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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 561 570
Rank change year-on-year +48 +9 +138
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Network Engineer 219 91 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.23% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 167 75 270
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,250 £44,975
25th Percentile £56,625 £51,250 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,644 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% +12.08% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £84,650 £87,750
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 84,854 38,887 90,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.46% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 54,818 23,400 66,698
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,777
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +11.79% -12.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -5.66%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +62 184 £65,000 +5.44% 59
UK excluding London +32 151 £62,500 +13.64% 51
London -9 50 £70,000 -9.68% 17
Work from Home +30 45 £60,000 -2.67% 20
Midlands -5 44 £60,000 +25.00% 9
North of England -21 35 £67,500 -3.57% 16
West Midlands -2 31 £60,000 +25.00% 9
North West -3 22 £67,500 - 7
Wales -14 19 £50,000 +16.28% 3
South East -22 19 £75,000 +36.36% 10
East of England -3 15 £65,000 +54.76% 9
East Midlands -30 13 £55,000 -8.33%
South West -46 11 £75,000 +33.64% 2
North East -22 8 - - 4
Scotland - 6 £75,000 - 3
Yorkshire -48 5 £67,500 -3.57% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 108 (49.32%) Cisco
2 99 (45.21%) Firewall
3 85 (38.81%) WAN
4 77 (35.16%) Cisco Certification
5 73 (33.33%) LAN
6 72 (32.88%) CCNP
6 72 (32.88%) VPN
7 60 (27.40%) Network Security
8 57 (26.03%) BGP
9 51 (23.29%) Wireless
10 48 (21.92%) Python
11 43 (19.63%) OSPF
12 42 (19.18%) Azure
13 40 (18.26%) SD-WAN
14 38 (17.35%) CCIE
15 36 (16.44%) Security Cleared
16 35 (15.98%) SolarWinds
17 34 (15.53%) Cisco ASA
17 34 (15.53%) F5
17 34 (15.53%) Palo Alto
18 31 (14.16%) EIGRP
19 30 (13.70%) Fortinet
19 30 (13.70%) Infoblox
20 29 (13.24%) Cisco Wireless
21 28 (12.79%) Cisco ISE
21 28 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 28 (12.79%) MS Visio
22 26 (11.87%) AWS
22 26 (11.87%) Network Monitoring
22 26 (11.87%) VLAN

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 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (12.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (19.18%) Azure
2 26 (11.87%) AWS
3 10 (4.57%) Datadog
4 6 (2.74%) GCP
5 5 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.91%) GitHub
7 1 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 99 (45.21%) Firewall
2 85 (38.81%) WAN
3 73 (33.33%) LAN
4 72 (32.88%) VPN
5 60 (27.40%) Network Security
6 57 (26.03%) BGP
7 51 (23.29%) Wireless
8 43 (19.63%) OSPF
9 40 (18.26%) SD-WAN
10 34 (15.53%) Cisco ASA
11 31 (14.16%) EIGRP
12 29 (13.24%) Cisco Wireless
13 28 (12.79%) Cisco ISE
14 26 (11.87%) VLAN
15 23 (10.50%) DNS
16 22 (10.05%) Cisco Nexus
17 20 (9.13%) WLAN
18 19 (8.68%) Wi-Fi
19 18 (8.22%) SNMP
20 16 (7.31%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Jenkins
General
1 33 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (8.22%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.31%) Finance
4 12 (5.48%) Law
4 12 (5.48%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.11%) Banking
6 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.20%) Retail
8 6 (2.74%) Police
9 5 (2.28%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.83%) Welsh Language
11 3 (1.37%) Marketing
12 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.83%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.83%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 51 (23.29%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.94%) PKI
2 13 (5.94%) Security Posture
3 7 (3.20%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.83%) CMDB
4 4 (1.83%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.83%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.57%) Windows
2 9 (4.11%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (11.87%) Network Monitoring
3 23 (10.50%) Kalman Filter
3 23 (10.50%) Project Delivery
4 22 (10.05%) High Availability
5 21 (9.59%) Load Balancing
5 21 (9.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (9.13%) Computer Science
7 18 (8.22%) Network Design
7 18 (8.22%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (7.76%) Mentoring
9 16 (7.31%) Analytical Thinking
9 16 (7.31%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (7.31%) Customer Service
9 16 (7.31%) WAN Optimisation
10 14 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.39%) Network Architecture
10 14 (6.39%) Technical Leadership
11 13 (5.94%) Business Continuity
11 13 (5.94%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.92%) Python
2 7 (3.20%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 77 (35.16%) Cisco Certification
2 72 (32.88%) CCNP
3 38 (17.35%) CCIE
4 36 (16.44%) Security Cleared
5 23 (10.50%) SC Cleared
6 21 (9.59%) Degree
7 20 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (8.22%) DV Cleared
9 9 (4.11%) CCNA
10 8 (3.65%) Azure Certification
10 8 (3.65%) JNCIP
11 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.46%) CCSA
12 1 (0.46%) CCSE
12 1 (0.46%) CCSP
12 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.31%) PMO
2 15 (6.85%) NIST
3 10 (4.57%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.91%) SLA
6 1 (0.46%) GDPR
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 20 (9.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.31%) ProxySG
3 11 (5.02%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.65%) Firmware
5 5 (2.28%) Active Directory
6 4 (1.83%) vSphere
7 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (10.05%) Ansible
2 13 (5.94%) FortiGate
3 9 (4.11%) Terraform
4 5 (2.28%) Nagios
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (49.32%) Cisco
2 35 (15.98%) SolarWinds
3 34 (15.53%) F5
3 34 (15.53%) Palo Alto
4 30 (13.70%) Fortinet
4 30 (13.70%) Infoblox
5 24 (10.96%) VMware
6 23 (10.50%) CheckPoint
7 19 (8.68%) Microsoft
8 17 (7.76%) Arista
9 16 (7.31%) Blue Coat
9 16 (7.31%) Motorola
9 16 (7.31%) ServiceNow
10 15 (6.85%) Juniper
11 10 (4.57%) ForeScout
11 10 (4.57%) SevOne
11 10 (4.57%) Splunk
12 9 (4.11%) Meraki
13 5 (2.28%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (2.28%) Dell