Network Engineering Manager Job Trends

Network Engineering Manager
UK

The median Network Engineering Manager salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 669 - 741
Rank change year-on-year - - +359
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineering Manager 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 - -

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 47,609 64,478 50,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.88% 94.87% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 29,568 36,288 39,151
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.43% -3.81% -

Network Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Engineering Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineering Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Network Engineering Manager job vacancies in the UK

Network Engineering Manager
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Engineering Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 15 November 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
South West - 2 £67,500 - 2
England - 2 £67,500 - 2
UK excluding London - 2 £67,500 - 2
Work from Home - 1 - - 1

Network Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Network Engineering Manager 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 Network Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure

Network Engineering Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) NGFW
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto