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 23 June 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 593 552
Rank change year-on-year +124 -41 +107
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 285 78 376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.17% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.19% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 239 59 282
10th Percentile £47,550 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,125 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £62,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% +11.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £93,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £56,121 £51,300
% change year-on-year +15.82% +9.40% -2.29%

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 89,062 40,399 103,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.44% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61,111 23,040 74,444
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,567
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 23 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 23 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 +111 241 £65,576 +4.92% 27
UK excluding London +96 213 £65,000 +15.82% 28
North of England +28 62 £70,000 - 3
Work from Home +41 53 £65,576 -13.72% 10
Midlands +6 53 £60,000 +20.60% 6
London -8 53 £75,000 -6.25% 9
West Midlands +7 38 £60,000 +25.00% 1
North West +42 35 £67,500 -3.57% 2
South East -9 28 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Wales -17 27 £50,000 -14.53% 5
East of England -1 21 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Yorkshire -16 17 £70,000 +27.27% 1
East Midlands -9 15 £60,000 - 5
South West -47 15 £65,000 +15.82% 5
North East -42 10 £72,500 -4.61%
Scotland +18 6 £99,228 +20.28% 1
Northern Ireland -36 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 110 (38.60%) Firewall
2 102 (35.79%) Cisco
3 89 (31.23%) WAN
4 84 (29.47%) VPN
5 81 (28.42%) Cisco Certification
6 76 (26.67%) CCNP
7 73 (25.61%) LAN
8 67 (23.51%) Network Security
9 60 (21.05%) BGP
10 50 (17.54%) OSPF
11 48 (16.84%) Palo Alto
12 45 (15.79%) Wireless
13 44 (15.44%) Azure
14 43 (15.09%) SD-WAN
14 43 (15.09%) Security Cleared
15 41 (14.39%) Python
16 40 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 37 (12.98%) CCIE
18 35 (12.28%) F5
19 33 (11.58%) Cisco ASA
20 32 (11.23%) DNS
20 32 (11.23%) High Availability
21 31 (10.88%) EIGRP
21 31 (10.88%) SC Cleared
21 31 (10.88%) VLAN
22 28 (9.82%) Cisco ISE
22 28 (9.82%) Mentoring
22 28 (9.82%) SolarWinds
23 27 (9.47%) Network Monitoring
23 27 (9.47%) Wi-Fi

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 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (7.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.44%) 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%) GitHub
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 110 (38.60%) Firewall
2 89 (31.23%) WAN
3 84 (29.47%) VPN
4 73 (25.61%) LAN
5 67 (23.51%) Network Security
6 60 (21.05%) BGP
7 50 (17.54%) OSPF
8 45 (15.79%) Wireless
9 43 (15.09%) SD-WAN
10 33 (11.58%) Cisco ASA
11 32 (11.23%) DNS
12 31 (10.88%) EIGRP
12 31 (10.88%) VLAN
13 28 (9.82%) Cisco ISE
14 27 (9.47%) Wi-Fi
14 27 (9.47%) WLAN
15 24 (8.42%) Cisco Wireless
16 18 (6.32%) Cisco Nexus
17 16 (5.61%) SSL
18 15 (5.26%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (11.58%) Social Skills
2 27 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (4.56%) Finance
4 10 (3.51%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.81%) Law
7 5 (1.75%) Police
8 4 (1.40%) Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Welsh Language
9 2 (0.70%) Digital Health
9 2 (0.70%) Marketing
9 2 (0.70%) Retail
9 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
10 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 5 (1.75%) 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 1 (0.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.35%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.51%) Windows
2 9 (3.16%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (11.23%) High Availability
3 28 (9.82%) Mentoring
4 27 (9.47%) Network Monitoring
5 24 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (7.72%) Load Balancing
6 22 (7.72%) Project Delivery
7 19 (6.67%) Business Continuity
7 19 (6.67%) Customer Service
7 19 (6.67%) Network Architecture
7 19 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
8 18 (6.32%) Computer Science
9 17 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (5.96%) Network Design
9 17 (5.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (5.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (5.61%) Security Architecture
11 15 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (4.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (4.91%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.39%) Python
2 10 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.05%) Bicep
4 2 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 81 (28.42%) Cisco Certification
2 76 (26.67%) CCNP
3 43 (15.09%) Security Cleared
4 37 (12.98%) CCIE
5 31 (10.88%) SC Cleared
6 22 (7.72%) 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 3 (1.05%) 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%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
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%) Nagios
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (35.79%) Cisco
2 48 (16.84%) Palo Alto
3 35 (12.28%) F5
4 28 (9.82%) SolarWinds
5 26 (9.12%) Fortinet
6 25 (8.77%) Infoblox
7 24 (8.42%) Arista
8 20 (7.02%) VMware
9 19 (6.67%) Microsoft
10 16 (5.61%) CheckPoint
11 12 (4.21%) Blue Coat
11 12 (4.21%) Motorola
11 12 (4.21%) ServiceNow
12 10 (3.51%) ForeScout
12 10 (3.51%) SevOne
12 10 (3.51%) Splunk
13 7 (2.46%) Juniper
13 7 (2.46%) Meraki
14 5 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.40%) Aruba