Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £65,576 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 593 525
Rank change year-on-year +98 -68 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 307 90 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.18% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.20% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 263 64 236
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,613 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +8.70% -2.13%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £71,263
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £56,121 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.82% +6.90% -

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 97,595 44,677 79,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 90.06% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 66,719 26,547 53,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,793
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 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 +97 262 £65,576 +2.86% 65
UK excluding London +77 215 £65,000 +15.82% 39
London -7 73 £70,000 -17.65% 29
Work from Home +24 70 £70,000 -17.65% 23
North of England +11 58 £70,000 +21.74% 9
Midlands +3 53 £60,000 +22.45% 12
South East -5 33 £60,000 +4.35% 9
West Midlands -12 31 £62,500 +27.55% 6
North West +20 28 £70,000 +21.74% 4
Wales -28 28 £50,000 +0.50%
East Midlands - 22 £60,000 - 6
East of England -10 19 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Yorkshire -16 18 £70,000 +27.27% 5
South West -48 16 £65,000 +15.82% 8
North East -47 12 £70,000 +7.69%
Scotland +12 7 £123,456 +49.64%
Northern Ireland -76 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 112 (36.48%) Firewall
2 108 (35.18%) Cisco
3 91 (29.64%) WAN
4 78 (25.41%) LAN
5 75 (24.43%) Cisco Certification
5 75 (24.43%) VPN
6 71 (23.13%) CCNP
7 70 (22.80%) Network Security
8 57 (18.57%) Wi-Fi
9 56 (18.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 54 (17.59%) BGP
11 52 (16.94%) Palo Alto
12 51 (16.61%) Azure
13 45 (14.66%) Wireless
14 44 (14.33%) OSPF
15 38 (12.38%) DNS
16 37 (12.05%) Security Cleared
17 34 (11.07%) Mentoring
17 34 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
17 34 (11.07%) Python
17 34 (11.07%) VLAN
17 34 (11.07%) WLAN
18 31 (10.10%) SD-WAN
19 30 (9.77%) CCIE
19 30 (9.77%) F5
20 28 (9.12%) SC Cleared
21 27 (8.79%) Cisco ASA
21 27 (8.79%) High Availability
21 27 (8.79%) Microsoft
22 26 (8.47%) Technical Leadership

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (5.21%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.61%) Azure
2 18 (5.86%) AWS
3 12 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (2.61%) Datadog
5 7 (2.28%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.28%) GCP
6 5 (1.63%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.33%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 112 (36.48%) Firewall
2 91 (29.64%) WAN
3 78 (25.41%) LAN
4 75 (24.43%) VPN
5 70 (22.80%) Network Security
6 57 (18.57%) Wi-Fi
7 54 (17.59%) BGP
8 45 (14.66%) Wireless
9 44 (14.33%) OSPF
10 38 (12.38%) DNS
11 34 (11.07%) VLAN
11 34 (11.07%) WLAN
12 31 (10.10%) SD-WAN
13 27 (8.79%) Cisco ASA
14 25 (8.14%) EIGRP
15 22 (7.17%) DHCP
16 21 (6.84%) Cisco Nexus
17 18 (5.86%) Cisco ISE
17 18 (5.86%) Cisco Wireless
18 16 (5.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
General
1 39 (12.70%) Social Skills
2 21 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (3.91%) Finance
4 7 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (1.95%) Public Sector
5 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
6 4 (1.30%) Banking
6 4 (1.30%) Police
6 4 (1.30%) Welsh Language
7 3 (0.98%) Digital Health
7 3 (0.98%) Law
8 1 (0.33%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.33%) Legal
8 1 (0.33%) Marketing
8 1 (0.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.30%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 46 (14.98%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.56%) PKI
2 14 (4.56%) Security Posture
3 7 (2.28%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.63%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.30%) CMDB
5 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.33%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.33%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.33%) IoT
7 1 (0.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.89%) Windows
2 14 (4.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.98%) Linux
4 1 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (18.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (11.07%) Mentoring
2 34 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (8.79%) High Availability
4 26 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
5 25 (8.14%) Project Delivery
6 21 (6.84%) Business Continuity
6 21 (6.84%) Network Monitoring
7 20 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
7 20 (6.51%) Load Balancing
8 18 (5.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (5.54%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (5.21%) Coaching
11 15 (4.89%) Computer Science
11 15 (4.89%) Customer Service
12 14 (4.56%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (4.56%) Security Architecture
13 13 (4.23%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (4.23%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (4.23%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.07%) Python
2 11 (3.58%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.30%) Bicep
4 2 (0.65%) Bash
4 2 (0.65%) Go
Qualifications
1 75 (24.43%) Cisco Certification
2 71 (23.13%) CCNP
3 37 (12.05%) Security Cleared
4 30 (9.77%) CCIE
5 28 (9.12%) SC Cleared
6 18 (5.86%) CCNA
7 16 (5.21%) Degree
7 16 (5.21%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.95%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.30%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.98%) CISSP
11 3 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.23%) NIST
2 8 (2.61%) PCI DSS
2 8 (2.61%) PMO
2 8 (2.61%) SLA
3 6 (1.95%) QA
4 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) GDPR
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 20 (6.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.93%) VMware NSX
3 8 (2.61%) ProxySG
4 7 (2.28%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.28%) vSphere
5 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.33%) Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) iptables
6 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.54%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.56%) Ansible
3 10 (3.26%) Terraform
4 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.65%) Nagios
6 1 (0.33%) Argo
6 1 (0.33%) Istio
6 1 (0.33%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (35.18%) Cisco
2 52 (16.94%) Palo Alto
3 30 (9.77%) F5
4 27 (8.79%) Microsoft
5 25 (8.14%) VMware
6 23 (7.49%) Fortinet
7 21 (6.84%) Arista
7 21 (6.84%) SolarWinds
8 19 (6.19%) Infoblox
9 15 (4.89%) Aruba
9 15 (4.89%) Zscaler
10 14 (4.56%) Meraki
11 13 (4.23%) HP
12 9 (2.93%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.61%) Blue Coat
13 8 (2.61%) ForeScout
13 8 (2.61%) Motorola
13 8 (2.61%) ServiceNow
13 8 (2.61%) SevOne
13 8 (2.61%) Splunk