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 25 April 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 557 571
Rank change year-on-year +39 +14 +155
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 201 90 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 150 74 277
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £44,900
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,063 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,822 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +10.59% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,688 £71,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,800 £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 82,175 37,486 90,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 89.02% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52,627 23,548 66,532
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 25 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 25 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 +22 171 £65,000 +5.44% 40
UK excluding London +19 140 £62,500 +13.64% 37
Work from Home +8 43 £60,000 -2.67% 19
London -3 43 £67,500 -10.00% 10
Midlands -15 43 £60,000 +25.00% 10
North of England -17 35 £67,500 -3.57% 8
West Midlands -11 27 £62,500 +30.21% 10
North West -15 22 £66,250 -1.85% 3
South East -31 20 £75,000 +36.36% 8
East Midlands -44 16 £55,000 -8.33%
Wales -16 15 £75,000 +74.42% 4
East of England -26 11 £65,000 +54.76% 7
North East -35 9 £50,000 -34.21% 4
South West -55 8 £60,000 +6.91% 1
Scotland - 6 £75,000 -
Yorkshire -58 4 £67,500 -3.57% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 103 (51.24%) Cisco
2 93 (46.27%) Firewall
3 80 (39.80%) WAN
4 75 (37.31%) Cisco Certification
5 70 (34.83%) CCNP
6 69 (34.33%) LAN
7 65 (32.34%) VPN
8 56 (27.86%) BGP
9 53 (26.37%) Network Security
10 46 (22.89%) Python
11 45 (22.39%) Wireless
12 42 (20.90%) OSPF
13 41 (20.40%) Azure
14 38 (18.91%) CCIE
15 37 (18.41%) SD-WAN
16 33 (16.42%) F5
16 33 (16.42%) Security Cleared
16 33 (16.42%) SolarWinds
17 31 (15.42%) Cisco ASA
17 31 (15.42%) EIGRP
18 29 (14.43%) Palo Alto
19 28 (13.93%) Fortinet
19 28 (13.93%) Infoblox
19 28 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 27 (13.43%) MS Visio
21 26 (12.94%) AWS
21 26 (12.94%) Cisco Wireless
21 26 (12.94%) VLAN
22 24 (11.94%) CheckPoint
22 24 (11.94%) 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 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (13.43%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.40%) Azure
2 26 (12.94%) AWS
3 8 (3.98%) Datadog
4 5 (2.49%) GCP
4 5 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.00%) GitHub
6 1 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 93 (46.27%) Firewall
2 80 (39.80%) WAN
3 69 (34.33%) LAN
4 65 (32.34%) VPN
5 56 (27.86%) BGP
6 53 (26.37%) Network Security
7 45 (22.39%) Wireless
8 42 (20.90%) OSPF
9 37 (18.41%) SD-WAN
10 31 (15.42%) Cisco ASA
10 31 (15.42%) EIGRP
11 26 (12.94%) Cisco Wireless
11 26 (12.94%) VLAN
12 23 (11.44%) Cisco ISE
13 21 (10.45%) Cisco Nexus
14 20 (9.95%) DNS
14 20 (9.95%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (8.96%) SNMP
16 16 (7.96%) WAAS
16 16 (7.96%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (8.46%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.96%) Finance
4 12 (5.97%) Law
5 10 (4.98%) Banking
6 9 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.48%) Retail
7 6 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.99%) Police
7 6 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.99%) Welsh Language
9 3 (1.49%) Marketing
10 2 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.99%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.99%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 49 (24.38%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.47%) Security Posture
3 10 (4.98%) PKI
4 7 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.99%) CMDB
5 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.99%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.48%) Windows
2 8 (3.98%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.99%) Linux
4 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (13.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (11.94%) Network Monitoring
3 23 (11.44%) Kalman Filter
3 23 (11.44%) Project Delivery
4 22 (10.95%) Load Balancing
5 20 (9.95%) Computer Science
5 20 (9.95%) High Availability
5 20 (9.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (8.96%) Root Cause Analysis
7 17 (8.46%) Network Design
8 16 (7.96%) Analytical Thinking
8 16 (7.96%) Collaborative Working
8 16 (7.96%) WAN Optimisation
9 14 (6.97%) Customer Service
10 13 (6.47%) Mentoring
10 13 (6.47%) Network Architecture
11 12 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.47%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (5.47%) Technical Leadership
13 10 (4.98%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.89%) Python
2 8 (3.98%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 75 (37.31%) Cisco Certification
2 70 (34.83%) CCNP
3 38 (18.91%) CCIE
4 33 (16.42%) Security Cleared
5 23 (11.44%) SC Cleared
6 22 (10.95%) Degree
7 20 (9.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (7.96%) DV Cleared
9 10 (4.98%) CCNA
10 7 (3.48%) Azure Certification
10 7 (3.48%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.00%) CCSA
12 2 (1.00%) CCSE
13 1 (0.50%) CCSP
13 1 (0.50%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.96%) PMO
2 13 (6.47%) NIST
3 8 (3.98%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.50%) GDPR
5 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 19 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.96%) ProxySG
3 11 (5.47%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.98%) Firmware
5 5 (2.49%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.49%) vSphere
7 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (9.95%) Ansible
2 10 (4.98%) FortiGate
3 8 (3.98%) Terraform
4 5 (2.49%) Nagios
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 103 (51.24%) Cisco
2 33 (16.42%) F5
2 33 (16.42%) SolarWinds
3 29 (14.43%) Palo Alto
4 28 (13.93%) Fortinet
4 28 (13.93%) Infoblox
5 24 (11.94%) CheckPoint
6 23 (11.44%) VMware
7 18 (8.96%) Microsoft
8 16 (7.96%) Blue Coat
8 16 (7.96%) Motorola
8 16 (7.96%) ServiceNow
9 15 (7.46%) Arista
10 14 (6.97%) Juniper
11 10 (4.98%) Meraki
12 8 (3.98%) ForeScout
12 8 (3.98%) SevOne
12 8 (3.98%) Splunk
13 5 (2.49%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (2.49%) Dell