Senior Network Engineer Jobs

Senior Network Engineer
UK

The median Senior Network Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 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 530 636 915
Rank change year-on-year +106 +279 -151
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 339 260 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.35% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 245 213 264
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £88,500 £82,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%

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%

Senior Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Network Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior Network Engineer in the UK

Senior Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Network Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 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 +42 271 £57,500 -4.17% 22
UK excluding London +72 253 £52,500 - 21
Work from Home +50 115 £60,000 +4.35% 9
South East +48 67 £60,000 -4.00% 6
London +36 66 £75,000 -6.25% 8
South West +20 55 £40,000 -10.61% 2
Midlands -4 37 £52,500 +14.13%
North of England +1 36 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Scotland -15 33 £50,000 -16.67% 4
West Midlands +10 30 £56,250 +22.28%
North West -20 20 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Wales - 17 £44,886 - 2
Yorkshire +62 12 £40,000 -34.69% 2
East of England -10 9 £57,500 -4.17% 2
East Midlands -24 7 £40,000 -23.81%
North East -11 4 £70,000 +44.95% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Network Engineer in the job title.

1 167 (49.26%) Firewall
2 164 (48.38%) Cisco
3 92 (27.14%) WAN
4 91 (26.84%) Network Security
5 79 (23.30%) Cisco Certification
6 75 (22.12%) Wireless
7 64 (18.88%) LAN
8 63 (18.58%) CCNP
9 59 (17.40%) Juniper
10 56 (16.52%) SD-WAN
11 53 (15.63%) BGP
12 52 (15.34%) MPLS
13 50 (14.75%) Network Management
13 50 (14.75%) Palo Alto
14 49 (14.45%) Azure
15 44 (12.98%) Security Cleared
15 44 (12.98%) Microsoft
16 43 (12.68%) CheckPoint
17 41 (12.09%) Data Centre
18 40 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
19 39 (11.50%) OSPF
19 39 (11.50%) VPN
20 38 (11.21%) Cisco ASA
21 37 (10.91%) AWS
22 35 (10.32%) Wi-Fi
23 34 (10.03%) Meraki
24 32 (9.44%) Cisco ISE
24 32 (9.44%) Fortinet
24 32 (9.44%) ITIL
24 32 (9.44%) Social Skills

Senior 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 9 (2.65%) Skype for Business
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.06%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.45%) Azure
2 37 (10.91%) AWS
3 14 (4.13%) PaaS
3 14 (4.13%) SaaS
4 12 (3.54%) IaaS
5 10 (2.95%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.47%) Datadog
7 5 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.47%) Rubrik
8 3 (0.88%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.88%) GCP
8 3 (0.88%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.59%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (0.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.29%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 167 (49.26%) Firewall
2 92 (27.14%) WAN
3 91 (26.84%) Network Security
4 75 (22.12%) Wireless
5 64 (18.88%) LAN
6 56 (16.52%) SD-WAN
7 53 (15.63%) BGP
8 52 (15.34%) MPLS
9 39 (11.50%) OSPF
9 39 (11.50%) VPN
10 38 (11.21%) Cisco ASA
11 35 (10.32%) Wi-Fi
12 32 (9.44%) Cisco ISE
13 25 (7.37%) DNS
14 23 (6.78%) VLAN
15 22 (6.49%) TCP/IP
16 20 (5.90%) Cisco Wireless
16 20 (5.90%) WLAN
17 18 (5.31%) DHCP
17 18 (5.31%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.47%) GitLab
2 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (9.44%) Social Skills
2 30 (8.85%) Finance
3 19 (5.60%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.01%) Aerospace
4 17 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.42%) Retail
6 12 (3.54%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.36%) Law
8 5 (1.47%) Banking
8 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.18%) Local Government
9 4 (1.18%) Police
10 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.88%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.59%) Electronics
11 2 (0.59%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.59%) Legal
11 2 (0.59%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.77%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.29%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (12.09%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.95%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.59%) CCTV
6 2 (0.59%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.59%) CMDB
6 2 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (0.59%) Molecular Biology
6 2 (0.59%) PKI
6 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.59%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.29%) Clustering
7 1 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.72%) Windows
2 10 (2.95%) Linux
2 10 (2.95%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.77%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.59%) Android
5 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (14.75%) Network Management
2 40 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (9.44%) ITIL
4 30 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 28 (8.26%) Agile
6 25 (7.37%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (6.78%) Network Design
7 23 (6.78%) Network Monitoring
8 19 (5.60%) Network Architecture
9 18 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (4.72%) Actionable Insight
10 16 (4.72%) Business Continuity
10 16 (4.72%) Risk Management
11 15 (4.42%) Customer Requirements
11 15 (4.42%) Mentoring
12 14 (4.13%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (4.13%) Computer Science
12 14 (4.13%) Incident Management
12 14 (4.13%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 13 (3.83%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.78%) Python
2 10 (2.95%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.18%) Bash
4 2 (0.59%) C
Qualifications
1 79 (23.30%) Cisco Certification
2 63 (18.58%) CCNP
3 44 (12.98%) Security Cleared
4 30 (8.85%) CCNA
5 24 (7.08%) DV Cleared
6 23 (6.78%) SC Cleared
7 22 (6.49%) Degree
8 17 (5.01%) CCIE
9 12 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.65%) JNCIP
11 8 (2.36%) JNCIA
12 7 (2.06%) JNCIE
13 6 (1.77%) CCSA
13 6 (1.77%) JNCIS
13 6 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
15 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
16 3 (0.88%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.83%) SLA
2 8 (2.36%) NCSC
3 6 (1.77%) NIST
4 5 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (5.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (4.42%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.77%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.47%) Firmware
5 4 (1.18%) Docker
5 4 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.18%) vSphere
6 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (8.85%) FortiGate
2 25 (7.37%) Ansible
3 19 (5.60%) Terraform
4 6 (1.77%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.77%) Nessus
5 5 (1.47%) Cisco Prime
6 4 (1.18%) Cacti
7 3 (0.88%) Opsview
7 3 (0.88%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.59%) CASB
8 2 (0.59%) Grafana
8 2 (0.59%) Nagios
8 2 (0.59%) Puppet
8 2 (0.59%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.29%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.29%) VxRail
9 1 (0.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 164 (48.38%) Cisco
2 59 (17.40%) Juniper
3 50 (14.75%) Palo Alto
4 44 (12.98%) Microsoft
5 43 (12.68%) CheckPoint
6 34 (10.03%) Meraki
7 32 (9.44%) Fortinet
8 31 (9.14%) SolarWinds
9 25 (7.37%) Aruba
9 25 (7.37%) VMware
10 24 (7.08%) Nokia
11 19 (5.60%) HP
12 13 (3.83%) F5
13 12 (3.54%) Mitel
14 11 (3.24%) Infoblox
15 9 (2.65%) Avaya
16 8 (2.36%) Dell
17 6 (1.77%) Extreme Networks
17 6 (1.77%) LogicMonitor
17 6 (1.77%) Remedy