Senior Network Engineer Job Trends

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 539 546
Rank change year-on-year +14 +7 +186
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 190 96 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.26% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 137 78 272
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,822 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +12.63% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £71,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% -9.09%

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 76,056 36,861 85,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 89.84% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48,922 23,343 64,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +17 167 £63,750 +3.42% 32
UK excluding London -7 128 £62,500 +13.64% 31
London +5 41 £65,000 -12.66% 9
Midlands -11 41 £60,000 +25.00% 6
Work from Home +2 40 £60,000 +1.90% 15
North of England -28 38 £67,500 - 6
West Midlands +4 27 £60,000 +25.00% 3
North West -9 24 £67,500 +12.50% 5
South East -34 20 £65,000 +18.18% 8
East Midlands -36 14 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Wales -20 10 £75,000 +74.42% 1
North East -18 9 £50,000 -34.21%
East of England -21 9 £75,000 +78.57% 2
Yorkshire -55 5 £67,500 -3.57% 1
South West -51 4 £66,550 +18.58% 2
Scotland - 4 £75,000 - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 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.

1 110 (57.89%) Cisco
2 93 (48.95%) Firewall
3 81 (42.63%) WAN
4 72 (37.89%) Cisco Certification
4 72 (37.89%) LAN
5 67 (35.26%) CCNP
6 61 (32.11%) VPN
7 57 (30.00%) BGP
8 48 (25.26%) Network Security
9 44 (23.16%) OSPF
9 44 (23.16%) Python
9 44 (23.16%) Wireless
10 42 (22.11%) Azure
11 39 (20.53%) SD-WAN
12 37 (19.47%) CCIE
13 34 (17.89%) SolarWinds
14 32 (16.84%) Cisco ASA
14 32 (16.84%) EIGRP
15 31 (16.32%) F5
16 29 (15.26%) Security Cleared
17 28 (14.74%) AWS
17 28 (14.74%) Fortinet
18 27 (14.21%) Infoblox
18 27 (14.21%) MS Visio
18 27 (14.21%) VLAN
19 26 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 26 (13.68%) Palo Alto
20 25 (13.16%) Cisco ISE
20 25 (13.16%) Kalman Filter
21 24 (12.63%) CheckPoint

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 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (14.21%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.11%) Azure
2 28 (14.74%) AWS
3 6 (3.16%) Datadog
4 5 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.11%) GCP
6 2 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.05%) GitHub
7 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 93 (48.95%) Firewall
2 81 (42.63%) WAN
3 72 (37.89%) LAN
4 61 (32.11%) VPN
5 57 (30.00%) BGP
6 48 (25.26%) Network Security
7 44 (23.16%) OSPF
7 44 (23.16%) Wireless
8 39 (20.53%) SD-WAN
9 32 (16.84%) Cisco ASA
9 32 (16.84%) EIGRP
10 27 (14.21%) VLAN
11 25 (13.16%) Cisco ISE
12 24 (12.63%) Cisco Nexus
12 24 (12.63%) Cisco Wireless
13 21 (11.05%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (9.47%) SNMP
14 18 (9.47%) WAAS
15 16 (8.42%) Wireless Security
16 15 (7.89%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (9.47%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.42%) Finance
4 14 (7.37%) Law
5 10 (5.26%) Banking
6 9 (4.74%) Police
6 9 (4.74%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.74%) Retail
6 9 (4.74%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.63%) Marketing
9 4 (2.11%) Welsh Language
10 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.11%) ModSecurity
2 3 (1.58%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 46 (24.21%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.74%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.68%) Driving Licence
3 7 (3.68%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.16%) PKI
5 5 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.11%) CMDB
6 4 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.68%) Windows
2 6 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.11%) Linux
4 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (13.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (13.16%) Kalman Filter
3 23 (12.11%) Load Balancing
4 22 (11.58%) Computer Science
5 21 (11.05%) Project Delivery
6 20 (10.53%) High Availability
6 20 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
7 19 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (9.47%) Root Cause Analysis
9 16 (8.42%) Analytical Thinking
9 16 (8.42%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (8.42%) WAN Optimisation
10 15 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (7.89%) Customer Service
10 15 (7.89%) Mentoring
10 15 (7.89%) Network Design
11 11 (5.79%) Network Architecture
12 9 (4.74%) Change Control
12 9 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (4.74%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.16%) Python
2 8 (4.21%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 72 (37.89%) Cisco Certification
2 67 (35.26%) CCNP
3 37 (19.47%) CCIE
4 29 (15.26%) Security Cleared
5 24 (12.63%) Degree
6 22 (11.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (11.05%) SC Cleared
8 13 (6.84%) DV Cleared
9 10 (5.26%) CCNA
10 7 (3.68%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.63%) JNCIP
12 4 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.05%) CCSA
13 2 (1.05%) CCSE
13 2 (1.05%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.53%) CCSP
14 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.47%) PMO
2 11 (5.79%) NIST
3 6 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.16%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.53%) GDPR
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 16 (8.42%) ProxySG
1 16 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (5.26%) VMware NSX
3 9 (4.74%) Firmware
4 5 (2.63%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (9.47%) Ansible
2 13 (6.84%) FortiGate
3 7 (3.68%) Terraform
4 5 (2.63%) Nagios
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 110 (57.89%) Cisco
2 34 (17.89%) SolarWinds
3 31 (16.32%) F5
4 28 (14.74%) Fortinet
5 27 (14.21%) Infoblox
6 26 (13.68%) Palo Alto
7 24 (12.63%) CheckPoint
8 20 (10.53%) VMware
9 18 (9.47%) Motorola
10 16 (8.42%) Blue Coat
10 16 (8.42%) Microsoft
10 16 (8.42%) ServiceNow
11 15 (7.89%) Juniper
12 12 (6.32%) Arista
13 10 (5.26%) Meraki
14 7 (3.68%) Dell
15 6 (3.16%) ForeScout
15 6 (3.16%) SevOne
15 6 (3.16%) Splunk
16 5 (2.63%) CrowdStrike