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 30 June 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 597 564
Rank change year-on-year +116 -33 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 285 79 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.17% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.19% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 239 60 274
10th Percentile £49,550 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £62,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +9.17% -4.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,750 £79,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,560 £52,000
% change year-on-year +16.99% +6.85% -0.95%

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 90,569 41,555 99,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 89.51% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 62,167 23,987 72,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +94 240 £65,576 +4.92% 34
UK excluding London +100 210 £65,000 +16.99% 25
North of England 0 59 £70,000 - 8
London -8 55 £72,500 -9.38% 13
Midlands +6 51 £60,000 +25.00% 6
Work from Home +17 50 £70,000 -7.89% 13
West Midlands +3 34 £60,000 +25.00% 2
North West +30 32 £67,500 -3.57% 3
South East -8 29 £67,500 +22.73% 7
Wales -24 28 £50,000 +0.50%
East of England -2 21 £65,000 +30.00%
East Midlands -11 17 £60,000 - 4
Yorkshire -15 17 £70,000 +27.27% 3
South West -51 15 £65,000 +15.82% 3
North East -39 10 £72,500 -4.61% 2
Scotland +19 6 £99,228 +20.28% 1
Northern Ireland -30 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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.

1 109 (38.25%) Firewall
2 101 (35.44%) Cisco
3 90 (31.58%) WAN
4 84 (29.47%) VPN
5 80 (28.07%) Cisco Certification
6 75 (26.32%) CCNP
6 75 (26.32%) LAN
7 64 (22.46%) Network Security
8 59 (20.70%) BGP
9 49 (17.19%) OSPF
9 49 (17.19%) Palo Alto
10 46 (16.14%) Wireless
11 45 (15.79%) Azure
11 45 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (15.09%) Python
12 43 (15.09%) SD-WAN
13 42 (14.74%) Security Cleared
14 37 (12.98%) CCIE
15 35 (12.28%) F5
16 33 (11.58%) DNS
17 32 (11.23%) Cisco ASA
18 31 (10.88%) High Availability
18 31 (10.88%) VLAN
19 30 (10.53%) EIGRP
19 30 (10.53%) SC Cleared
20 29 (10.18%) Wi-Fi
21 28 (9.82%) Cisco ISE
21 28 (9.82%) Mentoring
21 28 (9.82%) WLAN
22 27 (9.47%) Network Monitoring

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 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (7.72%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.79%) Azure
2 23 (8.07%) AWS
3 10 (3.51%) Datadog
4 7 (2.46%) GCP
5 2 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.70%) GitHub
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 109 (38.25%) Firewall
2 90 (31.58%) WAN
3 84 (29.47%) VPN
4 75 (26.32%) LAN
5 64 (22.46%) Network Security
6 59 (20.70%) BGP
7 49 (17.19%) OSPF
8 46 (16.14%) Wireless
9 43 (15.09%) SD-WAN
10 33 (11.58%) DNS
11 32 (11.23%) Cisco ASA
12 31 (10.88%) VLAN
13 30 (10.53%) EIGRP
14 29 (10.18%) Wi-Fi
15 28 (9.82%) Cisco ISE
15 28 (9.82%) WLAN
16 24 (8.42%) Cisco Wireless
17 18 (6.32%) Cisco Nexus
18 17 (5.96%) DHCP
19 16 (5.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (11.23%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.56%) Finance
4 9 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (3.16%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.81%) Law
6 4 (1.40%) Banking
6 4 (1.40%) Police
6 4 (1.40%) Welsh Language
7 3 (1.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.70%) Digital Health
8 2 (0.70%) Marketing
8 2 (0.70%) Retail
9 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.40%) ModSecurity
2 3 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.95%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.61%) PKI
3 15 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.11%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.40%) CMDB
5 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.86%) Windows
2 10 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (10.88%) High Availability
3 28 (9.82%) Mentoring
4 27 (9.47%) Network Monitoring
5 24 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (8.07%) Project Delivery
7 22 (7.72%) Load Balancing
8 20 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
9 19 (6.67%) Business Continuity
9 19 (6.67%) Network Architecture
10 18 (6.32%) Computer Science
11 17 (5.96%) Customer Service
11 17 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (5.96%) Network Design
11 17 (5.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (5.61%) Infrastructure as Code
12 16 (5.61%) Security Architecture
13 15 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.09%) Python
2 11 (3.86%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.40%) Bicep
4 2 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 80 (28.07%) Cisco Certification
2 75 (26.32%) CCNP
3 42 (14.74%) Security Cleared
4 37 (12.98%) CCIE
5 30 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 23 (8.07%) CCNA
7 19 (6.67%) Degree
8 18 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (5.61%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.11%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.05%) CISSP
12 3 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.26%) NIST
2 12 (4.21%) PMO
3 10 (3.51%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.11%) QA
5 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.40%) SLA
7 1 (0.35%) GDPR
7 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 20 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (4.21%) ProxySG
3 10 (3.51%) VMware NSX
4 7 (2.46%) vSphere
5 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.70%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (5.61%) Ansible
1 16 (5.61%) FortiGate
2 11 (3.86%) Terraform
3 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.70%) Nagios
4 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 101 (35.44%) Cisco
2 49 (17.19%) Palo Alto
3 35 (12.28%) F5
4 27 (9.47%) SolarWinds
5 26 (9.12%) Fortinet
6 25 (8.77%) Infoblox
7 24 (8.42%) Arista
8 21 (7.37%) Microsoft
8 21 (7.37%) VMware
9 15 (5.26%) CheckPoint
10 12 (4.21%) Blue Coat
10 12 (4.21%) Motorola
10 12 (4.21%) ServiceNow
11 10 (3.51%) ForeScout
11 10 (3.51%) SevOne
11 10 (3.51%) Splunk
12 8 (2.81%) Juniper
12 8 (2.81%) Meraki
13 5 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.40%) Google