (20.13%) CCNP
11 239 (19.32%) VPN
12 225 (18.19%) CCNA
13 214 (17.30%) BGP
14 212 (17.14%) Wireless
15 181 (14.63%) SC Cleared
16 177 (14.31%) Social Skills
17 167 (13.50%) OSPF
18 166 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
18 166 (13.42%) Data Centre
19 161 (13.02%) SD-WAN
20 156 (12.61%) Microsoft
21 155 (12.53%) Wi-Fi
22 152 (12.29%) Fortinet
22 152 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 151 (12.21%) MPLS
24 147 (11.88%) Palo Alto
25 136 (10.99%) TCP/IP
26 126 (10.19%) VMware
27 123 (9.94%) VLAN
28 122 (9.86%) DNS

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 30 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.73%) Skype for Business
4 6 (0.49%) IIS
4 6 (0.49%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.40%) WordPress
6 1 (0.081%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 17 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.081%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 274 (22.15%) Azure
2 117 (9.46%) AWS
3 83 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (3.23%) GCP
5 38 (3.07%) Entra ID
6 29 (2.34%) SaaS
7 21 (1.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 21 (1.70%) IaaS
8 19 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (1.54%) PaaS
9 13 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (0.97%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 6 (0.49%) AWS Direct Connect
12 6 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (0.49%) Nutanix
13 5 (0.40%) Datadog
13 5 (0.40%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.16%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.16%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 573 (46.32%) Firewall
2 348 (28.13%) WAN
3 281 (22.72%) LAN
4 257 (20.78%) Network Security
5 239 (19.32%) VPN
6 214 (17.30%) BGP
7 212 (17.14%) Wireless
8 167 (13.50%) OSPF
9 161 (13.02%) SD-WAN
10 155 (12.53%) Wi-Fi
11 151 (12.21%) MPLS
12 136 (10.99%) TCP/IP
13 123 (9.94%) VLAN
14 122 (9.86%) DNS
15 102 (8.25%) IPsec
16 94 (7.60%) DHCP
17 89 (7.19%) Cisco ASA
18 79 (6.39%) Cisco Firepower
19 60 (4.85%) EIGRP
20 55 (4.45%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.21%) SQL Server
2 8 (0.65%) GIS
3 6 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.16%) MySQL
5 1 (0.081%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 9 (0.73%) GitLab
2 5 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.32%) Git
4 1 (0.081%) Hudson
4 1 (0.081%) JIRA
4 1 (0.081%) Selenium
4 1 (0.081%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 177 (14.31%) Social Skills
2 92 (7.44%) Telecoms
3 83 (6.71%) Finance
4 67 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 38 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (2.99%) Retail
8 26 (2.10%) Law
9 20 (1.62%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.46%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.05%) Police
13 12 (0.97%) Legal
14 10 (0.81%) Marketing
15 9 (0.73%) Banking
16 7 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
16 7 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.49%) Local Government
18 5 (0.40%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.64%) 802.1X
2 5 (0.40%) ADO
2 5 (0.40%) LAMP
3 4 (0.32%) EDI
4 3 (0.24%) XMPP
5 1 (0.081%) CSS
5 1 (0.081%) HTML
5 1 (0.081%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.081%) LDAP
5 1 (0.081%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.081%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 166 (13.42%) Data Centre
2 57 (4.61%) Driving Licence
3 40 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (2.18%) PKI
5 26 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 22 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 15 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (0.97%) Security Posture
9 11 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (0.65%) Replication
11 7 (0.57%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.40%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.40%) PMI
13 5 (0.40%) Smartphone
14 4 (0.32%) CCTV
14 4 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.32%) SCADA
14 4 (0.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 102 (8.25%) Windows
2 75 (6.06%) Linux
3 63 (5.09%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.02%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.97%) Ubuntu
5 12 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (0.65%) Android
8 7 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.49%) VyOS
10 5 (0.40%) Debian
10 5 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 5 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.40%) VMS
10 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.24%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.16%) CentOS
14 1 (0.081%) MVS
14 1 (0.081%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
2 152 (12.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 116 (9.38%) ITIL
4 111 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
5 89 (7.19%) Network Management
6 84 (6.79%) Network Monitoring
7 82 (6.63%) Network Design
8 79 (6.39%) Customer Service
9 65 (5.25%) Mentoring
10 64 (5.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (4.93%) Agile
11 61 (4.93%) Project Delivery
12 53 (4.28%) Computer Science
13 46 (3.72%) Network Architecture
14 44 (3.56%) Disaster Recovery
15 42 (3.40%) DevOps
15 42 (3.40%) Project Management
16 37 (2.99%) Service Delivery
17 36 (2.91%) Configuration Management
18 34 (2.75%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (4.45%) Python
2 29 (2.34%) PowerShell
3 19 (1.54%) Bash
4 9 (0.73%) Shell Script
5 6 (0.49%) SQL
6 3 (0.24%) C
7 1 (0.081%) C#
7 1 (0.081%) Java
7 1 (0.081%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.081%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 388 (31.37%) Cisco Certification
2 295 (23.85%) Security Cleared
3 249 (20.13%) CCNP
4 225 (18.19%) CCNA
5 181 (14.63%) SC Cleared
6 110 (8.89%) DV Cleared
7 103 (8.33%) Degree
8 51 (4.12%) CCIE
9 44 (3.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 41 (3.31%) JNCIA
11 27 (2.18%) CISSP
12 21 (1.70%) JNCIP
13 18 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
14 16 (1.29%) JNCIS
15 14 (1.13%) Azure Certification
16 13 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
17 8 (0.65%) CCDP
17 8 (0.65%) CCSA
17 8 (0.65%) CISM
17 8 (0.65%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (3.72%) SLA
2 21 (1.70%) NCSC
3 18 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.81%) GDPR
5 9 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 7 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.57%) QA
7 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.49%) NIST
7 6 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.16%) Accessibility
System Software
1 70 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 64 (5.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (3.07%) Hyper-V
4 30 (2.43%) VMware NSX
5 16 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (1.21%) Firmware
7 13 (1.05%) vSphere
8 8 (0.65%) pfSense
9 7 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
10 6 (0.49%) Docker
11 4 (0.32%) vCloud
12 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.16%) SRDF
12 2 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 78 (6.31%) FortiGate
2 52 (4.20%) Ansible
3 27 (2.18%) Terraform
4 24 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.21%) ZABBIX
6 9 (0.73%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
7 8 (0.65%) Grafana
8 7 (0.57%) SCCM
9 6 (0.49%) Nagios
9 6 (0.49%) Nessus
10 5 (0.40%) Puppet
10 5 (0.40%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.32%) Cacti
11 4 (0.32%) VxRail
12 3 (0.24%) CASB
12 3 (0.24%) OfficeScan
12 3 (0.24%) Opsview
12 3 (0.24%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 648 (52.38%) Cisco
2 254 (20.53%) Juniper
3 156 (12.61%) Microsoft
4 152 (12.29%) Fortinet
5 147 (11.88%) Palo Alto
6 126 (10.19%) VMware
7 103 (8.33%) Meraki
8 88 (7.11%) SolarWinds
9 78 (6.31%) CheckPoint
10 75 (6.06%) Aruba
11 60 (4.85%) F5
12 40 (3.23%) HP
13 31 (2.51%) Dell
13 31 (2.51%) Nokia
14 30 (2.43%) Citrix
15 19 (1.54%) Veeam
16 17 (1.37%) Mitel
17 16 (1.29%) Infoblox
17 16 (1.29%) Zscaler
18 15 (1.21%) Ruckus Wireless